CAARP: Cinema and Audience Research Project

Progress Hall / Tasma, Pascoe Vale

Venue Summary
Name	Progress Hall / Tasma, Pascoe Vale
Address	512 Bell Street, Pascoe Vale, Victoria 3044
Operation Dates	1932-10-01 - 1958-07-01
Capacity	286
Suburban/Country	Suburb
Purpose	Cinema
Screens	1
Roles	1941-01-01 - 1947-01-01 : Exhibitor : Gibson, C. R. K. 1949-01-01 - 1959-01-01 : Exhibitor : Shuttleworth, H. V.

Venue Comments
Operation dates are based on Catrice (p. 232) and last listing in Film Weekly motion picture directories. Colin Gibson ran the Tasma from 1941 to 1947. Victor Shuttleworth then purchased the cinema operating untill July 1958. In November 1958 the Caltex Oil Company purchased the site and the building was demolished and turned into a service station. Venue Operation Dates: Further Information According to CATHS, operation dates are given as 1957-1964 References Catrice, D. 1991, Cinemas in Melbourne 1896-1942. Thesis (M.A.) Monash University, 1991. Cinema & Theatre Historical Society 1997, Cinema index : Melbourne cinemas, suburban cinemas, Victorian drive-ins. CATHS, Victoria. Film Weekly, Film Weekly: motion picture directory, Film Weekly, Sydney. 1943/4-1958/9 Records of the Victorian Health Department, Cinematographers Section. Filr No. PB 7591

Venue Events
Event Date	Name of Venue	Address	Latitude / Longitude	Capacity	Suburban	Purpose	Screens
1932-10-01	Pascoe Vale Progress Hall	512 Bell Street Pascoe Vale Victoria 3044	-37.738318 144.939728	286	Suburb	Hall
1941-01-01	Tasma					Cinema	1