CAARP
Cinema and Audience Research Project

Opening of the Savoy as referenced in Sydney Morning Herald:
"The new Savoy Theatre in Bligh-street was opened with a gala midnight performance on Friday night. Despite the early hour at which the programme ended, and the attendant difficulties of transport, a large crowd witnessed the screening. The theatre has been fitted with a talking machine of Australian manufacture, which compares very favourably with those of oversea origin. The principal picture, "Sunny Side Up", was previously screened at the Plaza Theatre."

References
Film Weekly, Film Weekly: motion picture directory, Film Weekly, Sydney. 1946/7-1971

1930 "New picture theatre opened" Sydney Morning Herald, 23 June , p. 6.

1939 'AT OPENING OF PICTURE THEATRE.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 20 April, p. 18, viewed 11 October, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17571456