GREATER UNION CINEMAS INNALOO Demo of the 3D electronic projection equipment. Saturday 15 Dec 2007, 8:30AM Please note, this event is restricted to MEMBERS ONLY or guests that want to sign up as Members on the day. The Secretary will have the necessary forms available.  The Treasurer or his nominee will also be on hand [...]

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Cumming and Wilson Projectors Written by Richard Ashton   The first C&W projectors were first made just after the First World War. A company partnership was formed to manufacture cinema projectors under the heading Australian Biograph designed and manufactured by Cummings and Wilson. The company was headed by James Cummings and Harold Wilson who together [...]

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            HIGH SOCIETY Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Louis Armstrong & Frank Sinatra   This musical remake of the screwball comedy, The Philadelphia Story (1940), tells the story of childhood friends Tracy Lord (Grace Kelly) and songwriter C.K. Dexter Haven (Bing Crosby), who got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is [...]

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            CALAMITY JANE Doris Day   Deadwood, Dakota Territory, is largely the abode of men, where Indian scout Calamity Jane (Doris Day) is as hard-riding, boastful, and handy with a gun as any person. But the army Lieutenant she favours, Danny Gilmartin (Philip Carey), doesn’t really appreciate her finer qualities. [...]

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            THE JAZZ SINGER Al Jolson   Though ‘The Jazz Singer’ is a talkie, most of the picture is in typical ‘silent pictures’ exaggerated style… with title cards to convey character dialogue. Only with Jolson’s vocal numbers and two other scenes, is the new sound technology used.  The movie holds [...]

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            MODERN TIMES Charlie Chaplin   This movie is a must see for anyone who loves comedies. Charlie Chaplin is at his all-time best as the Tramp, and he has wonderful chemistry with Paulette Goddard’s Gamin. Together, they provide an hour and a half of non-stop laughs.   This was [...]

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            THAT’S DANCING MGM Compilation   A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it’s origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.   [...]

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            SOME LIKE IT HOT Marilyn Monroe   One of the all time great screen comedies, Some Like It Hot stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon at their best. Billy Wilder, one of the all time great directors, co-wrote and directed this fantastic movie.   Two Struggling musicians [...]

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            DAMES Dick Powell   Multi millionaire Ezra Ounce (Hugh Herbert) wants to start a campaign against ‘filthy’ forms of entertainment, like Broadway-Shows. He comes to his relatives families and makes them members of his morale-boosting campaign. But Jimmy (Dick Powell), another relative is producing a show, starring Ezra’s nice [...]

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            BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON Doris Day     The trials and tribulations of the Winfield family in small town Indiana as Marjorie Winfield’s (Doris Day) boyfriend, William Sherman (Gordon MacRae), returns from the Army after W.W.I. Bill & Marjorie’s on-again, off-again provide the backdrop for other [...]

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