[ December 15, 2007; 8:30 am to 10:30 am. ] 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 to accept subs. [...]

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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 designed and manufactured [...]

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[ December 7, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ]       HIGH SOCIETYBing 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 about to marry again, this time to a shrewd [...]

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[ November 16, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ]       CALAMITY JANEDoris 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. One of Jane’s boasts brings her to Chicago to [...]

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[ October 19, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ]       THE JAZZ SINGERAl 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 its place as an cinematic landmark for being the [...]

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[ September 21, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ]       MODERN TIMESCharlie 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 Chaplin’s last ’silent’ film, though it is not an entirely silent [...]

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[ August 17, 2008; 10:30 am; ]       THAT’S DANCINGMGM 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. Famous dancing stars Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ray [...]

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[ July 20, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ]       SOME LIKE IT HOTMarilyn 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 witness the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, and try [...]

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[ June 15, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ]       DAMESDick 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 Barbara (Ruby Keeler). But he had bad luck with [...]

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[ May 18, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ]       BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOONDoris 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 family issues, primarily brought on by little brother Wesley’s (Billy [...]

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