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De- Luxe Theatre Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast. It was during a. Maybe I was starting to get the hang of. For once I had actually been observant enough to see it. I was. If I was correct, it was the first Hidden Cinema I had encountered on the Gold Coast (I KNEW there would have to be at least one hiding down there!) and as soon as I got home I started researching as much as I could. De- Luxe Theatre in the 1. Photo by Neil Caldwell.)De- Luxe Theatre Burleigh Heads, 2. Find theatres across in Gold Coast to watch great theatre performances and shows with TrueLocal Business Directory. WRITE A REVIEW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN $2,000.I found a copy of the. I learned the De. Luxe Theatre on Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads, was opened on October 1. Australia Fair Shopping Centre, Southport. Keep your movie ticket and present. Located on the sunny Gold Coast Australia Fair Cinemas features 8. National Theatre: Hedda Gabler. Event Cinemas Pacific Fair is the ultimate experience for movie-goers. Featuring three Gold Class cinemas. Movie times Pedestrian TV Lifestyle Fashion Diet & Fitness Viral Homes Recipes. Cinemas & Movie Theatres the Gold Coast. Shopping Centre Broadbeach or Event Cinemas at Australia Fair Shopping Centre Southport. If you’re looking for Gold. Birch Carroll & Coyle Australia Fair Cinemas, in Southport, Gold Coast. Gold Coast live music guide Gold Coast theatre & art events Gold Coast sport. World Theatre, Charters Towers. Gold Coast (9) Biggera Waters (2) Reading Cinemas, Harbour Town. Reading Gold Lounge, Harbour Town. The greatest war movie. Top Gold Coast Dinner Theatres. Hotels near Warner Bros. Theatre & Performances (4) Dinner Theatres (3). The theatre changed ownership in 1. Today the Deluxe Theatre is known as the Old Burleigh Theatre Arcade, a landmark feature of Burleigh Heads. Only the facade and the rear of the building remain from the original structure which has essentially been gutted. I needed. Does that sound as lame as I think it does?)There, I heard from a man called Stephen Fleay who actually has his own interesting backstory to tell – he is the son of famous Australian wildlife conservationist David Fleay. Stephen grew up on the Coast and, as I learned when I contacted him, in addition to his own memories of working there as a school kid during the Christmas holidays, he knew quite a lot about the history of the building as well. De- Luxe Theatre 1. Image via Have You Seen The Old Gold Coast. Courtesy GC Libraries)De. Luxe Theatre, 1. 93. Image via: Have You Seen The Old Gold Coast)Stephen said that after the theatre had. A Cyclone in 1. 95. De- Luxe roof and for a while there were movies “under the stars”. I’ll let him tell the rest: “In 1. De- Luxe had a major makeover with a brick front and rear built (note: you can see this in the pictures above, with the differing facades). Now there was a sizeable Cinemascope Screen and the projectors were further modified for 4 track magnetic and a perspecta decoder was installed. Only once did I see a movie with 4 track and that was. Apart from occasional dances at the Burleigh Glideway Hall, The De. Luxe was the only place to go Saturday nights, except for the Burleigh Hotel and Gold Coast Hotel. As there were seats for up to 1. I would ride. The job there was to sweep out the projection room (first of all), oil up the two 3. Mr Dowd in changeovers and the heaviest work was to carry those heavy film cans up and down two flights of stairs to and from the projection box. I liked the job, but the projectionist Mr Dowd had a short fuse. I guess I was a difficult kid at the time!”So there you have it. Such a lovely building for Burleigh, just imagine if it was to open again!* Photography: Marie Christine. Special thanks for archival photos and historical? Let us know in the comments below, we would love to hear from you! THE HIDDEN CINEMAS.
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