1 November 2017
The dainty painted decoration of the Canterbury Theatre in Maling Road, 1912. Second oldest intact purpose built cinema in Melbourne (after the Northcote Theatre). Simple hall-like space with exposed trusses, like many other early pre WW1 cinemas, though some like Northcote and the Barkly Footscray had plater ceilings. The exterior just looks like Edwardian shops, and looked better when it was unpainted #redbrick. Designed by #WardandCarlton. Most sources say 1913, but I found a report from Nov 1912 in the local paper about opening night when ‘a series of bioscope projections was enjoyed by everyone’. Interior not protected. Nice intact shopfronts too.
Storey of Melbourne 