| Adelaide |
Fair Lady |
| |
Two DP70 (2345+2370).
Opened with "My Fair Lady" 09.03.1966. Closed and demolished 1989. DP70
to Cameo Cinema, Murray Bridge. |
| Adelaide |
Plaza (*»P) |
| |
DP70 installed for "South
Pacific" 12.11.1959. DP70 moved to Paris, Melbourne. Now a twin cinema. |
| Banora Point |
Brian Walters (p) |
| |
Two DP70 (1788+2333) in
private Esquire Theatre. 1788 from Esquire Theatre, Melbourne. 2333
from Redcliffe Drive-In. Projectors moved late 1999 to Brisbane. |
| Brisbane |
Her Majestys Theatre/Paris |
| |
Two DP70 (2306+2309)
installed 1965 for "My Fair Lady" 01.12.1965.
Renamed
"Paris" 28.07.1965 for "The Sound of Music". Theatre closed
1983. Demolished. Also used for live theatre. DP70s to two private in Brisbane. |
| Brisbane |
St. James (*») |
| |
DP70 installed for "South
Pacific" 09.06.1960. Renamed Paris. Closed 1980. DP70 to Hoyts, New Zeeland. |
| Brisbane |
Schonell Theatre (P) |
| |
Two DP70 (2202+2349)
installed 1989 came from a cinema in Canberra. |
| Brisbane |
Geoff Bielefeld (p) |
| |
Two DP70 (1779
r+2306
l)
1779
from Regent Theatre, Perth. 2306 from her Majestys Theatre Brisbane. |
| Brisbane |
Private (p) |
| |
One DP70 (2309+2408)
from Her Majestys Theatre, Brisbane. 2408 sent to Lunar Drive-in Theatre
Dandenong, August 2004 |
| Brisbane |
Private (p) |
| |
One DP70 (2401) from
Southport Drive-In |
| Brisbane |
Private (p) |
| |
One DP70 (2329) |
| Brisbane |
Brian Walters (p) |
| |
Two DP70 (1788+2333) in
private Esquire Theatre. |
| Brisbane |
Royce Goldsmith
(p) |
| |
Two DP70 (887+888)
These projectors came from The Entrance
Cinema In New South Wales Australia. Prior to the Entrance the were used
by Hoyts Theatres in either the Paris Cinema or the Mayfair Cinema in
Sydney. I am led to believe that they were imported second hand from
Germany |
| Brisbane |
Western Drive In |
| |
Two DP70 (2401+2408).
Opened 10.11.1966 and closed 1988. DP70 to Southport Drive In, Gold Coast 1988. |
| Charlton |
Rex Theatre
(P) |
|
Two DP70 (895+893).
424 seats down from 580 |
| Canberra |
Civic Auditoriums |
| |
Twin Cinema. 4 DP70 (2202+2348+2349+2381)
installed 24.06.1965. DP70 2202+2349 to Schonell Theatre, Brisbane. DP70 2348+2381 to Gold
Coast Arts Centre. |
| Dandenong |
Lunar Drive-In (P) |
| |
 Image
by Peter Ricketts
Two DP70 (2343+2359+2408)
from David Kilderry 2001. 2408 from private in Brisbane August
2004. |
| Gold Coast |
Southport Drive in |
| |
Two DP70 (2401+2408).
Closed 06.11.1995. DP70 of to private in Brisbane. |
| Gold Coast |
Gold Coast Arts Centre (P) |
| |
Two DP70 (2348+2381)
from Civic Twin Cinema, Canberra. |
| Hobart |
Avalon theatre |
| |
Two DP70 (2343+2359). Moved
to Capri Cinema, Shepperton |
| Leederville |
Luna Cinema, Cinema #1 |
| |
One DP70 (819) is
sitting in pieces behind the screen |
| Melbourne |
Altona Drive In |
| |
Two DP70 from Cleopatra,
Melbourne. Closed and DP70 installed at Maribyrnong Drive in. |
| Melbourne |
Australia Twin Cinema #1 |
| |
Two DP70 installed 31.08.1966.
Screen 21" 3´ x 9" 3`. |
| Melbourne |
Charlton |
| |
Two DP70 from Maribyrnong Drive in |
| Melbourne |
Cleopatra Theatre |
| |
Two DP70.
Machines from Plaza, Adelaide. Named Cleopatra
for the release of the film in Todd-AO 27.02.1964. Later renamed Paris. Closed 1968. DP70 moved to
"Altona" Drive in. |
| Melbourne |
Esquire (*») |
| |
Two DP70 (1779+1788)
installed 05.02.1959. Screen flat, small and long
throw. 1st film: "South Pacific" and "The Miracle
of Todd-AO". 2nd Australian Todd-AO cinema. Closed 1974 projectors to Regent
Theatre, Perth. No longer in existence. |
| Melbourne |
David Kilderry
(p) |
| |
Two DP70 (2343+2359). Machines
came from the Shepperton Capri cinema in June 1999. Machines sold to Lunar Drive-In theatre at Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
2001. |
| Melbourne |
Maribyrnong Drive In |
| |
Two DP70 from Altona Drive In, Melbourne.
DP70 moved to Charlton, Melbourne. |
| Melbourne |
Melbourne Arts Centre (P) |
| |
Two
DP70 (2346+2360) from anonymous Drive
In, Portland. Machines moved 1998 to Fred Sandall, Traralgon. |
| Melbourne |
Rivoli Theatre (P) |
| |
Two DP70 installed 01.06.1967 |
| Murray Bridge |
Cameo Cinema (P) |
| |
Two DP70 (2345+2370).
DTS |
| Perth |
Regent Theatre |
| |
Two DP70 (1779+1788)
from Esquire, Melburne. Removed 1988. 1779 to
Geoff Bielefeld in
Brisbane. 1788 to Brian Walters, Brisbane. |
| Portland |
Anonymous drive in-cinema |
| |
Two
DP70 (2346+2360) 1980 until closure in 1984. Machines to Melbourne Arts Centre. |
| Redcliffe |
Redcliffe Drive-In |
| |
Two DP70 (2329+2333)
installed 23.12.1965 for "Can Can". Screen was 104 x 66 ft. 2329 removed
1974 and reinstalled in Toombol Cinema same year. 2333 went into storage until 1984 then
sold to Brian Walters, Banora Point. Closed 1989. |
| Redcliffe |
Toombol Cinema |
| |
One DP70 (2329) from
Redcliffe Drive In, Redcliffe 1974. Closed 1989. DP70 to private in Brisbane. |
| Shepperton |
Capri Cinema (Victoria) |
| |
Two DP70 (2343+2359). Installed
for "The Fall of the Roman Empire" 1965. 600 seats. DP70 moved June 1999
to Private David Kildarre, Melbourne. Fred Sandall claims this: Two
DP70 (2346+2360) from 1966 - 1980. |
| Shepperton |
Shepperton Drive In |
| |
DP70 from Capri Cinema,
Shepperton. DP70 moved to Melbourne Arts Centre, Melbourne. |
| Shepperton |
Village |
| |
One DP70 |
| Sydney |
Mayfair (*») |
| |
Two DP70. 1st Todd-AO cinema in
Australia. 1st film: "South Pacific" and "The Miracle of
Todd-AO". Opened 26.12.1958. Closed 1976 |
| Sydney |
Paris (*») |
| |
Two DP70. Installed for "Solomon
and Sheba" 10.12.1959. Closed 1976. |
| Sydney |
Penrith Drive In |
| |
Two DP70. Opened 22.05.1966 and
closed 1980s |
| Traralgon |
Fred
Sandall (Private) |
|
Two
DP70 (2346+2360). Installed 1998. |
| Victoria |
Charlton |
| |
One DP70 |
| Victoria |
Horsham Cinema |
| |
Two DP70 from
Esquire, Melbourne. |
| Wollongong |
Regent Theatre |
| |
Two DP70 (2377+2382)
installed for "My Fair Lady" 30.06.1967. 1532 seats. closed
31 Jan 2004 and that at this point in time remains intact. I ran "My Fair
Lady" and also ran the last show "Master & Commander" (only 35mm
of course). Regards, Michael Kelly |
