Hoyts Fremantle – Oriana Theatre

 

Hoyts Fremantle- Oriana Theatre.

The Theatre opened on August 4th in 1938 with the picture ‘Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs”.

 

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Oriana Foyer 1938

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oriana Theatre 1938

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1949 the Auditorium was remodelled.

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Oriana Theatre Remodelled 1949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Staff at Oriana Theatre 1950’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Staff Oriana 1953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cinemascope was installed in 1954 with ” Three Coins In The Fountain”.

In 1959 the Theatre celebrated its 21st birthday with the picture ” The Inn Of The Six Happiness”. Hoyts then sold the theatre to City Theatres and Goldfield Pictures.

In 1968 the Theatre was renamed the Oriana.

 

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Oriana 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1968 the Theatre celebrated its 30th birthday with a new screen and stage.

 

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Remodelled in 1968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oriana 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oriana 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oriana 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Oriana Theatre closed on the 4th December 1971 after 33 years of operation and was demolished in February 1972.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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