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  • New Farm Cinemas - 701 Brunswick Street, New Farm
  • 08th May 2021 - 08th May 2021
  • 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
  • https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/behind-the-silver-screen-tickets-149457953763?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
  • 0421 344 503
  • $15-$20 (plus fee)

Behind the Silver Screen

Seminar presented by the Brisbane History Group.

The picture theatre as we know it has been around in various forms for over a hundred years. This seminar will track the development of cinema from the pioneering days of film making to the creation of the modern multiplex.

Speakers Include:

  • Kay Mobsby – A new toy for the Queensland Government
  • Steve Maggs – Cinema from Go to Whoa
  • Peter Roennfeldt – The multipurpose venue
  • Lisa Jones – The owner operator
  • Denis Cryle – Birch Carroll and Coyle and cinema exhibitions across Queensland during the twentieth century.
  • Peter Sourris – Venue repurposing

Registration & cash book stall 12.30 pm |  First session 1.00 pm  |  Afternoon Tea  | Second session 3.00 pm  |  Close 4.30 pm

For more information click here.

Image credit: By F. W Thiel – Photograph – Introduction Of New Movie Projector, Albert Hall, Brisbane, Queensland, circa 1924. Museum Victoria. Retrieved on 15 April 2021., CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79517061

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