Cinema in Fremantle - Coastal Cinemas [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorThomson, Peter, 1941 -; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionFather a policeman -- Schooling in Fremantle -- Tram to South Beach -- Cinema Club at Hoyts on Saturdays -- Helping in the projection room -- Part-time job at 9 : tray boy at the North Fremantle Town Hall -- Films at school -- Vic Pictures -- Pictures at the Fremantle Town Hall -- Assistant projectionist at 15 -- Princess Theatre -- Projection equipment and technique -- Manual control -- Carbon arcs -- Zenen lamps -- Reasons for building a cinema in Essex St. -- Other cinema complexes -- Queensgate -- Grand opening -- Impact of the America's Cup -- Port Cinema -- Economic impact of cinemas in Fremantle -- Film distribution and types -- Family involvement in the business -- Cinema programmes -- Publicity -- Winner of the Australian Film Man of the Year Award, 1993/94ImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1994Collation1 DVDLanguageEnglishDate Published1994Notes CD Audio: slight delay/echo in background: sounds like table/microphone stand wobbling.; SUPPORT MATERIAL: Modern cinema entrepreneur : Western Australia's Peter Thomson / edited from an oral history by Peter Thomson deposited at the Fremantle City Library (Interviewer : Margaret Howroyd) (9 leaves)Dewey ClassOH/THOAudio FormatDVDDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000425706LocationOral History Collection

PeoplePeter ThomsonSubjectCoastal CinemasCinemasClubs and SocietiesCollectionOral History Collection

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