The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 21

The Sydney Horning Herald, Tuesday. May 3, 1966 21 I rPfidDimcBeirs nun ttflne nnncfflnnsiliry FEATURE EXCELSIOR PHOTO CO. PTY. LTD. Incorporating PICKFORD'S SLIDES joins the motion picture industry, its allied trades and the movie-going public in a warm welcome to the navy a r- The Board of Management and Members of the NEW SOUTH WALES MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITORS ASSOCIATION extend infinite congratulations to the GREATER UNION ORGANISATION on the momentous occasion of their presenting the new, luxurious Catamount THEATRE to the public of Sydney which we know will merit its commendation.

The name of Greater Union has been associated with the Australian motion picture industry from the beginning. TjMFTY years ago, when sons of short, regular intervals, defying the critics who the screens ot Aus predicted a switl, sure death tralia were used only to to this new medium ot en tertainment. In 1911, Williams. Spen project lantern slides, three adventurous pioneers Spencer's Theatre- cers, Wests and Amalga scope Company, West's mated formed Union Theatres. Pictures and Amalgam' uted Pictures Ltd.

gambled capital and The company remodelled old halls, rebuilt skating rinks and improved its theatres. With the "flicks" future. emerging as a potent enter tainment lorm. Union They did this on public response to the flickering celluloid images known as movies, with occasional one- started erecting huge and costly theatres. nicht stands.

The late 1920s saw State Programs consisted of a THE PERFECT SCREEN PRESENTATION you will always enjoy as you watch magnificent clarity and brilliance and hear superb sound reproduction of all films at the new handful of the same old subjects cowboys and Indians, scenic shorts or and Capitol theatres in Sydney, and other theatres interstate, rise as ornate palaces of entertainment. To visit them was an event in various topical themes none itself. Although there was later running more than a couple of hundred feet. Beginning slow a swing away from this type of ihcatre architecture the move todav is hack towards mamoatl the rich and opulent type of' li.l.j.;MJ,,j;U'.i,.;!.!.M.!j:). decor.

CLASSIC NOTE: Special features include specially cast statuary around the walls, imported crystal chandeliers and an Italian marble fountain. ABOVE: Augustus Caesar. LEFT: The Venus of Aries. BRITISH EMPIRE FILMS Union theatres has be come the ureater Union Organisation and its newest theatre, the Paramount, fol lows newest trends. The beginning was slow and painful, and.

although they knew that the novelty of watching the "moving pictures" would soon wear off if not replaced with bet-! ter material, the three companies kept at it. until, rewarded with public support, their one-night stands developed into longer sea Traditional theatre decor ation is back in what is described by Greater Union is brought to you by the technical marvels of the RANK AUDIO-VISUAL CINEMECCANICA 7035 SOUND AND PROJECTION EQUIPMENT SCREENINGS TO BE EXCLUSIVELY as the most luxurious theatre in Australia. BY PARAMOUNT take great pleasure in congratulating THE GREATER UNION ORGANISATION which has given Sydney the magnificent, new luxury, The BEST equipment money can buy now installed in the LEADING theatres and drive-ins of Australia. Starting with "The Spy Wio Came In From The Cold," the latest production ot the Paramount Pictures Corporation, the new Paramount Theatre in George Street will screen exclusively films made by this company. guidance of Adolph Zukor.

From penny arcades, nickelodeons, circuit theatres with "live" vaudeville acts and one-reelers, the pathway of Adolph Zukor was studded by associations with such great showbusi-ness names as William A. Brady, Marcus Loew, Joseph and Nicholas Schcnck, Sophie Tucker and Sarah Bernhardt. Then in 1912 Adolph Zukor realised a long-cherished dream. It was to lift movies from their lowly status to a level with the PHIS will apply I silthnnoh (ho Sold and installed exclusively by NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY GO. YAMLSTDA (branches in all States), Australia's LEADING theatr SERVICE organisation.

pictures move in a lifelike fashion. Until this time Adolph Zukor had only thought of himself as a businessman. The word "showman" had never occurred to him. But six months after opening the npnnv arrmtp hp wuc in rlj- pany has no financial interest in the theatre itself. The story of Paramount Pictures' founder, Adolph Zukor, is really the story of the motion picture industry, because the 93-year-old film pioneer really created the business as it is known THEATRE jmonstrate the qualities of legitimate stage.

This was f-af Jjpw if snowmansmp wnicn continued to grow throuch his to be done by using great classics of literature and the today. Born in the Hungarian theatre as the basis fori screenplays and bringing to prolcssionally to Mary films the ureal stars of ihe.P'ckford. She was but one I If people were willing tol nav in vtnrl anH Congratulations stage. Until this period miiry 'ars whose roster, great names of the names necame as well watch moving pictures, why would they not be willing to pay more to sit down while ihev SMW mnuinn nirriicac in known as those of the Presi scorned turns as beneath their talents." dents of the United Stales. The policy of combina E.

Z. -tl-r. fijmSmmitimP Greater Union Theatres icomfort he reasoned. The In 1912. Adolph Zukor tion in the interests of organised his Famous iaea ot tne nrst nickelodeon been born.

Players Film Company, inigrcater operating efficiency from British Empire Films are also happy to announce that they will be releasing throughout Australia Michael Powell's Production of "Theyhe AWeird ss Mob" Wide Screen Eastmancolor hamlet of Ricsc on January 7. IK93. he arrived in the United Slates as a 16-year-old orphan with 40 dollars in his vest. An ambitious young man. with great ability, Adolph Zukor flourished, establishing a prosperous fur business he started in this industry as an apprentice in Chicago.

In 1903 business interests brought him to New York where with a group of friends he established the world's first penny arcade. From the moment the doors Followed suit association with Daniel continued, and in July 1916. Frohman. dean of the) the Jesse L. Lasky Feature American stage Play Company merged with The first film made by thei Famous Plavers under the smHhs a Soon other enterprising showmen, encouraged by new company was 1 he Prisoner of Zenda." followed by "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "Tess of the name of Famous Players l.asky Corporation.

Six months later more companies joined, including POTATO CRISPS tne success ot Adolph Zukor and his associates, followed suit and established pennv arcades nf thir D'Urbervilles. a distribution outlet called The success of the new. paramount Pictures Corpor-i opened all New York ation. company attracted several big-name stage stars and flocked to the new entertain own. Adolph Zukor saw that by combining these individual arcades, many ad Ornate grille work above the gold entry doors which open from George Street to a foyer decorated with Corinthian columns and arches.

ment mecca. eagerly lining to deposit pennies in machines which made flickering the new pattern of filmmaking was set in the minds of both producers and pub vantages ot purchasing power and centralised control would aid potential profits. A corporation wut form. Paramount disappeared as a separate entity in its original form, but the name was retained by Adolph Zukor for the new combination as being truly expressive of the character of his company. lic.

Once Famous Players was established Mr Zukor, ed the first motion picture corporation in the "Wall" built in Dublin launched another project: The building of "unknowns" world. His thinking was charac- to stardom. I he whole Then followed a continu- nt Slirf'Pt: vtrtrV rf chnur world knows what prophetic, bc-to a little girl named Gladvsjcause since that time Para-Smilh after changing hen mount has encircled the business highlighted by the courageous and inspired AUTHOR IS IN OUT A unique concept in theatre luxury If OF COLD THE- When "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" was first published in September, 7963, it was a literary sensation. its twentieth printing. And the U.S.

paper-back rights of le Carre's new book. "The Looking Glass War." have I ORIGINAL and BEST TITLE was known ofi been sold for $400,000. The reason for the pseudonym was that when le Carre wrote "The Spy Who Came in From the THEATRE New beauty, elegant charm and superb comfort at 525 George next to Trocadero. Ciala Charily Premiere THIS THURSDAY, at 8 organised by the Black and White Committee of The Royal Blind Society. Tickets ($6) still available at Stale Booking Bureau, 49 Market St.

PUBLIC OPENING THIS FRIDAY with 3 sessions daily Fridiiys, Saturdays and Public Holidays at 1.45, 4.50 and 8 p.m.; Mondiivs lo Thursdays hi 10.4U, 1.45 and 8. Book NOW at Paramount Theatre (26-2858), D.J's, Fleet's, Holel Auslralia or State Bookina Bureau. its author, John le Carre, except that he was writing under a pseudonym. Yet director Martin Ritt bought the book as a film Cold" (and his two earlier I property in galley form; eminent author J. B.

Priest ley called it "superbly con Barbed and floodlit like the real wall, a replica of the Berlin Wall was built in Dublin. structed, with an atmosphere of chilly and although A SALUTE TO GREATER UNION ORGANISATION'S NEW A full-scale $45,000 replica of the Berlin Wall was built in Dublin for the filming of Paramount's "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold," starring England's Richard Burton and Claire Bloom and Austria's Oskar Werner. a serious writer, le Carre managed lo break through the high-brow barrier and appeal to the ordinary reader to an unprecedented the title role of 'The Spy Who Came In From The As the Para mount's first attraction, one of the world's most widely acclaimed hlmi Cold." and Claire Bloom, as books. Call for the Dead and "Murder of Quality" in 1961 and 1962) he was in the British Foreign Service. By Civil Service rules, he was not allowed to use his own name as an author.

It was March last year lhat le Carre left his post as British Consul in Hamburg to concentrate on writing full-time. He lived for nine months in Crete and Spetsai, before moving to Vienna to write his new book "The Looking Glass War." His identity was only recently revealed as David John Moore Cornwell, a tall 34-ycar-old Oxford graduate and one-time Eton teacher, who still preserves an austerely academic air. an English working girl de degree. rAHIIIOURT KTWIii voted to him, attempt a dramatic escape, was erected and sketches, a Stl-man con HOLLYWOOD producer-director Martin on a Dublin building site, known as Blackpits. struclion team was put to RICHARD BURTON CLAIRE CUO OSKAR WERKER work in Dublin to rebuild Ten tons of sand, five Ritt, who made the tense thriller, had planned on Since its publication, "The Spy" has sold world-wide four million hard-back copies, more than a quarter of a million in America.

Its U.S. paper-hack sales, for which le Carre received $25,000, have topped two million. The English hard-backed edition has gone into, 400 feet of 17ft-high walls THEATRE FROM tons of plaster and two and a half tons of cement went shooting the climactic Wnll on an abandoned market lot. Their copy of "Checkpoint Charlie." the official into the making of the elaborate setting. scenes ot the espionage drama on location in Ber cross-over point between lin.

NITEO After German officials on Hast Berlin and the West's American zone, included replicas of West Berlin shons. They did not go to waste. After filming of "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" was completed, the Berlin "Wall" was put up for sale and bought within both sides of the Wall had barbed-wire fences and 25ft- denied the necessary permits, r. t. 'jot BRUSTS he and his art director set out for Berlin to study the minutes bv an Irish Indus- trialist.

No international high guard towers. The East Germans' side of the Wall, a barriered no-man's land through which co-stars Richard Burton, in Wall for its part in this MlHRIIImuiiM Cold War drama. crisis was caused by the AUTOMATIC FILM LABORATORIES PTY. LTD. From their photographs; transaction.

congrttutatM th Gratr Union Or ffictut inismon en in optnino Of new luxury Ihiatrt DISTRIBUTORS OF THE WORLD'S FINEST MOTION PICTURES GEORGE VOSKOVEC RUPERT DAWS Cffltl CUSACK PETER VmX EYCX Makers of Fine Chocolates Congratulations MARTIN RITT PAUL OEHN fC GUY TROSPER. swno C-Mf. iMfMowTMCoit) on the opening of the and Paramount PlclurM for its out ilandlng film "The Spy Who Cama In From Tfto Cold." which has btan chosan at tha Paramount' prtmiara attraction. For KriM i.rtui.lillHi, Iht NUI 5UUABLE FOR CHILDREN Paramount in eaiiiDDed with New Trocadero Theatre In relmlnn, alr-conrii tinned rum rod, ymt will nlo n)oy dclisti if nl aMftclnte program of coloured fealureltts. the mot modern projection and sound Installation monej can bar.