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Moving pictures were first shown in Adelaide from the late 1890s. From about 1907 purpose-built picture houses, both covered and open-air, began to appear. By the end of 1913 there were over 25,000 permanent cinema seats in Adelaide and the suburbs – and this excluded the numerous local halls that regularly screened films. Motion pictures had arrived.After a lull during the first world war, from the 1920s both cinema attendances and the construction of new theatres proceeded swiftly. Cinema was now part of the standard entertainment of South Australian families, including those in essentially working class areas like Thebarton and West Torrens.
Smaller theatres include: Druid’s Hall, Jervois Street, Torrensville (1920s); Camden Hall (1920s); Thebarton Open-Air Picture Show (1920s); Hilton Open-Air Picture Show corner Rowland Road and Talbot Street, Hilton (1920s); Roxy Theatre, Anzac Highway, Everard Park (1937-1961); Wallis Blueline Drive-In, West Beach (1954-1998)
Major theatres:
TORRENSVILLE STAR / PLAZA THEATRE (1916-1954) 107 Henley Beach Road, Mile End
THEBARTON STAR THEATRE (1928-1948) / THEBARTON ODEON (1948-1965) Henley Beach Road, Torrensville
‘OLD’ THEBARTON TOWN HALL (1885-) / LYRIC THEATRE (1913-1948)
THEBARTON COMMUNITY CENTRE (1950-)
JUNCTION THEATRE COMPANY (1990s) George Street and Taylors (Now South) Road, Thebarton
LOCKLEYS LYRIC (1925-1948) / WINDSOR(1948-1963, 2000-2012) / CINECENTRE (1970s)/ ODEON THEATRE (1993-2000) Henley Beach Road, Lockleys
RICHMOND THEATRE 444 South Road, Marleston
SOLDIERS MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, HILTON THEATRE Rowland Road (Burbridge Road, Sir Donald Bradman Drive) Hilton
Full document: Cinemas of West Torrens
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