West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thursday 16 September 1937, page 17


PLAZA THEATRE. Tomorrow's Opening Programme -The new Plaza Theatre in say-street, Perth, will be opened at 11 asm. toamarrow and there is much interest among fllmgoers in this, the fist intimate-type picture theatre in the City. There are 1,275 seats divided into lounge, circle and. stalls, and seats may be reserved for all parts of the theatre, except the front stalls. The telephone numbers of the theatre are B9211 and B9212 and the box plans will be at the theatre from tomorrow morning. -The first programme will open with an Australian newsreeL Then the Technicolour record of the Coronation procession will be shown. This is an historical film, as it is the only time such an event -has been shown on the screen In its true colours. The latest issue of one of the "March of Time" series will follow and the first half will conclude with "The Country Cousin," the excellent Walt Disney Silly Symphony in colour that won,for the fifth year in succession, the award for the best cartoon by the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and. Sciences. In the second half of the programme will be some scenes from "A Star Is Born," which is coming to the theatre, and the main attraction, "Lloyds of London," a large-scale Hollywood picture which has been a success in all parts of the world. The cast Included TyronePower, Madeleine Carroll, the late Sir Guy Standing, C. Aubrey Smith, Virginia. Field, Freddie Bartholomew and Douglas Scott. The film was directed by Henry King.