Comments on: Imagine Wynnum had a cinema…

By: wynnumcentral

wynnumcentral — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:28:05 +0000

In reply to Tony Fisher. Hi Tony In case we can't track down that film you saw, do you have any recollection of what the film was you saw at Star Pictures?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:20:58 +0000

Gone with the Wind!
and Sound of music!

By: Suzanna Aberdeen

Suzanna Aberdeen — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:00:44 +0000

I’d have to say The Rocky Horror Picture Show for ‘anything goes’. The audience can participate a lot and there is a lot of Aussie talent in it. Probably The Labyrinth for a children’s movie because both kids and adults alike tend to love it and the music. They are both favourites in cinemas showing the flashback films. Although for feelgood films, Ghostbusters isn’t too bad for kids too, get in before the new one comes out 😉

By: Tony Fisher

Tony Fisher — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 03:45:00 +0000

Many years ago (in the early 1950’s) my family attended Sammy Greene’s Star Picture Show and watched a film called “Back of Beyond”.
The film was the story of an Outback Carrier and Mail Contractor who drove an antiquated large truck, with fat tyres, over the sandy terrain of the Birdsville Track in Central Queensland delivering food and supplies to people living in very remote areas.
I was only young but that film has remained in my memory for my entire life. The film was a “Shell Oil” production and shown on a 16 mm projector on a stand at the front of the Star Pictures auditorium.
As an aside issue, friends and I attended the Star Theatre the night before it burnt down on a Sunday morning. I think it was 1957
Tony Fisher