At the NSW Branch luncheon in Sydney on Thursday 24th May, Mr. Tom Jeffrey was presented the much coveted award as the 2018 NSW Cinema Pioneer of the Year. This auspicious award was certainly well deserved by Tom for his many decades of service in the development and progress of the Australian film industry.…
DetailsJune Richmond started her life in the cinema industry at the age of 17 as an usherette at Windsor Star Theatre, Hilton. In 1957 she moved to Port Pirie and was with husband John when he opened the Port Pirie & Kadina Drive Ins. Between having seven children she worked at the Sunset Drive-in at…
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When Hopalong Cassidy rode to the rescue at Hawthorn’s Glenferrie Theatre I used to stamp my feet with all the other 10 year olds. When Tarzan plucked Jane from the jaws of death, I cheered. Tom and Jerry was a laugh from first to last. The Saturday matinee was a joyous, tribal ritual and I…
DetailsDaryl’s fascination with the motion picture industry began in his pre-school days during WW2. On hot summers evenings, music and strange voices often wafted in on the sea breeze to his Bicton home. He discovered they were coming from the nearby Mayfair picture theatre outdoor gardens. At Richmond primary school he was allowed to operate…
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Longreach has its Stockman’s Hall of Fame, the Outback Heritage Centre and the Qantas Founders Museum among other iconic Queensland landmarks, but as far as we’re concerned the most important icon in Longreach is our Cinema Pioneer of the year, Norm Salsbury. Norm’s first became interested in the cinema when he was seven years old,…
DetailsZareh Nalbandian began his career in the film industry as an intern at Australia’s then leading film post production group, Colorfilm. Already an avid photographer, he quickly developed a passion for film optical effects and worked in Colorfilm’s optical effects department on various iconic Australian films in the 1980’s. Zareh took on several diverse management…
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