I seem to have captured the Cinema One in Stewart St, Devonport, Tasmania in its death throes in April 2006. The Cinema One signage is still there but the glass in the doors has been papered over and there is no sign of any film promotions or marquee.
There is not much else I can tell you about this cinema. It doesn't seem to be listed on cinematreasures.org and while it is listed in the Tasmanian section of Cinema History Around the World, all its says is that the capacity was 288 and it is closed.
Thomas Ryan wrote about this building on his Art Deco & Modernism Architecture Tasmania blog posting a photo from 2008 with the former cinema sporting a new paint job and operating as a furniture and giftware store.
Surely someone from the Apple Isle can fill me in on the history of this significant Devonport building!
Cinema History Around the World
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This building is a fascinating design and it's great to see it's former colours, which I think complement it much more. Sadly I don't think that it will start up anytime soon, as just down the road there is a large modern cinema running. I will try and find out some more about this building and post on my Tasmanian Modernism Blog - http://modernismtas.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteIf viewers are interested in Art Deco cinema's, the former Queenstown Cinema in North West Tasmania has been wonderfully restored by it's owner See my post on the Queenstown Cinema here:
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Thanks Thomas. I got lots of hits for the new C-Max cinemas in Devonport but not much for the old Cinema One.
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