FILMS AND THE STUDIOS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 852, 21 December 1929, Page 32

FILMS AND THE STUDIOS

IN AUCKLAND NOW-

Today, in supplement aid nett pages, THE SUN announces tl ic completion and opening 0} a gres new theatre, dedicated to motion pictures, that has sprung witn mushroom speed from the drears waste that was the Civic SquanApart from its magnificence, i unique scope and its com pm novelty, the new Civic Theatre—by far the largest house if entertainment in New Zealand an important page in the hinofl of Auckland entertainment tl reason of the fact that , occrnvS _ more than 3.000 seats have eft added to the city’s great area cinema accommodation. When, at the end of tlu presetyear, the St. -James opens doors as a talkie house, t.ie f T total will be increased ’)V than 2,000. . Thus, in the New Year a-ialher after, Auckland motion P IC goers will be catered for o unprecedented scale. 1 doubtful if any city or town either Australia or *ew Zea-j vein offer the same Propyrtunw facilities. •* as & Aucklanders may take xl tribute to their axiomatic capa for enjoyment that exfti&i o** placed such faith in thei r P& UJ Although the full totcl of & city and suburban theatrcs rvfT y be formidable, there * mj reason to feel that this a not been misplaced. , On one hand the city environs are growing r adding every month to ■ p, of potential pleasure-seel ir’pv—the other, pictures 0* A**. this embracing talkie, col and the infant third dm l gni films — are improving by in bounds and becoming every more interesting ar.d ati ■'g. Moreover new thea-ti* a new l ox-office business, fallacious to estimate J rjgjg g* picturegoing population oi the basis of that existing