Today's building is the old Pier Picture Theatre at Redcliffe, which stands next to Comino's Arcade from our last post. The following photograph shows both buildings around the year 1950.
(Photo: State Library of Queensland and John Oxley Library; #72677)
Given its name because it is situated across the road from the Redcliffe Jetty, the Pier opened in 1917, replacing the earlier Redcliffe Picture Palace, an open-air theatre.
Fire destroyed the theatre and the home of the proprietor in March 1943 after a free movie evening for servicemen, and the place was rebuilt by December of that year. Here is a current photograph of the building. It is now a retail centre.
(Photo: © 2012 the foto fanatic)
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