CAARP: Cinema and Audience Research Project

Grace Park Hall/ Glen / Glenferrie

Venue Summary
Name	Grace Park Hall/ Glen / Glenferrie
Address	677 Glenferrie Road, Glenferrie, Victoria 3122
Operation Dates	1912-01-01 - 1960-12-31
Capacity	1271
Suburban/Country	Suburb
Purpose	Cinema
Screens
Roles	1000-01-01 - 1950-01-01 : Exhibitor : Hoyts Theatres Limited / Skyline Theatre / Hoyts Drive-In Theatre 1951-01-01 - 1959-01-01 : Leased : Yeomans, Ernest 1951-01-01 - 1959-01-01 : Exhibitor : Herron, B

Venue Comments
The Glen closed in about 1933 and re-opened in May 1939. (Smith, p. 16) Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity: 1946/47-1950/51 = 1414 1950/51-1958/59 = 1271 Street numbers along Glenferrie Road were changed in 1960. Cinema turned into shopping complex. Venue: Other Information Possibly now a music hall -CATHS References Cinema & Theatre Historical Society 1997, Cinema index : Melbourne cinemas, suburban cinemas, Victorian drive-ins. CATHS, Victoria. Film Weekly, Film Weekly: motion picture directory, Film Weekly, Sydney. 1946/7-1958/59 Smith, I 2003 'Apollo Theatre' CinemaRecord, Cinema and Theatre Historical Society, no. 41, p.16

Venue Events
Event Date	Name of Venue	Address	Latitude / Longitude	Capacity	Suburban	Purpose
1912-01-01	Grace Park Hall	170 Glenferrie Road Glenferrie Victoria 3122		1414	Suburb	Cinema
1923-01-01	Palais de Dance	186 Glenferrie Road	-37.8215856 145.0364155
1929-01-01	Glen Palais de Dance					Dance Hall
1933-01-01	Glenferrie Skating Rink
1936-01-01
1940-01-01	New Glen Picture Theatre					Cinema
1951-01-01		677 Glenferrie Road		1271
1960-01-01