Luxurious Art Deco style theatre and offices originally built in 1939 as a live entertainment complex called the Minerva. It was bought in 1948 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and converted into a cinema, renaming it the Metro Kings Cross in 1952. After MGM was bought out by Greater Union Organisation in 1969, Harry M Miller staged the musical Hair at the theatre and it returned to live theatre use until 1976. It was converted to a short-lived shopping centre in 1981 before shopping market before being acquired in 1982 for use as a film studio by Kennedy Miller Mitchell.
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Milestone
Constructed
1938 - 1939
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Opened
18 May 1939
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Name
Alternate
Minerva Theatre
1939 - 1952
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Alternate
Metro Cinema
29 Apr 1950 - 1969
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Alternate
Metro Theatre
1969 - 1979
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Position
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1937 - 1938
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1938
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1938
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1938
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05 Jun 1969 - 1979
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Property
Owned by
1939 - 1950
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Occupied by
Apr 1941 - 28 Apr 1950
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Owned by
1950 - 1969
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Owned by
1969 - 1982
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Owned by
1982 -
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Type
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