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Looking Back: South Australian Picture Theatres & Drive-Ins , A Coffee-Table History of Adelaide Cinema | 428-Page Slipcase Hardcover with 1,000+ Vintage Photos | Nostalgic Gift for Film Lovers
Relive the golden age of the silver screen.
From the grand picture palaces that swept across South Australia in the late 1800s to the American-born drive-ins that lit up the 1950s, Looking Back is the definitive celebration of the theatres, screens and memories that a state fell in love with.
Author Scott Smith takes you behind (and in front of) the screen through original interviews with the ushers, projectionists, cafeteria workers and owners who made it all happen - their tales woven together with over 1,000 photographs, many rare or never before seen.
Inside this 428-page, slipcase-bound 1,000+ rare and unseen photographs First-hand stories from the people who ran the theatres The full history - 1800s picture palaces to 1950s drive-ins A premium coffee-table centrepiece, built to display and gift So put the speaker in the window, recline the seat, and go looking back at an unforgettable chapter of South Australia’s cultural history. A must-have for cinephiles, historians and collectors - and the perfect gift for anyone who remembers.
From the grand picture palaces that swept across South Australia in the late 1800s to the American-born drive-ins that lit up the 1950s, Looking Back is the definitive celebration of the theatres, screens and memories that a state fell in love with.
Author Scott Smith takes you behind (and in front of) the screen through original interviews with the ushers, projectionists, cafeteria workers and owners who made it all happen - their tales woven together with over 1,000 photographs, many rare or never before seen.
Inside this 428-page, slipcase-bound 1,000+ rare and unseen photographs First-hand stories from the people who ran the theatres The full history - 1800s picture palaces to 1950s drive-ins A premium coffee-table centrepiece, built to display and gift So put the speaker in the window, recline the seat, and go looking back at an unforgettable chapter of South Australia’s cultural history. A must-have for cinephiles, historians and collectors - and the perfect gift for anyone who remembers.
428 pages, Hardcover
Published May 16, 2026
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August 28, 2026
A interesting look at the long list, and I do mean long, of cinemas and drive-ins in South Australia.
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