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			[[File:Time_Theatre_site_petrol_station.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|The site of the Time Theatre today, which houses a petrol station.]]
	The Time Theatre formally closed on 29 February 1964.<ref>Cinema and Theatre Historical Society of Australia. ''List of venues''. http://www.caths.org.au/venues/pdf/vica.pdf, accessed: 19 July 2019</ref><ref name="CAARP" />		The Time Theatre formally closed on 29 February 1964.<ref>Cinema and Theatre Historical Society of Australia. ''List of venues''. http://www.caths.org.au/venues/pdf/vica.pdf, accessed: 19 July 2019</ref><ref name="CAARP" />

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	[[File:Time_Theatre.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|The Time Theatre looking north-east from the present-day site of the [[Balwyn Library]] on Whitehorse Road.]]		[[File:Time_Theatre.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|The Time Theatre looking north-east from the present-day site of the [[Balwyn Library]] on Whitehorse Road.]]
	The '''Time Theatre''' was a cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]] in [[Balwyn]], at the intersection with Iramoo Street. It closed in 1963 and was demolished to make way for a petrol station.		The '''Time Theatre''' was a cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]] in [[Balwyn]], at the intersection with Iramoo Street. It closed in 1963 and was demolished to make way for a petrol station.
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	==History==		==History==

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	The '''Time Theatre''' was a cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]] in [[Balwyn]], at the intersection with Iramoo Street. It closed in 1963 and was demolished to make way for a petrol station.		The '''Time Theatre''' was a cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]] in [[Balwyn]], at the intersection with Iramoo Street. It closed in 1963 and was demolished to make way for a petrol station.
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	The '''Time Theatre''' was a cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]] in [[Balwyn]], at the intersection with Iramoo Street. It closed in 1963 and was demolished to make way for a petrol station.		The '''Time Theatre''' was a cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]] in [[Balwyn]], at the intersection with Iramoo Street. It closed in 1963 and was demolished to make way for a petrol station.
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	==History==		==History==

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The '''Time Theatre''' was a cinema located on [[Whitehorse Road]] in [[Balwyn]], at the intersection with Iramoo Street. It closed in 1963 and was demolished to make way for a petrol station.

==History==
===Opening===
Cowper, Murphy & Appleford were the architects of the [[wikipedia:Art deco|art deco]] building, which was officially opened by the Mayor of [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell City Council]], Cr [[Arthur Ernest Vine|Arthur Vine]] on 13 June 1941. The proceeds made from its premerie, a preview of the musical film [[wikipedia:Down Argentine Way|Down Argentine Way]], went towards the Red Cross and Comforts Fund to aid the war effort for the [[wikipedia:Second World War|Second World War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205151318 |title=NEW BALWYN THEATRE |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=26882 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=14 June 1941 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The Theatre opened as one of many in the Hoyt's cinema chain.

===1945 fire===
During a movie screening at around 10:30pm on 3 May 1945, a fire started behind the screen curtain near the boiler house that provided heating for the building. Patrons and staff were safely evacuated, but the rear sections of the cinema were badly damaged.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204027395 |title=THEATRE FIRE AT BALWYN |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=28091 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=4 May 1945 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1103392 |title=FIRE ON THEATRE STAGE |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=30,789 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=4 May 1945 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The next day, Hoyts had planned to erect a temporary screen and stage until the damage could be permanently repaired.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249172343 |title=Another Fire In A Theatre |newspaper=[[The Herald]] |issue=21,204 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=4 May 1945 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>. However, the Minister for Health ordered that the Theatre be closed as Health Department inspectors had deemed the structure to be unsafe.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1099953 |title=THEATRE AT BALWYN CLOSED |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=30,790 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=5 May 1945 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It reopened on 11 May after repairs were effected.<ref name="CAARP">Cinema and Audience Research Project. ''Time, Balwyn''. http://caarp.edu.au/venue/291/view, accessed: 19 July 2019</ref>

===1947 robbery===
As part of a spate of robberies at suburban theatres at the time, the Time Theatre was broken into and a small sum of money taken.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245586940 |title=THIEVES ENTER PICTURE THEATRE |newspaper=[[The Herald]] |issue=21,802 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 April 1947 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The culprit was later identified as a 16-year old boy from [[Hawthorn]], who was arrested by police later that month on suspicion of this robberty and several other crimes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206015575 |title=YOUTH ON MANY CHARGES |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=28,696 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=16 April 1947 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

===1953 robbery===
Three masked gunmen held up the Time Theatre on the night of 19 September 1953. A theatre attendent was counting the evening's takings and was forced to hand over 36 pounds in cash to the gang while they threatened staff with pistols. With the money taken, they ran to a waiting car on Whitehorse Road and fled westwards. The three men were suspected to have also been involved in other similar robberies around Melbourne at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206458669 |title=Gunmen Rob Suburban Cinema Office |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=30,699 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 September 1953 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27191987 |title=POLICE SAY ONE GANG IN TWO HOLD-UPS |newspaper=[[The Mercury]] |volume=CLXXIII, |issue=25,823 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=22 September 1953 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23322742 |title=War on thugs or slum drive? |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=33,409 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=1 October 1953 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23315788 |title=Bandit toll grows |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=33,472 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=14 December 1953 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The perpetrators do not appear to have ever been caught.

===Closure===
The Time Theatre formally closed on 29 February 1964.<ref>Cinema and Theatre Historical Society of Australia. ''List of venues''. http://www.caths.org.au/venues/pdf/vica.pdf, accessed: 19 July 2019</ref><ref name="CAARP" />

The site of the former theatre is the Shell petrol station, opposite the [[Balwyn Library]].

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Balwyn Cinema]]

{{Balwyn}}
[[Category:Cinemas and Theatres]]
[[Category:Whitehorse Road]]