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Situated in Orange Grove, Johannesburg, this was one of the city's oldest cinemas, dating back to the 1920s. Shortly after closing as a cinema in the early 1990s, it opened again as a theatre, presenting ''[[Ipi Thombi]]'' and ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'', but by the end of the 1990s it was closed down again, before being purchased by music producer and magazine publisher [[Joe Theron]] in 2004, being demolished and replaced by the [[Victory Theatre]].  
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Situated in Orange Grove, Johannesburg, this was one of the city's oldest cinemas, dating back to the 1920s. Later known as '''The Victory''', and shortly after closing as a cinema in the early 1990s, it opened again as the [[Victory Theatre]].  By the end of the 1990s it was closed down again, then purchased by music producer and magazine publisher [[Joe Theron]] in 2004, being demolished and replaced by the [[Victory Theatre]].  
  
 
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Revision as of 07:38, 1 December 2010

Situated in Orange Grove, Johannesburg, this was one of the city's oldest cinemas, dating back to the 1920s. Later known as The Victory, and shortly after closing as a cinema in the early 1990s, it opened again as the Victory Theatre. By the end of the 1990s it was closed down again, then purchased by music producer and magazine publisher Joe Theron in 2004, being demolished and replaced by the Victory Theatre.

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Tucker, 1997

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