Stage Number: MBSH.02.03.04
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: Yeronga
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: Corner of Devon Street and Fairfield Road, Yeronga
Latitude & Longitude: -27.51730556,153.01666667
Time Link: 1923
Map Link: 1923
Image Time Point: 1923
The Ideal opened in April 1923 with the following programme: ‘”The Valley of Silent Men,” the screen version of James Oliver Carwood’s story, in which Alma Rubens is featured, will head the programme. In the supporting picture, “Don’t Call Me Little Girl,” Mary Miles Minter occupies the role of a clever girl, who helps along a shy lover. The film is a Realart production. Comedy, cartoon, and news items also will be shown.’ The venue was also used for live theatre and variety shows. The last movie screened there was ‘Charlie Chan in Panama’ in 1940, after which time the theatre was put up for sale. By the 1950s it had become a badminton venue.
Brisbane Courier, 14 April 1923; The Telegraph, 9 August 1940; Courier-Mail, Wednesday 28 August 1940.
Advertisement for the last movie screening at the Ideal Picture Theatre, Yeronga. The Telegraph, 9 August 1940.
QSA. QSA Series ID 2058 Moreton District Maps – A Series. 6 miles to the inch. Moreton District. 6 miles to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane.. 634900
