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Taylor, Hugh Ronald Raddon

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1920 - 2009

Biography

Hugh Taylor was theatre manager at the Cinerama Theatre, the old Mayfair Theatre in Worcester Street. Cinerama opened in 1963 with great publicity, and closed in 1986.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Civic Theatre artists, and staff and helpers lists

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0843
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of lists of Civic Theatre artists, and staff and helpers, compiled by Hugh R. R. Taylor.

Dates: 1996

History of Cinema in Christchurch papers

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0611
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of press clippings, reviews, obituaries film posters and cast lists relating to films and Christchurch cinemas and two bound volumes of press clippings about the Cinerama Theatre in Christchurch and the films it showed, compiled by Mr Hugh R. Taylor.

Also two bound volumes of newspaper cuttings relating to the introduction of Cinerama and other wide-screen productions, with details of many of the films shown at the time.

Dates: 1963-1987