Oldest open-air cinema in operation
Who
Sun Picture Theatre
What
99, 312 year(s):day(s)
Where
Australia (Broome)
When
Sun Picture Theatre, an open air theatre in Broome, Western Australia, Australia, first opened on 9 December 1916. It played silent films until 1933, when it showed its first "talkie" Monte Carlo (USA 1930) with Jeanette MacDonald (USA) and Jack Buchanan (USA). Patrons today still sit on deckchair benches.