Majestic Theatre Malandra

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Welcome to the  Majestic Theatre, located in beautiful downtown Malanda in Far North  Queensland. The Majestic is full of history – it is, in fact, a living museum.       Built by the English family in 1928/29 , it was  constructed out of local hardwood timber, milled next door, and is held  together by over 250,000 nails. It has survived cyclones, windstorms  and other natural events. The Majestic  played a huge roll in entertaining troops during WORLD WAR 2.

        Whilst it is a historic building of significance,  offering a unique and very special  old  style cinema experience, there is nothing old about the picture and sound  quality.  It uses the latest state - of -  the - art digital projection and sound processing equipment.         For the technically minded, the cinema is equipped  with  a   2kw NEC 1200C digital projector   powered by a 4 tetrabyte GDC server. It has the latest ultra bright  super high gain screen, with a JBL digital sound processor, offering  full surround sound.         This is a long way away from the old carbon arc  projectors, that presented  the films on  the big screen for most of its life . One of the original old carbon arc  projectors is on display in the foyer – one of a pair of projectors that served  the cinema for over 50 years from the early 1930's until 1984. More recently  the cinema used a  single 35mm Simplex  projector, powered by a XENON lamp and coupled to a Cinemeccanica drive.         The Majestic can offer a cinema experience that is  relatively comparable with any other cinema, but obviously in the olde worlde  environment of Australia's oldest operating commercial cinema (that has not  changed its appearance inside or out since it opened way back in 1929 ).