The first film shown at the cinema was Walt Disney Productions' Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Love on a Budget, starring Shirley Temple.

[10][11] The cinema remained under the management of Hoyts (Fremantle) Pty Ltd until 1961[12] when it was bought by a consortium of stakeholders including Goldfields Pictures[2] and City Theatres (owned by TVW).

[3] The demolition was a speedy affair[2] brought about by plans to widen High Street, and despite protest by community groups[13] was effected within four weeks,[2] in March 1972.

[12] The building built in its place is set back considerably from the road, with respect to its neighbour the Victoria Hall, as the road-widening plans never did come to fruition.

Following the demolition of the cinema, a series of menswear shops (1972: Walsh's Mens Wear;[4][14] June 1979: Geoffrey Bruce Men's Clothier[4]) filled the new building, which as of 2012 houses La Tropicana Café, Magpie Books, Raine and Horne Real Estate Agency, Potters House Christian Church, and ITP Tax Agents.