one of the plaques in the australian film walk of fame outside the ritz the ritz cinema is a cinema in the sydney suburb of randwick . it was built in 1937 is an example of the art deco cinema architecture that found a home in australia during the 1920s and 1930s . 1 the architect aaron bolt is known for his classic art deco buildings throughout sydney such as his commissions for grand apartment buildings in potts point . 2 since its construction the cinema has been owned by among others the hoyts cinema group and the brigidine sisters an order of nuns running the adjacent brigidine college . 3 in the late 1980s the current owners planned to demolish the existing cinema and to redevelop the site . 4 however randwick city council and the then minister for planning intervened and a permanent conservation order was imposed on the ritz building in march 1993 . 5 the current owners refurbished the building in the late 1990s adding additional cinemas to the original single principal cinema theatre in order to allow the ritz to survive in the era of competition with larger multiplex cinema chains . 2 in 1997 the ritz cinema was placed on the register of the national estate by the australian heritage council . 6 that record notes that the ritz cinema is the only one of three remaining theatres of this style in an unaltered state still used as a cinema in new south wales and is one of the few surviving examples of the hundreds of cinemas which were built during the 1930s one of the most creative periods of cinematic design in australia . ... the ritz which has operated almost continuously as a movie theatre since 1937 has social values as a community cultural entertainment centre in the randwick area . the place is also highly valued by the art deco society . ... the ritz is significant for its intact and well detailed art deco design and is a prominent element in the st paul s road urban precinct ... 7 australian film walk of fame edit in 2008 the australian film walk of fame was created outside the ritz with plaques honouring members of the australian film industry . the walk was initiated by randwick council with support from the coogee arts festival and the ritz . references edit philip bell the americanization of australia sydney unsw press 1998 isbn 0 86840 784 4 p. 67 . a b alex tibbitts ushering in the golden age of cinema sydney morning herald 22 november 2008 p. 13 . http www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au b expressing wb1 ritzhist.html accessed 8 may 2009 jack ziade v randwick city council at 2 . jack ziade v randwick city council at 7 . cinema treasures entry for the ritz accessed on 8 may 2009 . place id 100553 . australian heritage database . department of the environment . retrieved 17 may 2009 . wikimedia commons has media related to the ritz cinema . wikimedia commons has media related to australian film walk of fame . external links edit official website the ritz cinema on twitter the ritz cinema on facebook coordinates 33 55 12 s 151 14 36 e 33.92007 s 151.24335 e 33.92007 ; 151.24335 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the ritz cinema & oldid 742543359 categories cinemas in australiaart deco architecture in sydneytheatres in sydneytheatres completed in 19371937 establishments in australiamedia companies established in 1937buildings and structures completed in 1937hidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidatacommons category with local link different than on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 09 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view