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In 1935 two Picture Show Men arrived in the town with a new name called Alice Springs. Over the span of the next50 years the Kenna and Burton families pioneered cinema in the outback communities of Alice Springs and Tennant Creek. In a cinematic sense they built an empire, parks were named and memorialised after them, and an enduring legacy of affection remains for those who fondly recall watching movies under the stars on balmy Territory nights.
In 1935 two Picture Show Men arrived in the town with a new name called Alice Springs. Over the span of the next50 years the Kenna and Burton families pioneered cinema in the outback communities of Alice Springs and Tennant Creek. In a cinematic sense they built an empire, parks were named and memorialised after them, and an enduring legacy of affection remains for those who fondly recall watching movies under the stars on balmy Territory nights.