Bay Harbour: May 12, 2021

<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News Wednesday <strong>May</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

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Cinema owner turns 90 and is looking<br />

• By Samantha Mythen<br />

LANG MASTERS, long-time<br />

owner of the iconic Hollywood<br />

3 Cinema in Sumner, has turned<br />

90 and he’s still working seven<br />

days a week.<br />

If you stop by for a movie, you<br />

can see Lang with a big smile<br />

waiting behind the counter, usually<br />

during matinées.<br />

On April 30, friends, family,<br />

and work colleagues, old and<br />

new, gathered at Masters’ home<br />

to celebrate his birthday.<br />

He said he is still eating the<br />

leftovers from the three-tier film<br />

reel cake made especially for<br />

him.<br />

Lang has owned the cinema for<br />

more than 60 years. Hollywood<br />

Cinema was only open on Saturdays<br />

when Lang and his wife<br />

Maureen first took over in 1962.<br />

They painted and redecorated<br />

the 1938 building.<br />

Only now at 90, is he considering<br />

stepping down and is looking<br />

for someone to take over his<br />

share of the business.<br />

“It would be great if that person<br />

was interested in movies,”<br />

said Lang.<br />

“I would hate to see the theatre<br />

pulled down.”<br />

Even if it is sold. Lang said he<br />

would still pop in if they needed<br />

him.<br />

“I enjoy working here – it<br />

keeps you alive,” he said.<br />

Although Covid has resulted<br />

in a movie shortage, Lang said<br />

people have continued to support<br />

the theatre.<br />

“It would be great to see more<br />

visitors though.”<br />

Lang has been running<br />

theatres around the country<br />

since he was a teen. He attended<br />

Christchurch Boys’ High School<br />

and hosted movies on 16mm<br />

film for friends in his parent’s<br />

garage.<br />

In 1981, at the height of Lang<br />

and Maureen’s cinematic empire,<br />

they ran seven cinemas in<br />

Christchurch.<br />

MOVIE BUFF: At 90-years-old, Lang Masters is still working<br />

full-time at Hollywood 3 Cinema in Sumner.<br />

PHOTO: SAMANTHA MYTHEN<br />

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