Barrel Theatre Blues
Sydney Morning Herald April 29, 1976 BLUE MOVIE BRIBE CHARGE – FINE MELBOURNE, Wednesday. - A Sydney man who offered a Melbourne Vice Squad detective money to arrange the showing of blue movie's was convicted on bribery charges in the Melbourne City Court today. The court was told that the man, David Gandali, 32, of Ocean Street, Woollahra, had offered the detective $5,000 a month to two years to organise the “safe” showing of blue movie's at the Barrel Theatre in Melbourne. Gandali had pleaded not guilty to offering a bribe to a police officer to forgo his duties. Mr P. Clothier, SM, fined Gandali $250 Detective Senior Sergeant John Sadler, of the vice squad, told the court Gandali had approached him on March 12 and told him he had $80,000 invested in the Barrel Theatre. “He said his proposition was to show one legitimate feature film and then two or three blue movie's,” Sergeant Sadler said. “If I give you $5,000 a month do you think you could fix it? I can ke...