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FOREIGN FILM IN AUSTRALIA - 1910s to 1930s.
I recently attended a talk by American academic Professor Julie Allen. Allen - who is an academic from Brigham Young University in the...
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Feb 24, 20242 min read


HAPPY 100 YEARS VICTA CINEMAS
Image courtesy of Victa Cinemas Victa Cinema - Entertaining the Fleurieu since 1923 (victacinemas.com.au) The Victor Harbor Times and...
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Nov 26, 20232 min read


ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVED BY ADELAIDE PICTURE THEATRES
I can't say that I have ever attended a film at 11 am on the 11 of November, so I'm not too sure if theatres today observe Armistice...
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Nov 11, 20231 min read


"GO FOR THE KIDS"; Children and Picture Theatres.
West's Theatres "Win a Pony competition" c 1957. The prize was part of a promotion campaign for the Tim Hovey Film, The Private War of...
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Oct 2, 20234 min read


TEROWIE INSTITUTE THEATRE - TEROWIE
Interior Terowie Institute (photo reproduced courtesy of Philip Wood) Showing the bio box and seating in the Terowie Institute building...
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Jun 18, 20235 min read


YORK PICTURE THEATRE - ADELAIDE
The York Picture Theatre building c 1921. Image courtesy of State Library of South Australia https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource...
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Apr 30, 20234 min read


METRO THEATRE - ADELAIDE
The Metro Theatre in Hindley Street in Adelaide. Photo courtesy of State Library of South Australia. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/r...
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Nov 19, 20223 min read


OZONE THEATRE - GLENELG
Glenelg Ozone c 1938. Image from Decoration and Glass Courtesy of Trove The Ozone Glenelg was built in 1937. The Ozone cinema chain was...
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Oct 15, 20222 min read


PAVILION PICTURE THEATRE (THE PAV) - ADELAIDE.
Adelaide Plan No 11. c1911-1914 - which clearly shows the location of the Pavilion Picture Theatre. Image courtesy of State Library of...
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Apr 29, 20223 min read


THE MAYFAIR THEATRE - ADELAIDE
Crowd outside of The Mayfair Theatre, Rundle Street, Adelaide. c 1935 - photo courtesy of SLSA (https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resou...
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Mar 27, 20222 min read


RENOWN PICTURES - ORROROO - PART 2
Orroroo Institute (Home of Renown Pictures), 12th October 1962. Image Courtesy of Orroroo Historical Society and District Council of...
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Feb 12, 20223 min read


RENOWN PICTURES - ORROROO
Plaque outside the Orroroo Institute Image author's own. In July 1920 the Quorn Mercury reported that Mr JH McDougall had recently...
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Dec 18, 20212 min read


WOODVILLE HALL PICTURES - WOODVILLE
Woodville Town Hall's proscenium (Image author's own). When the new Woodville Town Hall opened in April 1927, the Woodville Hall...
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Sep 25, 20212 min read


VOGUE THEATRE - KINGSWOOD
Today I was able to see inside the Vogue Theatre on Belair Road at Kingswood. Like most theatres it was built close to either a train...
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May 22, 20212 min read


NEW STAR THEATRE - UNLEY
Image Courtesy State Library of SA [B 71977] Image courtesy of Trove (The Register, 4th Jan 1928) On Tuesday the 24th January 1928, Dan...
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Feb 7, 20211 min read


WALKERVILLE OUTDOOR THEATRE - WALKERVILLE
Picture courtesy of SA State Library Outdoor Picture Theatre [B 50194] W. Lesley Boyle set up an outdoor screen for those warmer nights...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read


WONDERGRAPH - SEMAPHORE
Semaphore Wondergraph c 1930 Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+5541/3...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
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