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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


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


ENTERPRISE PICTURES - PORT AUGUSTA
This shall be an ongoing article about the introduction of ‘talkies’ to South Australian picture theatres. I will start with just placing...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read


REGENT THEATRE - RUNDLE STREET - 'THE TALKIES'
This article appeared in The Advertiser 22nd October, 1928. The then Managing Director of Hoyts, Mr G F Griffith talks about the upcoming...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
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