A couple of days ago I read the news that many of you may have read as well. The Piccadilly Theatre the glorious art-deco style picture...

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...

Image of the crowd gathered outside of Star Pictures (Anzac Theatre) to survey the damage from the fire in 1920. Fire at Star Picture...

The Empire Theatre opened in 1909 and continued operation until 1952. It was located at 61 Grote Street, just a little up from Moonta...

Alec Holborn's photograph album [B 70990/190] • Photograph Photo Courtesy: State Libary of SA On October 26, 1923, National Pictures...

Image Courtesy State Library of SA [B 71977] Image courtesy of Trove (The Register, 4th Jan 1928) On Tuesday the 24th January 1928, Dan...

Exterior view of State Theatre, Hindley Street, Adelaide, Image courtesy of State Library of South Australia. Photo; Vic Grimmett c 1957...

Exterior – Star Theatre, 1954 Now called the Capri Theatre and still thankfully very much running as a picture theatre. Today it is run...

Picture courtesy of SA State Library Outdoor Picture Theatre [B 50194] W. Lesley Boyle set up an outdoor screen for those warmer nights...

This shall be an ongoing article about the introduction of ‘talkies’ to South Australian picture theatres. I will start with just placing...

The Register , dated Saturday 26th March 1910, has a report of a fire at Best’s Canvas Pictures which had taken place on the previous...

I came across this photo, it would be years ago now, and I have to say it lead to my interest in wanting to know more about the picture...

On the 5th December, 1908 Adelaide’s first permanent Picture Theatre opened in Hindley Street (Walker 1995, p. 15). Owned by T J West,...

By chance came across this photo on the State Library of South Australia’s Flickr page, and I thought I needed to share it. The photo is...

On the 17th May 1911 in the Old Institute building located on Commercial Street, Star Pictures Mt Gambier opened. Operated by A Rook, the...

Image courtesy State Library of Sth Australia ([B 5517] The Ozone Theatre, St Vincent Street in Port Adelaide. It was designed in an...

Semaphore Wondergraph c 1930 Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+5541/3...

Programme from the June 4, 1917. West’s Olympia Theatre was located in Hindley Street it was owned by T J West and in 1917 it was located...

This article appeared in The Advertiser 22nd October, 1928. The then Managing Director of Hoyts, Mr G F Griffith talks about the upcoming...

I found this image on Trove along with the information that this is thought to be the delivery of film in 1909 to one of West’s cinemas...