AdminFeb 242 minFOREIGN 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...
AdminOct 2, 20234 min"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...
AdminSep 23, 20223 minW.M.A. THEATRE - PORT ADELAIDEThe Working Man's Association (W.M.A) Theatre in Port Adelaide - image author's own. The WMA Theatre is located on Nile Street in Port...
AdminApr 29, 20223 minPAVILION 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...
AdminDec 18, 20212 minRENOWN PICTURES - ORROROOPlaque outside the Orroroo Institute Image author's own. In July 1920 the Quorn Mercury reported that Mr JH McDougall had recently...
AdminMar 10, 20211 minWONDERVIEW THEATRE - VICTOR HARBORAlec Holborn's photograph album [B 70990/190] • Photograph Photo Courtesy: State Libary of SA On October 26, 1923, National Pictures...
AdminJan 24, 20211 min WONDERGRAPH - SEMAPHORESemaphore Wondergraph c 1930 Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+5541/3...
AdminJan 24, 20211 minREGENT 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...