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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
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"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
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W.M.A. THEATRE - PORT ADELAIDE
The 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...
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Sep 23, 20223 min read
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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
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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
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WONDERVIEW THEATRE - VICTOR HARBOR
Alec Holborn's photograph album [B 70990/190] • Photograph Photo Courtesy: State Libary of SA On October 26, 1923, National Pictures...
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Mar 10, 20211 min read
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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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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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