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Mar 25, 20212 min read
EMPIRE THEATRE - GROTE STREET
The Empire Theatre opened in 1909 and continued operation until 1952. It was located at 61 Grote Street, just a little up from Moonta...
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Feb 7, 20211 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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Jan 26, 20211 min read
STATE THEATRE - HINDLEY STREET
Exterior view of State Theatre, Hindley Street, Adelaide, Image courtesy of State Library of South Australia. Photo; Vic Grimmett c 1957...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
STAR THEATRE - GOODWOOD
Exterior – Star Theatre, 1954 Now called the Capri Theatre and still thankfully very much running as a picture theatre. Today it is run...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
BEST'S THEATRE - CNR. VICTORIA SQUARE - FIRE
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...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
WEST'S OLYMPIA - HINDLEY STREET
On the 5th December, 1908 Adelaide’s first permanent Picture Theatre opened in Hindley Street (Walker 1995, p. 15). Owned by T J West,...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
MAJESTIC THEATRE - KING WILLIAM STREET
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...
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Jan 25, 20211 min read
OZONE - PORT ADELAIDE
Image courtesy State Library of Sth Australia ([B 5517] The Ozone Theatre, St Vincent Street in Port Adelaide. It was designed in an...
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Jan 24, 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
WEST'S OLYMPIA THEATRE - HINDLEY STREET -PROGRAMME
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...
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Jan 24, 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, 20212 min read
THEATRE ROYAL - HINDLEY STREET
The Theatre Royal c 1890s. Image courtesy of State Library of Sth Australia. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+2909 19th...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
BEST'S THEATRE - CNR. VICTORIA SQUARE
Best’s Pictures opened in October 1909, above is an article which appeared in The Register newspaper on the 25th October 1909. It states...
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