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Mar 10, 20211 min read
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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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
WALKERVILLE OUTDOOR THEATRE - WALKERVILLE
Picture courtesy of SA State Library Outdoor Picture Theatre [B 50194] W. Lesley Boyle set up an outdoor screen for those warmer nights...
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Jan 26, 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
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, 20212 min read
STAR THEATRE - TORRENSVILLE
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...
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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 26, 20211 min read
STAR PICTURES - MOUNT GAMBIER
On the 17th May 1911 in the Old Institute building located on Commercial Street, Star Pictures Mt Gambier opened. Operated by A Rook, the...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
WEST'S COUNTRY DRIVE - MOONTA
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...
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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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