South Australia - Entertainment and the Arts
Theatre
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Theatre.
"From Playboard to Talkie Screen" is in the Advertiser (special edition),
1 September 1936, page 80.
"Theatrical Activities in the '40's" is in the Advertiser,
7 October 1933, page 9c.
"A Licentious Stage", the subject of controversy and court action, is reported in the Register,
16, 22 and 30 January 1850, pages 3b, 3c-d and 3a,
4, 11 and 12 March 1850, pages 2c, 3d and 4b.
An attack on a drama critic by an actor is reported in the Advertiser,
14 December 1880, page 4e.
"The Theatre" is in the Observer,
6 May 1882, page 24e.
"Important Theatrical Cases" is in the Observer,
20 January 1883, page 31b.
Information on the SA Amateur Opera Company is in the Express,
20 May 1884, page 3f,
"Opera, Past and Present" is in the Advertiser,
20 June 1895, page 4e,
"Actors and Authors" on
28 September 1895, page 4h.
"The Modern Developments of Pantomime" is in the Advertiser,
3 May 1897, page 4h, also see
23 May 1898, page 4g,
5 November 1909, page 9c.
The perils of "Hats in Theatres" is in the Express,
17 September 1897,
Advertiser,
2 December 1903, page 4d.
"Christians and the Naughty Theatre" is in the Register,
15, 16 and 17 September 1897, pages 6f, 6e and 6e and
"Theatre, Church or Both" on
18 September 1897, page 4e:
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In the times of the early Tudors the clergy, with their choir boys, were the regular actors in the plays or dramas of the day; but since the preachers left the boards of the theatre they have never kindly regarded the auditorium.
(Also see Register,
21 September 1897, page 7i and
Advertiser,
18 September 1897, page 4e.)
The Church should be most grateful to the inventor of the day of rest, because unless it provides more intellectual variety for the general public it cannot compete with the week-night caterer.
"Mind, Muscle and the Stage" is in the Register,
27 November 1897, page 4g.
"The Stage and Stage People" is in the Advertiser,
5 August 1899, page 11f,
"Things Theatrical" on
2 May 1900, page 9a,
"The Evolution of Opera" on
1 March 1901, page 4c,
"Morals and the Stage" on
20 July 1901, page 6e,
"Plays and Problems" on
12 October 1901, page 6d.
"The Grand Opera Season" is in the Register on
14 February 1901, page 4d,
"Theatrical Patronage" on
7 June 1901, pages 3e-4e.
An editorial on the Tivoli Theatre is in the Register,
20 June 1901, page 4d.
"Vice on the Stage" is in the Register on
3 December 1903, page 4e,
"Thespians on Strike - No Pay, No Play" on
28 December 1903, page 5a.
"Modern Drama" is in the Advertiser,
27 June 1905, page 6d.
The obituary of Robert Brough "A Popular Actor-Manager" is in the Register,
21 April 1906, page 5b; also see
5 June 1906, page 5f.
"Morals and the Stage" is in the Advertiser,
14 December 1907, page 10g.
"Peter Dawson - The Story of a Career" is in the Register,
17 August 1909, page 7e; also see
23 June 1914, page 10d.
Reminiscences of Peter Dawson are in the Advertiser,
22 May 1933, page 10h.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
4 February 1932, page 31,
11 May 1933, page 36.
An obituary of Maurice C. Tuohy, actor, is in the Register,
28 July 1926, page 17d.
"Children and the Stage" is in the Register,
9 February 1911, page 4d.
"Miss Judith Anderson - Adelaide to Broadway" is in the Advertiser,
30 May 1927, page 11f; also see
The News,
28 May 1927, page 1d,
2 June 1927, page 4c.
"Mr John Forde - Doyen of the Profession" is in the Register,
21 March 1928, page 11d.
"Is Stage Beaten? - Stage and Talkies" is in The Mail,
15 February 1930, page 1a.
"Laurence Power's Story of Operatic Rise" is in The Mail,
18 February 1933, page 3b.
"Censorship of Stage Plays" is in The News,
22 July 1939, page 6.
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Moving Pictures and Television
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Moving Pictures and Television.
"The Panorama - Opening Night of Charle's Moving Pictures" is in the Observer,
8 April 1871, page 7b.
Information on "Panorama" and "Picture Shows" is in the Register,
22 September 1913, page 13c.
Information on the cinematograph is in the Express,
19 and 20 October 1896, pages 2f and 3d,
A cinematograph performance at the Theatre Royal is discussed in the Register,
2 January 1897, page 6g,
"The Censors of the Cinematograph" on
2 December 1914, page 9a.
"Australia and Cinematographe" is in the Register,
31 May 1909, page 9c,
Adelaide Cinematrogaphed" on
22 June 1909, page 4g.
"Education and the Cinematograph" is in the Advertiser,
17 June 1913, page 8e.
"Lumiere's Cinematograph" is in the Register, 10 November 1897, page 6e.
An exhibition of "real moving pictures", "distinct in every detail and the detracting flicker which was a serious defect in the early cinematographe...", is reported upon in the Register, 11 December 1905, page 8f.
"Mr Spencer's Theatrescope" is in the Register,
24 and 26 February 1906, pages 8e and 7e,
5 March 1906, page 3i.
"Moving Pictures" at the Town Hall are described in the Register,
14 April 1906, page 4g.
"Swann's Moving Pictures" is in the Register,
17 August 1907, page 6e.
"Moving Pictures of the State" is in the Register,
17 March 1909, page 8e.
The process of "Fitting the Music to the Picture" is explained in the Advertiser,
27 April 1909, page 6g.
"Football Pictures" at the Tivoli Theatre is reported in the Advertiser,
15 June 1909, page 9d.
"Rise and Progress of West's" is in the Register,
19 August 1909, page 7e.
"The Modern Moving Picture" and information on its introduction to Adelaide is in the Advertiser,
5 October 1909, page 6e:
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Less than twenty years ago the first moving pictures exhibited in Adelaide were shown in a shop in Rundle Street west which had been leased for the occasion by the McMahon Brothers, who were well known in theatrical circles.
"The Fuss About Films" is in the Register,
14 and 18 July 1910, pages 6c and 3e.
"Fight Pictures" is in the Register,
26 October 1910, page 8f.
"Motion Pictures" is in the Register,
17 December 1910, page 14f.
"Moving Pictures of the Wild Interior [of Australia]" is in the Register,
18 January 1911, page 4h,
23 August 1911, page 4e - these reports concern the activities of a cyclist, Mr Birtles.
"Sunday Moving Pictures" is in the Register,
20 March 1911, page 6g,
12 April 1911, pages 6e-9a,
6, 7 and 8 June 1911, pages 8g, 3f and 9e.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Breaking the Sabbath .
"Sunday Picture Shows - Programmes not Approved" is in the Express,
18 March 1911, page 1e; also see
11 and 19 April 1911, pages 1h and 1h.
Observer,
25 February 1911, page 41c,
11 and 18 March 1911, pages 17b and 47d.
"The Moving Picture Business" is in the Chronicle,
10 June 1911, page 42b,
"Continuous Pictures" in The Mail,
22 June 1912, page 13g,
"Picture Shows and Orchestras" in the Advertiser,
29 July 1912, page 10i,
"Picture Shows and Reform" in the Register,
18 May 1914, page 8c.
"Animated Pictures" is in the Register,
2 September 1911, page 8d.
A poem titled "The Cinematograph" is in the Register,
24 February 1911, page 6f.
A photograph of "The Famous Rudd Family - On Our Selection" is in the Chronicle,
27 July 1912, page 32.
"Bathing Belles - Cinematographed in Scanty Clothes" is in the Express,
16 January 1914, page 4g.
An obituary of James A. Miller, "one of the pioneers of cinematograph", is in the Observer,
12 June 1915, page 44b.
Information on the first cinematograph film to be prepared in Adelaide is in the Advertiser,
3 and 12 February 1917, pages 11f and 9b.
Moving picture censorship is discussed in the Register,
19 December 1916, page 7d,
6 and 10 January 1917, pages 7c and 4d,
Advertiser,
4 September 1917, page 10e,
27 February 1922, page 12f,
Register,
6 November 1924, page 8c,
"Wowsers and Picture Shows" is in the Register,
10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 25 August 1917, pages 6e, 10c, 6d, 9d, 3c, 10e and 10e.
"Wowsers and Picture Shows" on
13, 20, 22 and 31 August 1917, pages 3b, 9d, 3f and 9e,
"Film Censorship" in the Advertiser,
27 April 1928, page 15d.
A photograph of members of the Southern Cross Feature Film Company is in The Critic,
20 June 1917, page 13.
"Censor's New Task" is in The Mail,
24 August 1929, page 14d; also see
28 December 1929, page 11a.
22 February 1930, page 3a,
10 January 1931, page 15,
11 June 1932, page 2a,
28 April 1934, page 17,
"Cinema, Censor and Child" in the Advertiser,
17 April 1934, page 8d.
"Fine SA Picture [The Woman Suffers]" is in the Register,
20 March 1918, page 9e.
"Methodists and Picture Shows" is in the Register,
12 March 1919, page 8g.
"Our Own Films - Sentimental Bloke's Success" is in the Register,
4 February 1921, page 6g.
"Singing Pictures - A Revolutionary Invention" is in the Express,
18 July 1921, page 2h.
"Use of the Cinema - To Advertise the State" is in the Advertiser,
17 February 1922, page 10c.
"Cinema Reform" is in the Advertiser,
28 and 29 November 1922, pages 12f and 16c.
"Budding Film Stars - Adelaide Girls Wanted" is in the Advertiser,
11 August 1923, page 17c.
"Cinema Pictures - Effects on the Juvenile Mind" is in the Register,
10 October 1923, page 10g.
"Movies and Morals" is in The Mail,
15 December 1923, page 7f.
"Picture Prices - Woman Patron Protests" is in The News,
1 February 1924, page 6e,
"Clergyman Attacks Films" on
2 September 1924, page 1b.
"Prize Fighting and the Cinema" is in the Register,
8 July 1924, page 8h.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Boxing.
"The Cinema and Church Work" is in the Advertiser,
28 July 1924, page 8f,
"Motion Pictures and the Church" on
7 March 1929, page 19a,
"The Child and the Cinema" on
31 July 1924, page 8g.
"Cinema in Adelaide Churches" is in The Mail,
9 August 1924, page 10f.
"Molesting Women" at picture shows is commented upon in the Advertiser,
15 and 20 October 1924, pages 13e and 12f.
"Australian Pictures - Establishing Motion Picture Unit" is in the Advertiser,
25 November 1924, page 12f.
"The Greater Movie Season - Its History and Significance" is in the Advertiser,
9 March 1926, page 14d.
"Moving Pictures in Adelaide - What the Public Wants" is in the Advertiser,
9 March 1926, page 15e.
"The Cinema and Education" is in the Advertiser,
21 August 1926, page 18e,
"The Cinema" on
11 March 1927, page 12h,
"The Films - Good and Bad in Them" on
25 August 1927, page 12c,
"The Movie Ball" on
2 September 1927, page 15d.
A photograph of committee members of the Movie Ball is in the Register,
18 August 1927, page 10.
"Children's Pictures - Should There be Regulations?" is in the Register,
24 August 1927, page 10h.
"Rise of Dan Clifford - News Vendor to Theatre Owner" is in The News,
6 January 1928, page 8e.
"Moving Picture Progress", the reminiscences of William Robertson, is in The Mail,
11 February 1928, page 25d.
"Motion Picture Music - Playing Before the Screen" is in The News,
12 July 1928, page 12e.
"Ways and Fads of Regular [Picture Theatre] Atttendants" is in The Mail,
9 June 1928, page 15c.
"Marvels of the Movietone in Adelaide" is in the Observer,
9 March 1929, page 54d.
"Movies" is in the Observer,
22 September 1928, page 71b.
"Preparing for Cinesound in Adelaide" is in The News,
9 January 1929, page 12a,
"Talking Pictures for Adelaide" in the Advertiser,
8 and 31 January 1929, pages 15g and 16c,
12 February 1929, page 15g,
"The Talkies Talk" in The News,
1 March 1929, page 13b.
"New Talkie Wonders Promised" is in the Register,
2 and 4 March 1927, pages 5c and 13d.
"Talkies - Miracle of Speech and Melody" is in The Mail,
16 February 1929, page 19; also see
2 March 1929, page 1f.
"Moving Pictures in Second Week" is in the Advertiser,
11 March 1929, pages 17a-18e.
"Films of the Future" is in The Mail,
29 June 1929, page 2d.
"Films May Brighten Religious Services" is in The Mail,
7 September 1929, page 2d.
"Hollywood in Adelaide" is in the Advertiser,
5 October 1929, page 24d.
"Beaten by Progress - Musicians Down and Out" is in The Mail,
4 January 1930, page 3a.
"Motion Pictures - Amateur Adelaide Society" is in The News,
7 March 1930, page 4c.
"Corrupt Films - Demand for Better Pictures" is in the Advertiser,
12 March 1930, page 15b,
"Films, Talking and Silent - Crime, Slang and Accent" on
16 April 1930, page 15d,
"Censorship of Films" on
18 June 1931, page 12c.
Information on Mr R. Dorman and his work as a movie projectionist is in The News,
18 July 1931, page 4d.
"World Draws Nearer to Television" is in the Advertiser,
3 October 1931, page 5g.
"Television Will Make Our Education Easier" is in The News,
26 August 1933, page 4d.
"Morality and Moving Pictures" is in the Advertiser,
27 June 1934, page 18e.
"South Australia's First Talkie" is in The News,
24 January 1935, page 10g.
"Australian Films" is in the Advertiser,
6 January 1937, page 18d.
"Cavalcade of Australian Films" is in The Mail,
9 January 1937, page 20.
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