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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.Film - DVD, Brenton Manser, Rider and Writer- The Life of Lindsay, 2014
From website: "Shot at various locations by cinematographer Robert Tremelling under the direction of Brenton Manser, the docudrama Rider and Writer is based on poet Adam Lindsay Gordon’s life during the time he lived in South Australia and Victoria. Manser has been researching, planning and developing the script for the new film since February 2012. Much of the footage for Rider and Writer has been shot in Mount Gambier, Port MacDonnell, Penola, Coleraine and Warrnambool. Jakin Manser has the leading role of Adam Lindsay Gordon, and former Grant High School drama teacher, David Reed, returned to Mount Gambier to act in the film, cast as John Riddoch, wealthy pastoralist and friend of Gordon. After 50 commended performances playing Riddoch in the stage production ‘Reckless’, Reed had retired. However, he was enticed by Manser to revive the character for the film."With a bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon in Westminster Abbey, London, his story is of national and international significance. Only one other film about Gordon is known to exist, produced in 1916. Allan Childs, curator of Gordon’s former residence ‘Dingley Dell’ is excited by the project: ‘To have a film that is made with the latest high definition equipment will bring the story of this famous poet alive to a new generation. We’ve come a long way since the black and white silent movies of 1916.’ The film premiered in Mount Gambier on 30 August 2014.adam lindsay gordon, brenton manser, robert tremelling, docudrama, 2014 -
Melbourne Athenaeum ArchivesTheatre Program, The Beggar Student (1931 film starring Lance Fairfax) plus Almost a Divorce (film 1931 starring Sydney Howard and Nelson Keys) screened at the Athenaeum Theatre commencing 16 April 1932, 1932
A rare program from the time when films were shown at the Athenaeum Theatre while Frank Talbot leased the theatre. The program has a managerial announcement from Talbot announcing the new policy: "under which the theatre will be devoted exclusively to English and Australian pictures". The company supplying the British films was called British Dominion Films Ltd. Talbot also stated: "It will be part of the managerial policy to screen such Australian films as may be available". The films were preceded by "The Herald" news reel and "The Daily Dozen at the Zoo". The theatre orchestra, playing before and during interval was conducted by Mr J Kost. The music included "Tales of Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss and selections from Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance". The program represents a time when films were shown at the Athenaeum Theatre. Records indicate that graphic entertainments started with magic lantern slides in the 1890s and continued with silent movies. The first full-feature film shown in Australia was "The Story of the Kelly Gang" in 1906 at the Athenaeum Theatre and the first talkie to be shown in Victoria, "The Jazz Singer" shown in 1928. Later when Hoyts took over the lease, Cinemascope films were exhibited completing a history of film shown at this one theatre. paper program; 10 pages; coloured front page. -
Kew Historical Society IncJournal, Kewriosity : August 1992
Kew Traffic School / p1. New Mayor for Kew [Cr Roger Streeton] / p1. Kindergarten open days / p1. Chief Executive's Column [Changes happening in Kew; Waste Management Strategy; Pakington Street Kindergarten and Maternal & Child Health Centre; New tennis and scout facility; Harp Junction works / Outer Circle Rail Reserve; Construction of new postal sorting facility for Kew] / Malcolm Hutchinson p2&3. Mayor's Comment / Cr Roger Streeton] / p3. Diary dates for August/Septemvber [1992] / p4. Young Achiever Awards / p4. Concerned about possums / p5. Medicine / p5. Music for children / p6. Cinders! [Track Players Children's Workshop] / p5. In Brief [Community radio for a 'tuned-in' community; Camberwell Music Society; Kew Philharmonic Society; Mega mushroom; Have you got a parking permit?; Free legal advice; Kew Croquet Club's 60th Birthday year; Do you worry about the air you breather?; Kew East Primary School Centenary celebrations / p7. Pictures of Kew [New Trinity Grammar classrooms; North kew Tennis Club and Scout Hall; Mrs Helen Telford, Head of Carey Grammar Junior School; North Kew Maternal & Child Health Centre] / p8. Be in the movies / p8.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionKew Traffic School / p1. New Mayor for Kew [Cr Roger Streeton] / p1. Kindergarten open days / p1. Chief Executive's Column [Changes happening in Kew; Waste Management Strategy; Pakington Street Kindergarten and Maternal & Child Health Centre; New tennis and scout facility; Harp Junction works / Outer Circle Rail Reserve; Construction of new postal sorting facility for Kew] / Malcolm Hutchinson p2&3. Mayor's Comment / Cr Roger Streeton] / p3. Diary dates for August/Septemvber [1992] / p4. Young Achiever Awards / p4. Concerned about possums / p5. Medicine / p5. Music for children / p6. Cinders! [Track Players Children's Workshop] / p5. In Brief [Community radio for a 'tuned-in' community; Camberwell Music Society; Kew Philharmonic Society; Mega mushroom; Have you got a parking permit?; Free legal advice; Kew Croquet Club's 60th Birthday year; Do you worry about the air you breather?; Kew East Primary School Centenary celebrations / p7. Pictures of Kew [New Trinity Grammar classrooms; North kew Tennis Club and Scout Hall; Mrs Helen Telford, Head of Carey Grammar Junior School; North Kew Maternal & Child Health Centre] / p8. Be in the movies / p8.publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters -
Thompson's Foundry Band Inc. (Castlemaine)
Sheet Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd, We're Off To See The Wizard, 1939
16 Parts for Brass BandWE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD (THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ) Lyric by E. Y. Harburg Music by Harold Arlen Arr. By R. H. McAnally THE BATTLE SONG OF THE A.I.F. Copyright 1939 by Leo Feist Inc. New York For Australia and New Zealand J Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. Sydney, Melbourne, and Wellington N.Z.songs from movies -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, JM Dent and sons, Goethe's Faust : Parts I and II, 1908
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend. He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. The Faust legend has been the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical works that have reinterpreted it through the ages. Faust and the adjective Faustian imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term. The Faust of early books - as well as the ballads, dramas, movies, and puppet-plays which grew out of them - is irrevocably damned because he prefers human to divine knowledge; "he laid the Holy Scriptures behind the door and under the bench, refused to be called doctor of Theology, but preferred to be styled doctor of Medicine". Plays and comic puppet theatre loosely based on this legend were popular throughout Germany in the 16th century, often reducing Faust and Mephistopheles to figures of vulgar fun. The story was popularised in England by Christopher Marlowe, who gave it a classic treatment in his play, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. In Goethe's reworking of the story two hundred years later, Faust becomes a dissatisfied intellectual who yearns for "more than earthly meat and drink" in his lifep.424.non-fictionFaust is the protagonist of a classic German legend. He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. The Faust legend has been the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical works that have reinterpreted it through the ages. Faust and the adjective Faustian imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term. The Faust of early books - as well as the ballads, dramas, movies, and puppet-plays which grew out of them - is irrevocably damned because he prefers human to divine knowledge; "he laid the Holy Scriptures behind the door and under the bench, refused to be called doctor of Theology, but preferred to be styled doctor of Medicine". Plays and comic puppet theatre loosely based on this legend were popular throughout Germany in the 16th century, often reducing Faust and Mephistopheles to figures of vulgar fun. The story was popularised in England by Christopher Marlowe, who gave it a classic treatment in his play, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. In Goethe's reworking of the story two hundred years later, Faust becomes a dissatisfied intellectual who yearns for "more than earthly meat and drink" in his lifegerman literature, german drama -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Film - Home Movies to DVD Trains, abt 1960s
Hugh Ennes DVD Donated 15 November 2012. Contents: JDC McLean Stock Special. Xing at Backrabanyuhe with R/Motor from Sea Lake. Wirths Circus passing home. Spraying of line for weeds. Rail derailment between Bkl. and Wychitella. Puffing Billy coming into UFT Gully. -
Ithacan Historical SocietyPhotograph, Stathi Raftopoulos' home cinema, c1960
Stathi Raftopoulos is pictured at his home cinema at his residence in Sylvander Street North Balwyn. In 1949 Stathi Raftopoulos imported the first Greek film into Australia, entitled 'Voice of the Heart'. It was screened at Nicholas Hall in Lonsdale Street. Stathis went on to become a travelling picture show man showing Greek films to the Greeks in regional centres around Australia. He later established a film distribution and exhibition company, The Cosmopolitan Motion Pictures, in partnership with Mr Panayioti (Peter) Giannoudis. With the advent of television in the 1950, former suburban picture theatres were being closed down. Stathi and Peter took over many of these cinemas to show imported Greek films to the post WWII burgeoning Greek community.A coloured photograph of a man seated on a red theatre seat in a home cinema. Posters, photographs and film memorabilia are displayed on the three surrounding wallsWritten on the back : 520/BAhome theatres, greek movies -
Ithacan Historical SocietyPhotograph, Stathi Raftopoulos & friends at his home cinema, c 1970
Stathi Raftopoulos is pictured with a group of friends his home cinema which was located in the basement of his home in North Balwyn. The basement area also contained film and cinema memorabilia collected by Stathi over the decades. The seating is from an old cinema. Pictured is Stathi Raftopoulos (standing) and seated to the right is Michael Black and Paul Connell. Others are unidentified.Stathis Raftopoulos was a pioneer in promoting and screening Greek movies in Melbourne.Black & White photograph ( enlarged) with white border, slightly faded of group of 10 men in two rows at Stathis Raftopoulos's house in his basement theater in Nortth Balwyn. -
Ithacan Historical SocietyPhotograph, Film screening at Nicholas Hall, c1950s - 1960s
Stathy Raftopoulos was instrumental in bring Greek films to Melbourne and screened them in various picture theatres in the inner Melbourne suburbs where most post WW2 migrants were living. Prior to the opening of Greek cinemas various venues were used for screenings including Nicholas Hall in Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.With the advent of television many suburban cinemas were no longer drawing the crowds. It was at this time that Stathi Raftopoulos with his partners in the Cosmopolitan Motion Pictures company purchased cinemas in the in suburbs of Melbourne where Greek immigrants were living - in 1960 the National Theatre in Richmond; 1961 the Sun Theatre Yarraville; 1965, the Paramount Theatre Oakleigh, Kinema Theatre Albert Park, and the Empire Theatre Brunswick and Westgarth Theatre Northcote. Here they screened Greek movies which entertained the Greek community supporting them to maintain their link with Greece and their culture and traditions. A black and white photograph of a man standing between two film projectors in a room.
