TAGGED: 1920s
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This silent footage is only a small part of a personal collection donated to Film Australia in 2006 and now part of the NFSA FAC Library collection.

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Two women dressed in dark underwear, silk stockings and shoes model two styles of Berlei corsetry.

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Cinema Art Films brought many notable foreign productions to Australia between 1927 and 1932. We've acquired original posters for a selection of their releases.

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This is a collection of posters of international films distributed in Australia between 1927 and 1932.

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The Fate of a Flirt is a romantic comedy cutting across classes which is effectively illustrated in this playful poster design.

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This is one of two clown-focused cinema posters in the Cinema Art collection.

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This UFA production (original German title: Der Heilige Berg) was controversial director and film star Leni Riefenstahl’s first starring film role.

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This poster barely gives anything away. It focuses on the female romantic lead, Kitty Cranston (Betty Balfour), whose name appears as large as the film’s title.

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The title of the film may be Play Safe, but the poster does not.

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This is one of the many Cinema Art posters that features a different film title to other countries.