TAGGED: 1930s
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The Australian Rugby Union Tour stops over in Colombo, Aden and Suez Canal

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This 1931 version of ‘Along the Road to Gundagai’, composed by Jack O’Hagan in 1921, is performed by popular singer of the day Peter Dawson.

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Children with their dogs gather outside the Orpheum Theatre in North Sydney and the nearby Cremorne Orpheum on Military Road, Cremorne in Sydney.

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The interior of the Ambassadors Theatre in Perth, Western Australia showing seating in the upper circle.

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A Movietone News newsreel story about the premiere of the Oscar-winning In Old Chicago (Henry King, USA, 1937) at the Regent Theatre in Sydney on 21 May 1938.

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The Minerva Theatre on Orwell St, Kings Cross in Sydney, after it opened in May 1939.

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Douglas Fairbanks Jnr and Katharine Hepburn in a still from the film Morning Glory (USA, Lowell Sherman, 1933).

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Joan Crawford in a still from Dancing Lady (USA, Robert Z Leonard, 1933). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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The 'Berlei controllette [corset] no. 6181 SBW (short below waist) type'. The design is particularly beautiful and has echoes of art deco in the triangular shapes and filigree font.

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This beautiful design has echoes of art deco.