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Hollywood in Australia: Part 3
In part three, Jeannette Delamoir considers what Franklyn Barrett's 1925 tour of Far North Queensland with The Ten Commandments tells us about Barrett, film attendance and regional Australian...
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Hollywood in Australia: Part 1
Hollywood, local filmmakers and regional Australia intersect in the story of Franklyn Barrett's touring of a live prologue to Cecil B DeMille's The Ten Commandments in Far North Queensland, 1925.
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Hollywood in Australia: Part 2
In part two, Jeannette Delamoir describes filmmaker Franklyn Barrett's preparations for, and staging of, a live prologue to The Ten Commandments in Far North Queensland, 1925.
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Capitol Theatre, Manuka
Canberra’s first purpose-built cinema was the Capitol Theatre, which opened in 1927 with more than 1,000 seats. It presented a mixed program of theatrical acts and films, a formula that was popular...
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The Ten Commandments: live prologue, Far North Queensland
In 1925, Paramount Pictures employed Australian film director Franklyn Barrett (The Breaking of the Drought, A Girl of the Bush) to manage the North Queensland tour of the silent film blockbuster The...
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The Pioneers
The lost 1916 Australian silent movie The Pioneers is known only from contemporary descriptions and a few stills such as this one, probably from the closing scenes of the film. It shows Deirdre,...
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The Pioneers
Well-known actors, elaborate sets and a sizeable budget were assembled to make The Pioneers. This 1916 silent movie, set in the 19th century, follows the lives of a pioneering family and two escaped...
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The Ten Commandments live prologue
The stage setting for The Ten Commandments live prologue, theatre unknown. Franklyn Barrett worked for Paramount Pictures managing the North Queensland tour of 'The Ten Commandments' and was the...
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