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Tagged: silent films

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Annette Kellerman: Australia's Fearless Mermaid
The NFSA celebrates Australia's own Million Dollar Mermaid - silent movie star Annette Kellerman.
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The McDonagh Sisters: Early Australian Female Filmmakers
This collection celebrates the work of the McDonagh sisters. In the 1920s, they became the first women to own and operate a film production company in Australia. Paulette (1901–1978) wrote and...
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Annette Kellerman – Australian silent movie star
The list of Annette Kellerman's achievements is extraordinary: champion swimmer and diver, vaudeville performer, international silent film star, stunt performer and entrepreneur. Born in Sydney in...
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On the road with the Corricks
From 1879-1914, the Australian-based Corrick Family Entertainers toured Australia, South-East Asia and Europe showing repackaged and complete versions of the latest special effects, comedy and non-...
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NFSA Restores: The Cheaters
Restoring 'The Cheaters', a 1929 silent film by the pioneering McDonagh sisters.
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Before The Bridge
Simon Smith reports on a feature-length selection of silent films curated by the NFSA for the 2012 Sydney Film Festival.
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McDonagh sisters' filming locations in 1920s Sydney
Can you help us identify these Sydney locations from landmark 1920s films made by the McDonagh sisters?
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The McDonagh Sisters: Australian filmmaking pioneers
For International Women's Day, we present a portrait of the pioneering Australian filmmakers, the McDonagh Sisters – Isabel, Paulette and Phyllis.
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Annette Kellerman biography
Overcoming childhood adversity, Australian silent movie star Annette Kellerman took on the world – swimming, acting, performing and writing herself into the history books.
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Aelita: Queen of Mars digitised
The NFSA has recently digitised to 4K the groundbreaking 1924 Russian science-fiction feature film 'Aelita: Queen of Mars'.
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