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Vale the Prince Edward

An edition of the nightly 15-minute Network Ten current affairs program Telescope, featuring a story on the last days of the Prince Edward Theatre in Castlereagh Street, Sydney.

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Orpheum Theatre Dog Shows, Sydney

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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Inside the New Orpheum, North Sydney

A short film segment with inter-titles highlighting the benefits of the newly rebuilt North Sydney Orpheum Theatre.

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Roxy Theatre, Leeton

The Roxy Theatre in Leeton, NSW, photographed at night, date unknown.

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Laurence Olivier at Hamlet film premiere in Sydney

This silent newsreel from 30 July 1948 shows Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh attending a charity matinee of Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, UK, 1948) at the Embassy Theatre in Syd

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Theatre Royal, Adelaide

The first public film screening in South Australia took place at the Theatre Royal in Hindley Street, Adelaide in October 1896.

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Ambassador Theatre, Perth

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

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Barclay Theatre, Melbourne: King Rat Preview

A newsreel clip about a special preview of the film King Rat (Bryan Forbes, USA, 1965) at the Barclay Theatre in Melbourne.

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State Theatre, Sydney: A Town Like Alice

Crowds of people line the footpath and cross the street outside the State Theatre in Sydney for a nighttime screening of A Town Like Alice, circa 1956.

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Regent Theatre, Sydney: In Old Chicago Premiere

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.