Titles tagged with ‘talkies’

6 titles - sorted by title / by year

Cinesound Varieties (1934)

This surviving 18-minute fragment is from an hour-long variety show directed by Ken G Hall and photographed by Frank Hurley for Cinesound in 1934. It contains a segment ...

Efftee Studio Opening in Melbourne: Speech by Frank Forde (1931)

This short promotional film, made by Frank Thring Senior’s production company Efftee Film Productions, records a speech made by Frank M Forde, then Minister for Trade and Customs, ...

FW Thring Introduces the Stars (1931)

This cinema announcement made by filmmaker Frank W Thring Snr promotes Australian talking pictures, the Efftee Studio production Diggers (1931) and some of the upcoming stars of his ...

Hoyts and Studebaker Cinema Advertisement: Touring Talkie Show (c1929)

This silent advertisement promotes the new ‘Touring Talkie Show’ truck operated by Hoyts – with sponsorship from Studebaker Car Corporation and the Shell Oil Company.

Hoyts Cinemas: Talkies for Country Areas (c1929)

This Hoyts cinema advertisement shows the wonders of the Hoyts Talking Pictures Roadshow which toured a portable sound unit to bring the ‘talkies’ to country areas around Australia ...

Talkie Season Opens: Wintergarden Theatre (c1929)

This silent historical footage shows the Wintergarden Theatre (now demolished) in Rose Bay, Sydney, as it prepares for the screening of talking pictures. It also features some of ...