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Star Theatre, Torrensville [B 13332] • Photograph

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Summary

Staff of the Star Theatre cinema at Torrensville standing by equipment in the projection room. Note on the back of the photograph says "Star Theatre Torrensville 1916. Operator Wally (Son) Wallman, Assistant Bob Morgan. Theatre then run by Dan Coffee (later committed suicide) and Lew Powell - a well known theatre identity of that day. Previously they had run the All Star Picture Theatre in King William Street which was later to be known as the Majestic. Dan Clifford bought the Torrensville Star and the Hindmarsh Star (Town Hall) and eventually established a chain of theatres all around the suburbs known as the "Star Theatres". Union theatres now have them and run them was the Odeon Star"

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Physical description

Photograph; 18.0 cm x 14.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1916

Photographer

Collett & Monks

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Star Theatre (Torrensville, S.A.)
Motion picture projection -- South Australia -- Torrensville

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Digitisation information

Date

03/03/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,990 x 3,940 pixels (19.7 MP)

Size

59.01 MB

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