Paramount Pictures

Date: [ca 1925-1935]

By: Lovell-Smith, Hubert John, 1881-1948

Reference: PAColl-0451

Description: Photographs of Hastings and the surrounding area taken by H J Lovell-Smith. They include photographs of earthquake damage to shops in Hastings; the flooding of the Ngaruroro River; excavation of the site of the new swimming pool in Havelock North; a man and a boy sheltering from the rain outside a barbers shop; the Soldiers Memorial Hospital; Taradale Post and Telegraph Office with the library across the street; two men working on a steam locomotive; neon sign on Queen's Wharf, Auckland; wedding photograph of a couple named Harper and Ward (the groom was a minister); five men next to a crashed aeroplane on a snowy hillside; a Windsor chair made from New Zealand birch; schoolgirls leaving Hastings High School; a view across Hastings, possibly from the Clock Tower, over Railway Road and towards St Andrew's Church; two of the Cosy Buildings (possibly previously the Douglas Buildings), one when the picture theatre had the electric sign "Cosy" hanging from it and was showing the film Nurse Marjorie and the other without the sign and with the ground floor closed up; and the new Post and Telegraph Office built to replace the old one after the earthquake. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1928 - 1929

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to cinemas, movies, films and film screenings in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-1928/1929

Description: Includes pamphlets for the following shows: 1928: George Bancroft in "The drag net" [1928 release date] Joseph M Schenck presents Herbert Brenon's "Sorrell and son", by Warwick Deeping. United Artists Picture - with H B Warner, Anna Q Nilsson, Alice Joyce, Nils Asther, Carmel Myers. [1928? (1927 release date)] The greatest actor on stage or screen. Emil Jannings "The patriot", a Paramount picture. Special Sat next, Kerepehi [1928 release date] Charlie Chaplin is here. Hey children! State Theatre ... [1928 (or 1923, or 1934)] Ronald Colman & Vilma Banky. "The magic flame". Released by United Artists Australasia Limited. Aurora Theatre Paeroa, April 1928 Clara Bow in "Ladies of the mob". A Paramount picture. Sat next Kerepehi. [1928] The Regent Theatre beautiful. Magazine progamme. Week commencing Friday Nov 16 [1928] Wlliam Fox presents the film sensation of 1928! "Sunrise", with Janet Gaynor and George O'Brien. The New Zealand Film Archive 1985 [original NZ release date 1928] Charlie Chaplin. "The circus". United Artists picture. Aurora Theatre Paeroa, Aug 1928. Cosmopolitan Corporation presents Marion Davies, Charles Major, directed by Robert Vignola. "When knighthood was in flower". A Paramount picture. [1928?] Cinema Art Films present "Faust", with Camilla Horn and Emil Jannings. Kere[pehi], Tuesday 3rd April 1928. A souvenir of New Zealand's magnificent atmospheric Theatre De Luxe, the New Empire (to be renamed). Dunedin, Sept 21st 1928 A.D. Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky present Pola Negri in "Hotel Imperial", a Paramount picture. A Mauritz Stiller production with James Hall and George Siegmann. Kerepehi Hall, Saturday 25th [1928] 1929: The Regent Theatre beautiful magazine programme, Regent weekly, vol. 2 no 43, 11 June 1929. Maurice Chevalier in "Innocents of Paris", a Paramount picture. Aurora Theatre Paeroa, 4-7 March [19299 release date] Maurice Chevalier in "Innocents of Paris", a Paramount picture. Grand Opera House, commencing Friday 9th August 1929 (2 copies one with blue cover, one with pink cover) The Regent review, the official organ of Williamson Films (N.Z.) Ltd. Vo. 1, no 33, 15 November 1929. Adolph Zukor and Jesse L Lasky present "The canary murder case", a Paramount picture with William Powell, James Hall, Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur. [1929 release date] "Street girl"; she's not what you think! With Betty Compson, Jack Oakie, Ned Sparks. A Wesley Ruggles production. Auroroa Theatre Paeroa, 17-20 May [1929 release date] Warner Bros present George Arliss in "Disraeli". A Vitaphone all-talking picture. Kerepehi, 16 & 18 August [1929 release date] Corinne Griffith as Lady Hamilton supreme beauty of her time in "The divine lady". First National Pictures. With H B Warner, Victor Varconi, Marie Dressler, Ian Keith. Kerepehi, Sat April 11 [1929 release date] "Gold diggers of Broadway". 1929 St James Theatre O-o-o-o-h "The Terror" from the play by Edgar Wallace. A Warner Bros production. Kerepehi, Sat Nov 29; Sally Sat Dec 6. 1929]. Quantity: 21 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pamphlets and fliers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on pamphlets, up to octavo size.

Date: 1900 - 1969

Reference: Eph-C-CINEMA-1900/1969

Description: Includes: 1918: - The honor system. William Fox presents R.A. Walsh's master drama. 1918. Poster (2 copies). 1934: - Show business in the hands of showmen. Paramount for 1934. Programme of features. 1939: - The empire herald. Vol. 1, no.1. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, featuring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. 1 February 1939. Newspaper. 1952: - The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Flyer. 1954: - Luci della citta. Written, directed and performed by Charlie Chaplin. Poster. 1969: - Cactus flower. Directed by Gene Saks, produced by M.J. Frankovich. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Walter Matthau and Goldie Hawn. Poster. Quantity: 6 posters and other ephemera. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 500 mm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources, including donations from Andra Patterson, Arch Elliott and Mrs Gill Watt.

Date: 1933 - 1936 - 1955

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

Reference: Eph-A-CABOT-Cinema

Description: Includes: 1933: Paramount British productions present "The crime at Blossoms". Paramount Pictures present "Hello, everybody!" Grand Opera House Wellington, 10 November 1933. Programme This is no bull! The Samuel Goldwyn production "The kid from Spain" with Eddie Cantor and the gorgeous Goldwyn Girls. Regent Theatre, friday 31st March [1933]. Folded display card 1936: The St James-Majestic review. Vol. 1 no 17, 13 March 1936 The St James-Majestic review. Vol. 1 no 19, 27 March 1936 The St James-Majestic review. Vol. 1 no 20, 3 April 1936 1955: Postcard portrait of Kathleen Hughes and Richard Long as they appeared in "Cult of the cobra" 1955. Postcard portrait of George Nader, ca 1955? Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on postcards and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 250 mm.