Motion picture theatres - New Zealand - Hawke's Bay Region

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: 1916 - 1919

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

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-1916/1919

Description: Includes pamphlets for the following shows: J C Williamson Ltd in conjunction with William Fox presents "A daughter of the gods", with Annette Kellermann; original music score by Robert Hood Bowers. Opera House Wellington, commencing 15 December 1917. Programme (2 copies) Adelphi Theatre (New York). Week of December 2, 1918 [Programme of films shown includes Wnter Hall in "Till I come back to you"] Goldwyn Pictures. Mae Marsh in "The glorious adventure". [1919?] Promotional flier Strand Continuous. Norma Talmadge in "The Safety Curtain". 12 April 1919. Strand Continuous. Norma Talmadge in "De Luxe Annie". 13 December 1919. Screened by permission of the N.Z. Government. "The battle of Arras", a war film that is unique, depicting the colossal German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. King's, Saturday next [1917?] Haywards Pictures, Napier. Empire Theatre Napier, with the Empire Supreme Orchestra, conductor Signor Truda. Programmes for 26 August, 21 September, and 7 October 1916. (ie 3 programmes) Grand Opera House Wellington. J C Williamson Ltd present D W Griffith's supreme triumph "Hearts of the world", commencing 11 January 1919. Programme (2 copies, 1 with blue cover, 1 with white cover) Grand Opera House Wellington. "The Spy system" with Dustin Farnum and Winnifred Kingston; and, "Babes in the Woods" with Little Frances Carpenter and Virginia Lee Corbin. 4 February 1918. Grand Opera House Wellington. "Tarzan of the Apes". 1919. Town Hall, Wellington. YMCA. "The Battle of the Sancre" and "The Advance of the Tanks". Official war pictures of the British Army in France. Evening Post Print 66910. 18-23 June [1917]. Queen's Theatre Auckland. Programme for Thursday-Saturday, 27-29 November [1913 or 1919]. "The silent master", featuring Robert Warwick. Promotional pamphlet [ca 1918] Paramount Theatre (Wellington). "Double crossed", starring Pauline Frederick. (1917 - dated from internet source) Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on pamphlets and fliers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on pamphlets, up to octavo size.

Date: 1916

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

By: G W Venables and Company

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-1916-01

Description: Programme lists films to be seen at the Empire Theatre, where live music was played by the Empire Supreme Orchestra conducted by Signor Truda. The main feature film was "Cabiria", set in the "rude Carthaginian world", about the collapse of a civilisation under the tyranny of the deity or king Moloch. The programme relates this to the circumstances in 1916: "Change the scene, replace the writings of Plautus with those of Treitschke, the babes of Belgium as the victims of the modern Moloch, and this gigantic struggle of the 3rd century BC is reflected bestially in the 20th century AD". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 178 x 101 mm.