Motion picture audiences

Date: 19 July 1972

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1972/3506-F

Description: Segregated audience at a screening of the film "Ulysses" in the Memorial Theatre at Victoria University. The women are on the left, the men on the right, and a rope separates the two. Photographed 19 July 1972 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35 mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1947 - 1975 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-AFS-1940/1979

Description: Includes: 1947: Auckland Film Society invites you to its first film festival. Vogue Theatre Karangahape Road, 8-14 August [1947]. Card/programme Annual pamphlet programmes for the years: 1975 (2 copies) 1977 1978 1979 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1989

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-AFS-1980s

Description: Includes programmes for 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1981

By: Canterbury Film Society

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-CFS-1981-01

Description: Programme with synopsis and commentary about each film Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 119 pages, 210 x 148 mm.

Date: 1948

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-216

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, Mar-Jul 1948. Includes book-binding; Auckland Sunday School Union mobile van (F E Slattery & W E Archer); shepherds and dogs from Lake Pukaki Station; Mount Cook Manual Training Centre, Wellington (Miss Colleen Dreyer, teacher and her pupils); girls of the Hastings Rangers Company who built a meeting-house of rammed earth with their leader Miss Pauline Tyers; Empire Day ball attended by girls from Auckland and Epsom Grammar schools, Diocesan and St Cuthbert's Collge shown dancing the minuet. Official opening of two bottle stores in Masterton by members of the Licensing Trust (includes J C D Mackley, C C Crawford and F Pickering); children in the audience of a Wellington movie theatre and looking at a poster advertising `Swiss Family Robinson'; Rora Street, Te Kuiti; D H S Riddiford making presentation to Mrs Paki (said to be 108) at Castlepoint Centenary celebrations; party of 22 typists from United Kingdom who were employed on two year contract to work in Government offices in Wellington (all named); M Anthony, skipper of New Zealand yacht Rangi with crew members F Lush and T Hammond; New Zealand flier Captain A A Mansfield, Rt Hon W J Jordan and others. Colleen Saunders wih puppies; New Zealand rugby players in London (Ted Ellisson (Dunedin), Ian McKenzie (Auckland), Arch Beadle (Dunedin), Barry Martin (Petone), Noy Reid (Auckland), Jim Hay (Wellington); Lincoln College float at Christchurch with `Millie the million dollar cow'; Handley Page Hastings, Britain's biggest transport plane at Wigram; children at Pointways, a pony club at Pakuranga; George Rush, Jack Hull, Ray Raynor and Tom Chamberlain at Timaru displaying the large number of salmon they caught; The Pinnacles near mouth of Putangirua Stream, Palliser Bay; rugby player Bob Scott; bodies of women who lost their lives in a blizzard in Copland Pass being brought to the Hermitage by guides, Apr 1848; Mrs M E Rogers of Christchurch with large salmon caught by her husband in Waimakariri River; Salvation Army Centennial Conference held in Dunedin (officers all named). Processes related to export of whiskey at a British distillery; Waitaki Boys' High School team at Otago and Southland secondary school athletic championships held in Dunedin; corvettes Arabis and Arbutus leaving Auckland for Britain; small child milking a cow; Women's Section of Christchurch RSA; Stratford Pipe Band at Inglewood United Rugby Football Club Jubilee celebrations; people under hypnosis; New Plymouth Easter Pilots' Camp; Private Muriel Cousins, Whakatane making memorial medal at Trentham Military Camp; tug Tapuhi towing retiring tug Natone to Shelly Bay; launch Ede launched at Kaikoura; first guests at `Scotlands', the Women's Division of Federated Farmers rest-home at Onehunga, Auckland (Mrs W G Graham, Mrs M A Cruickshank, Mrs A E Escott and Mrs A E Bridge) Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 31 July 1971

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1971/3476-F

Description: Theatre-goers outside Roxy Theatre, Manners Street, Wellington. Shows people leaving the theatre after attending a festival of horror films. Photographs taken 31 July 1971 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 7 December 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/5341-F

Description: Crowd sitting in the Majestic Theatre, Wellington, to view 'Finian's Rainbow', taken 7 December 1968 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1918

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-287-q-026

Description: Shows a profile sketch of a man in spectacles, looking left. His epaulette shows the words "Flying Corps". Deolali was a transit camp for British troops, notorious for causing maddening boredom. Other Titles - Pictures Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 193 x 120 mm.

Date: 24 Oct 2000

From: Auckland Civic Theatre Year 2000 Oral Archive project

By: Kearney, Eric, active 2000

Reference: OHInt-0546-05

Description: Eric Kearney was the manager of the Civic Theatre from 1977 to 1999. Recalls falling in love with movies and theatre buildings as a child going to the Vogue Theatre in Brooklyn. Discusses the relationship between film makers, film suppliers and those who show films. Comments on the need to create magic for the viewer despite the commercial nature of the business. Discusses the relationship between the size of the audience and where the film was shown. Mentions `The sound of music'. Comments on change as a result of multiplex theatres. Mentions the Civic was owned by the Auckland City Council and leased out. Notes that the Council spent $42 million on renovations. Discusses various cinema chains including Amalgamated, Kerridge, the Village and Hoyts Theatres and the allocation of films. Describes the origin of Amalgamated under Michael Moodabe, who began working for Dr Raynor's theatre in 1925. Mentions his brother Joseph Moodabe. Recalls early theatre under the Hayward family, J C Williamson and the Fuller Corporation. Comments on the popularity of the movies in conjunction with shop and hotel early closing hours. Recalls the glamour associated with the stars and the loss of this through travel and media overexposure. Recalls early film festivals and suspicion of `arty', foreign films which were non-commercial. Describes the importance of ambient music, informative telephone messages and staff personal knowledge of the film. Talks about some problems including flooding, electricity and lighting. Mentions Russell Crowe's connection with the Civic Theatre through the downstairs nightclub, the film `The mighty Civic' made by Peter Wells and Stewart Main, pop videos made there and events, premieres and balls held. Recalls stars who have been there including Joan Collins, Bette Davis, Charlton Heston and Sam Neill, Mr Bean and Glenda Jackson. Interviewer(s) - Anna Soutar Quantity: 3 C90 cassette(s). 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) (partial). 1 Electronic document(s) (partial transcript). 1 interview(s). Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3077, OHDL-001748.

Date: 2000 - 2009

By: Wellington Film Society

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-WFS-2000s

Description: Includes annual programmes listening films to be shown by the society. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1990 - 1999

By: Wellington Film Society

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-WFS-1990s

Description: Includes annual programmes listening films to be shown by the society. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1979

By: Wellington Film Society

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-WFS-1970s

Description: Includes annual programmes listening films to be shown by the society. Includes a membership card for 1977, and a Paramount Cinema 1978 movie concession card. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1989

By: Wellington Film Society

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-WFS-1980s

Description: Includes annual programmes listening films to be shown by the society. Includes membership cards for 1981 and 1982. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1949 - 1969

By: Wellington Film Society

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-WFS-1949/1969

Description: Includes annual programmes listening films to be shown by the society. Includes a 1968 reprint of a Landfall article by Peter Munz. "Five evenings in Marienbad ..." Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 2010 - 2019

By: Wellington Film Society

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-WFS-2010/2019

Description: Includes annual programmes listening films to be shown by the society. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: [ca 6 Jan 1997]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Simcox, Craig, active 1983

Reference: EP/1997/0042-F

Description: Theatre trust member, and film director, Peter Jackson, speaking in Wellington to a full Embassy Theatre crowd at the premiere of his movie The Frighteners. Photographs taken circa 6 January 1997 by Evening Post staff photographer Craig Simcox. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 1994

From: Scott, Tom (1947- ) :Cartoon entries for Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 17 February 1994 to 7 December 1994.

Reference: H-236-022

Description: Shows a man dressed in a tuxedo and holding an award. He is standing behind a podium on a stage giving a thank-you speech. Refers to the large increase in cinema audiences in 1993 and suggests that the reason for it was poor television programming. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: [198-]

By: Doogue, Doreen May, 1907-1989

Reference: MS-Group-1435

Description: Includes a manuscript of an autobiography written by Doogue which covers her life up until about 1923. She describes growing up in Eastern Southland and attending Gore High School. Also includes reminiscences by Doogue about attending the movies in the early 1910s in Sydney, Australia and later in Southland, 1916-1944. This was written as an article for the Wellington Film Society entitled `Some reminscences of an old film fan'. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by J Doogue, Wellington, October 2005

Date: 1989

From: Wrathall, Bill, 1931-1995 :[Editorial cartoons 1973-1991]

Reference: A-289-042

Description: Shows two filmgoers leaving a cinema which has been screening "Rebel without a cause" starring politician Jim Anderton "and a cast of several". Billboards for other films include: "Who framed Roger Rabbit? (with Roger Douglas in a rabbit suit), Back to the future" with Michael J Savage, and "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" (a bird flies over the Beehive). The filmgoer's comment suggests that Bob Jones would present a larger flashier version. The kiwi at lower right comments: "A fractured flicker!" The American film "Back to the future" starred Michael J Fox. Other Titles - Rebel without a cause, starring James ("The Dean") Anderton Extended Title - New Zealand truth Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, felt-tip, 265 x 388 mm.

Date: 1955

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1955/2132-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches