Known to have been operating 1911-1938 (Papers Past has references to the theatre for those dates)
Academy Theatre (Waihi, N.Z.)
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Thursday & Friday next, in conjunction with "The flame of the Yukon". Special starring ...
Date: 1918
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to cinemas, movies, films and film screenings in New Zealand]
By: Wright & Jaques Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-1918-01
Description: Flyer advertises a showing of a film authorised by Sir James Allen, Minister of Defence, involving 5000 New Zealand soldiers, and based on Barrie Marschel's poem "The Kid from Timaru", about a soldier with the surname Kidd. Barrie Marschel recited his poem "as the films unfold". The flyer states that the film had already had seasons in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. The front of the flyer shows a reproduction of a advertisement for the movie with an oval portrait of Barrie Marschel in a straw hat. The border of the flyer shows a design based on laurels. The verso reproduces the poem "The kid from Timaru". A rubber stamp shows the name of the name, place, and theatre where the screening was to take place (Waihi Academy Theatre, 25 April 1918 - ie Anzac Day) "The flame of the Yukon" was a 1917 silent film starring Dorothy Dalton and directed by Charles Miller. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print of flyer 220 x 141 mm.