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Theatre, film and radio

848 photos1840–1993

848 historic photos for Theatre, film and radio, taken between 1840 and 1993, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 15 decades, with the most from the 1930s (450). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1840s 1 1860s 2 1870s 1 1880s 7 1890s 7 1900s 14 1910s 13 1920s 93 1930s 450 1940s 213 1950s 34 1960s 7 1970s 1 1980s 4 1990s 1

1930s48 photos

World Radio Convention, 19381938World Radio Convention, 19381938Wrestler Ray Steele and cartoon character Popeye at the Tivoli taken for Stadiums Ltd, 19381938Opening night, "Hollywood Hotel Revue" (taken for Fuller's Theatres Ltd), Theatre Royal, Sydney, 23 September 1938 - photographer Sam Hood1938Boys of Hoyts Clovelly Theatre "Spider's Web" Club ride their bikes while "Spiderman" looks on, by Sam Hood, 19381938Empire Games rehearsal, c. 1938, by Sam Hoodc. 1938Kriesler radio display, 1938, at Mick Simmons Ltd, Haymarket Store, Sydney, August 1938, by Sam Hood1938Ray Steele and Popeye at the Tivoli, Sydney, 22 June 1938 - Sam Hood1938Enmore Theatre lorry - free Christmas cake to each child, Sat. matinee 24 Dec 1938 - by Sam Hood1938Theatre Royal chorus, Tamarama Beach, ca. 1938 - by Sam Hood, c. 1938c. 1938Radio Broadcasting Stations float- “Australia's March to Nationhood” Australian 150th Anniversary Celebration, 19381938Wirths Circus float- “Australia's March to Nationhood” Australian 150th Anniversary Celebration, 19381938Wirths circus float in Industrial procession, 1938 photog Sam Hood1938Nina Verchinina, from Colonel de Basil's "Original Ballet Russe", 1939-1940, copied from Karl and Emilie Romaine Studio photograph, 1939–401939–40Tatiana Riabouchinska darning the ballet shoes, 1939–401939–40Untitled, c. 1939c. 1939Minerva Theatre in Sydney as used by Kathleen Mary Robinson, 19391939Ruth Draper, 19391939Watercraft at Garden Island, 1939, c. 1939c. 1939Emmy Towsey (Taussig) and Evelyn Ippen, Bodenwieser Ballet in Centennial Park, Sydney, ca. 1939 Max Dupain, c. 1939c. 1939Balmus at Clovelly Theatre, 193919391902 curved dash Oldsmobile reg no AR757 Enmore Theatre advertising the film You cant take it with you and the 1939 Oldsmobile1939A night picture of the opening of the Minerva Theatre taken for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Ballet group in auditorium, 19391939Birds cage taken in studio, 19391939Clovelly Theatre Spiders Web presentations, 19391939Concert at Ingleburn military camp, 19391939Dinner at Mayfair Hotel for Gladys Moncrieff taken for Radio Publications, 19391939Female commissionaires outside Theatre Royal, 19391939Interior of entrance foyer Minerva Theatre taken for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Interior showing the Surf Life Saving Club Dance Hall Manly surf pavilion for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Movie Ball at Trocadero Regent Theatre table, 19391939Star Theatre Bondi Junction Refrigeration display and movie star quizz contest, 19391939Star Theatre Bondi Junction refrigerator display and movie star quizz contest, 19391939State Theatre presentation of Peter Dawson, 19391939The Surf Life Saving Club Dance Hall Manly surf pavilion for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Trocadero dance band leader Bob Lyons, 19391939Twentyfour sheeter for Son of Frankenstein at Balmain Theatre, 19391939Zeglovsky School of Russian Ballet, 19391939Minerva Theatre, Potts Point and Kings Cross, Sydney, May 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939Colonel de Basil's "Original Ballet Russe" (Russian Ballet) season, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 1939-1940, - Sam Hood1939Alison Lee, stage name Helene Lineva and star of the Original Ballet Russe, 1939-1940, posing in the studio, Sydney - photographer Max Dupain, 1939–401939–40Alison Lee, stage name Helene Lineva and star of the Original Ballet Russe, 1939-1940, posing in the studio, Sydney - photographer Max Dupain, 1939–401939–40Tatiana Riabouchinska and Roman Jasinsky in Les Dieux mendiants (The Gods go a-begging), between Nov 1938-Aug 1940 - photograph by Max Dupain, 1938–401938–40Antal Dorati conducts an orchestral rehearsal for Colonel de Basil's "Original Ballet Russe" (Russian Ballet) season, Theatre Royal, Sydney, December 1939 - Sam Hood1939Emmy Towsey (Taussig) and Evelyn Ippen, Bodenwieser Ballet in Centennial Park, Sydney, ca. 1939 - Max Dupain, c. 1939c. 1939Minerva Theatre, Potts Point and Kings Cross, Sydney, May 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939Colonel de Basil's "Original Ballet Russe" (Russian Ballet) season, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 1939-1940, - Sam Hood (cropped), 1939–401939–40

1940s12 photos

Colonel De Basil 19401940V1-FL1009301, 19401940Mosque built for film "40,000 Horsemen", Kurnell, NSW, Australia 19401940Forty thousand horsemen, 1940 slnsw1940Picture news Clyde Cook, commissionaire, July 1940, by Sam Hood1940Vagabond King ballet Audrae Swayn ballet mistress soloist at Mr Hugh Wards home, 19401940Display promoting Gulbransen Living Tone radio and UBoat 29 for Columbia Pictures Ltd, 19401940Dramatic Society Rehearsal, 19401940Entrance foyer and stairs Kings Cross Theatre, 19401940Grace Bros Auditorium Band, 19401940Ground floor lounge Kings Cross Theatre, 19401940Scaffolding at rear of dress circle Civic Theatre Bankstown, 19401940
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