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Film & cinema

by State Library of NSW

The photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales contain many images of the film industry, from actors and actresses, to cinemas and theatres - www.sl.nsw.gov.au

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Helen Twelvetrees and her son Jack Woody, Sydney, 1936 / Sam Hood
Capitol theatre, Sydney c. 1930s / by Sam Hood
Enmore Theatre lorry - free Christmas cake to each child, Sat. matinee 24 Dec 1938 / by Sam Hood
Crowd at Burns v Patrick fight newsreel, 8/2/1946 / Sam Hood
Film star Helen Twelvetrees, Rutland Gates, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, early 1936 / photograph by Sam Hood
Sound technicians setting up the turn-table and amplifiers for the first "talkies" in Australia, 1927-1928
Capitol Ballet leaving the theatre for the Capitol Ball at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, 1928
First "Miss Australia", Beryl Mills of WA, 1927 / photographed by Sam Hood
Louise Carbasse ca. 1913 / photographed by Rudolph Buchner
Film star Helen Twelvetrees on an elephant, Taronga Park Zoo, Sydney, 1936-7 / Sam Hood
Katharine Hepburn and Robert Helpmann arrive at Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney, 1955 / Australian Photographic Agency (APA) Collection
Katharine Hepburn and Robert Helpmann arrive at Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney, 1955 / Australian Photographic Agency (APA) Collection
Katharine Hepburn at the Hotel Australia, Sydney, 1955 / Australian Photographic Agency (APA) Collection
Harry Furniss, (who worked in Australia as Paul Furniss), actor, director, author, singer and dancer, ca. 1927-1939 / photographer unknown
Harry Furniss, (who worked in Australia as Paul Furniss), actor, director, author, singer and dancer, ca. 1927-1939 / photographer unknown
Harry Furniss, (a.k.a. Paul Furniss) in kimono with statue of Buddha, ca. 1932
Harry Furniss, (who worked in Australia as Paul Furniss), actor, director, author, singer and dancer, ca. 1927-1939 / photographer unknown
Nine girls in a Fox Films and Daily Telegraph Shirley Temple look-alike contest (100 pounds first prize won by Sybil Frederick of Marrickville), Sydney, 2 October 1934 / by Sam Hood
Jocelyn Howarth and Nancy Bird, ca. 1930-33 / by unknown photographer
Sabrina doing the Twist, Peppermint Lounge, Sydney, January 1962 / Australian Photographic Agency
Harry Furniss, (who worked in Australia as Paul Furniss), actor, director, author, singer and dancer, ca. 1927-1939 / photographer unknown
Betty Hutton arrives at Kingsford-Smith Airport, Sydney, May 1955 / Australian Photographic Agency
American women's jazz band "Ingenues" and the "Trackless Train", Sydney, late 1920's / Sam Hood
American women's jazz band "Ingenues", Central Station, Sydney, late 1920's / Sam Hood
American women's jazz band "Ingenues" and the "Trackless Train", Sydney, late 1920's / Sam Hood
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