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What's on at the pictures:
Early years at Murray Bridge
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Clockwise from top: First advertisement for films in the town - September 1897; Seeing yourself on the screen was a popular
gimmick; Ozone foyer 1950. Big Jack was Wallace Beery’s 252nd and his last film. How many pairs of ‘Wallace Beery boots’ were in
world-wide circulation at this time? The First Kiss, 1929 at the Lyric, was silent. The story was written by Australia’s John Farrow, the
father of Mia. Hollands Talkies were in town in 1929.
Image credits: (1, 2, 4, 5) Peter Wolfenden/Mortlock Library (3) P. Smyth.
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