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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: WESTS THEATRE, ARNOLD SMITH

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A.W. Spashett

c. 1927

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Cinemas in Subiaco

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Mr Arnold Smith standing in front of the ticket box and foyer of Wests Theatre. Billboards at front of theatre display current films.

Historical information

'Red Clay' one of films advertised. Drama/war classification release date 17 April 1927 USA. Director: Ernst Laemmie, Writers Charles Logue, Sarah Saddoris (story). Cast: William Desmond, Marceline Day, Albert J Smith, Byron Douglas, Billy Sullivan, Loca Todd, Noble Johnson, Felix Whitefeather, Ynez Seabury. Plot keywords: France/ World War One.

'Curlytop' is a lost 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Shirley Mason, Wallace MacDonald, and Warner Oland.b It is based on one of the short stories collected in Limehouse Nights by Thomas Burke.

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cwa-org-43-2011.103.2

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A.W. Spashett

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