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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: PADDY BAKER AND ANOTHER MAN INSIDE REGAL THEATRE, CIRCA 1950

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c. 1951

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Cinemas in Subiaco

Overview

The black and white photo shows two men standing at the foot of the carpeted staircase leading to the Lounge in the Regal Theatre. They are both wearing dark double-breasted suits and on each side of them stands large banners saying 'Colossal - Quo Vadis - is on its way!'

Paddy Baker is standing on the left. The man on the right is Mr Nathaniel Bernard Freeman who was Metro Goldwyn Meyer's Australiasian Chief.

Historical information

Photo features theatre owner PADDY BAKER (on the left) and Mr N.B.Freeman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Australasian chief. The occasion is an MGM Trade Day held at the Regal Theatre during 1951. The foyer has been decorated with coming soon Quo Vadis banners.

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cwa-org-43-1996.140

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Material

Photographic Paper

Keywords

BAKER, Clarence Patrick 'Paddy'

Year

Statement of significance

local and social history

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-31.946799553938, 115.82388862884

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Monday, 30 June, 2025

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