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"THE STUDENT PRINCE - IN OLD HEIDELBERG"

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A COLLECTION OF CINEMA PROGRAMMES:
 

 LINKS
 
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"BEAU GESTE"
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"THE COVERED WAGON"
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"THE JAZZ SINGER"
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"GONE WITH THE WIND"
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"OPENING OF THE SEATTLE THEATRE"
 

 

INTERESTS

   

A COLLECTION OF CINEMA PROGRAMMES
 

NO 1.
 
 

"THE STUDENT PRINCE

 (in Old Heidelberg")

 An Ernest Lubitsch Production with Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, and Jean Hersholt

 A Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Picture
 
This programme was issued by The Prince Edward Theatre, Castlereagh Street, Sydney for a season which commenced on Friday, August 24th, 1928.
(The picture screened at the Regent Theatre, Collins Street, Melbourne in a season running from April 20-26, 1929)
 
The Prince Edward Theatre opened on 21 November 1924 with the silent version of The Ten Commandments. It was designed by Architects Robertson and Marks with marble staircases,a fountain, and a 16 foot crystal chandelier in the dome in the auditorium.

The theater had a wurlitzer organ, an orchestra,and stage presentations. Bob Hope attended the opening of his film, "The Seven Little Foys," in June 1955, which included an appearance on the stage. Almost every film screened at the Prince Edward was from the Paramount Studios.

It closed on 4 December 1965 and was later demolished.
 

The Prince Edward Theatre
 

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