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A list of all the advertised films screened in 1911.  Butterfly = Butterfly Picture Theatre; Bennington's = Bennington's Picture Palace; Granville PP = Granville Picture Palace; Ralph's = Ralph's Picture Palace.

 

Film Title

Date Screened

Venue

Production Details

Sergeant, The

7 January

Butterfly 

US  1910  Selig

Pony Express Riding

7 January

Butterfly

poss. Pony Express Rider.  US  910  Essanay  Bronco Billy Anderson

Coal Mining

7 January

Butterfly

 

Engineer’s Sweetheart, The

14 January

Butterfly

US  1910  Bison

Hidden Hand, A

14 January

Butterfly

 

Opening of the South African Parliament by the Duke of Connaught

23 January

Butterfly

 

Better Way, The

23 January

Butterfly

US  1909  American Biograph Co. D: DW Griffith  C: Billy Bitzer

Fair Exchange, A

23 January

Butterfly

US  1909  American Biograph  D: DW Griffith  C: Billy Bitzer or US 1910 Essanay

Never Too Late to Mend

27 January

Butterfly

Poss. It’s Never too Late to Mend.  Aust.  1911  J & N Tait  D: W.J. Lincoln

Ben Hall and His Gang

2 February

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Crick and Findlay  D: John Gavin

Frank Gardiner, King of the Road

2 February

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Crick and Findlay  D: John Gavin

Squatter’s Daughter, The

20 February

Bennington’s

Aust.  1910  D: Bert Bailey

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

22 February

Butterfly

US  1910  Vitagraph  D: J. Stuart Blackton

It’s Never Too Late to Mend

3 March

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  J & N Tait  D: W.J. Lincoln

Langford and Hague Fight

4 March

Butterfly

 

Squatter’s Daughter

11 March

Butterfly

Aust.  1910  D: Bert Bailey

Johnson – Jeffries Fight

16 March

Butterfly

 

Ben Hall

18 March

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Crick and Findlay  D: John Gavin

Term of His Natural Life, The

18 March

Bennington’s

Aust.  1908  MacMahon and Carroll

Captain Midnight, the Bush King

23 March

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Spencer's Pictures  D: Alfred Rolfe

Presenting Flags from the Ladies of Parramatta to HMAS Parramatta

29 March

Butterfly

 

Bushranger’s Ransom, A / Ride for Life

30 March

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  Pathe Freres  D: E.J. Cole

Captain Starlight

3 April

Granville P P

Aust.  1911  Spencer's Pictures  D: Alfred Rolfe

Launching the Warrego

8 April

Butterfly

 

Blue Horse Mine

8 April

Butterfly

US  910  Lubin

Life of Christ, The

8 April

Butterfly

France  1906  Gaumont

Assigned Servant

15 April

Butterfly

Aust.  1911 Crick and Finlay  D: John Gavin

Tale of the Australian Bush

15 April

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  Australian Life Biograph Co. D: Gaston Mervale

Luck of the Roaring Camp

17 April

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  Amalgamated Pictures  D: W.J. Lincoln

Little Jean

22 April

Bennington’s No. 2

 

Captain Starlight

22 April

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Spencer's Pictures  D: Alfred Rolfe

Life in the Golden West

29 April

Butterfly

 

Mystery of the Handsome Cab

3 May

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911 Amalgamated Pictures  D: W.J. Lincoln

Five of Diamonds, The

3 May

Butterfly

 

Great National Steeplechase 1911

10 May

Bennington’s

 

Squatter’s Son, The

13 May

Butterfly

Aust.  1911 Pathe Freres  D: E.J. Cole

Life for a Life, A

13 May

Butterfly

US  1909  Lubin; US  9/1910  Vitagraph

Selling Old Masters

13 May

Butterfly

US  1911  Edison

One Hundred Years Ago

18 May

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911 Austraian Life Biograph Co. D: Gaston Mervale

Black Talbot

20 May

Butterfly

 

Bishop Ryan’s Funeral

20 May

Butterfly

 

Palla Equilibrists

20May

Butterfly

 

Rip van Winkle

3 June

Butterfly

US  1910  Thanhouser  D: Theodore Marston or US  1910  Columbia

King Henry

3 June

Butterfly

 

Skulthorpe’s Australian Buckjumpers

10 June

Bennington’s

 

Sentenced for Life

10 June

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Pathe Freres  D: E.J. Cole

Tale of Two Cities, A

15 June

Butterfly

US  1911  Vitagraph

Fatal Wedding, The

23 June

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Spencer's Pictures  D: Raymond Longford

Parramatta & District Procession

23 June

Butterfly

 

Children’s Coronation Festival

24 June

Bennington’s

 

Keane of Kalgoorlie

1 July

Butterfly

Aust.  1911 Crick and Finlay  D: John  Gavin

Oliver Twist

1 July

Butterfly

US  1909  Vitagraph  D: J. Stuart Blackton

Corpus Christi Procession

3 July

Butterfly

 

Ticket in Tats, A

6 July

Bennington’s

Aust  1911  Australian Life Biograph Co.  D: Gaston Mervale

Curfew Bell, The

8 July

Butterfly

US  1909 Edison

To Save Her Soul

8 July

Butterfly

US  1909  American Biograph Co.  D: DW Griffith; C: Billy Bitzer & Arthur Marvin

Drunkards Reformation, A

8 July

Butterfly

US 1909  American Biograph  D & Sc: DW Griffith; C: Billy Bitzer.

She

10 July

Butterfly

US  1908  Edison  D: Edwin S. Porter

Henry VII

15 July

Bennington’s

UK  1911  Barker (Globe)  P: Will Barker; D: Louis N. Parker

When the Light Waneth

15 July

Butterfly

US  1911  Vitagraph

When Lovers Part

15 July

Butterfly

US  1911  Katem

Lyon’s Mail, The

17 July

Butterfly

 

Called Back

20 July

Bennington’s

US  1911  Rex

Martyrdom of Adolph Beck

22 July

Butterfly

UK  1909 Gaumont  D:S: George R. Sims

Coronation of King George V

22 July

Butterfly

 

Coronation of King George V

24 July

Bennington’s

 

Frontier Celebrations at Cheyenne

29 July & 5 August

Butterfly

 

Called Back

12 August

Butterfly

US  1911  Rex

Moora Neeya/Message of the Spear

12 August

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  Australian Photo-Play Co.  D: Alfred Rolfe

Fatal Wedding

16 August

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Spencer's Pictures  D: Raymond Longford

Drover’s Sweetheart, The

26 August

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  John F Gavin Productions  D: John Gavin

Funeral of Cardinal Moran

26 August

Butterfly

 

Queen of Nineveh

26 August

Butterfly

Italy 1911  Ambrosio

Temptation of a Great City

26 August

Butterfly

Denmark 1911 

Colleen Bawn, The

26 August

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  Australian Life Biograph Co.  D: Gaston Mervale

Lang & Fitzsimmons Fight

30 August

Butterfly

 

Temptation of a Great City

2 September

Butterfly

Denmark 1911 

In the Nick of Time

9 September

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  Australian Photo-Play Co.  D: Alfred Rolfe

Price of Beauty, The

9 September

Butterfly

Denmark  1911 August Blom

Enoch Arden

9 September

Butterfly

US  1911 P: American Biograph D: DW Griffith C: Billy Bitzer

Mates from the Murrumbidgee

13 September

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  Australian Photo-Play Co.  D: Alfred Rolfe

Romance of Margaret Catchpole

14 September

Butterfly

Aust 1911 Spencer's Pictures  D: Raymond Logford; Cast: Lotti Lyle & Raymond Longford

Octoroon, The

16, 23 September

Butterfly

US  1909  Kalem

Crusaders, The

30 September

Butterfly

US  1911   P: Edison

In the Grip of Alcohol

4 October

Butterfly

France  1911 Pathe

Dan Morgan

7 October

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Spencer's Pictures  D: Alfred Rolfe

Back to the Primitive

7 October

Bennington’s

US  1911  Selig  D: Otis Turner

Proving his Love

7 October

Bennington’s

US  1911  Vitagraph

Wager and Wage Earners

7 October

Bennington’s

US  1911  Edison

Our Navy

13 October

Butterfly

 

Foe to Richelieu

13 October

Butterfly

 

Our Navy

14 October

Bennington’s

 

Our Army

21 October

Bennington’s

 

Tommy Atkins at Work and Play

21 October

Bennington’s

Possibly: Tommy Atkins : UK  1910  Gaumont       

Our Army

27 October

Butterfly

 

Louisa Miller

27 October

Butterfly

 

Aviator and the Journalist’s Wife

28 October

Butterfly

Denmark  1911  August Blom

Fogwell – Barry Boat Race

28 October

Butterfly

 

Zigomar, King of Robbers

28 October

Butterfly

France  1910  Victorin Jasset

Aviator and the Journalist’s Wife

28 October

Bennington’s

Denmark  1911  August Blom

Ticket-of-Leave Man, The

3 November

Bennington’s

Aust. 1911  Australian Life Biograph  D: Gaston Mervale

Ticket-of-Leave Man, The

4 November

Butterfly

Aust. 1911  Australian Life Biograph  D: Gaston Mervale

Captain Kate

4 November

Ralph’s

US  1911  Selig  D: Frank Boggs

Her Two Sons

4 November

Ralph’s

US  1911  Lubin  D: Joseph Smiley

Battle Hymn of the Republic

4 November

Ralph’s

US  1911  Vitagraph  D: Lawrence Trimble

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

6 November

Bennington’s

US  1909  Essanay

Captain Kate

6 November

Bennington’s

US  1911  Selig  D: Frank Boggs

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

6 November

Butterfly

US  1909  Essanay

Melbourne Cup of 1911

6 November

Butterfly

 

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

8 November

Bennington’s

US  1911  Selig  D: Frank Boggs

Assigned to His Wife

10 November

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  Crick and Finlay  D: John Gavin

Assigned to His Wife

10 November

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Crick and Finlay  D: John Gavin

Last Days of Napoleon at St. Helena

13 November

Butterfly

 

Cup Winner, The

17 November

Bennington’s

Aust. 1911 Australian Photo-Play Co. D: Alfred Rolfe

Notorious Burglar, The

18 November

Ralph’s

 

Battle of Trafalgar, The

20 November

Ralph’s

US  9.1911  Edison  D: J. Searle Dawley

Raffles

20 November

Ralph’s

 

Esmeralda

20 November

Butterfly

France  1905  D: Alice Guy-Blanche

Do Paris

20 November

Butterfly

 

Girl Behind the Counter, The

24 November

Bennington’s

 

Salambo

24 November

Ralph’s

Italy 1911 Ambrosio

Bondage to Fredom

24 November

Ralph’s

 

Girl Behind the Counter, The

25 November

Butterfly

 

Trista and Isolda

27 November

Butterfly

 

Jubilee Celebration

28 November

Bennington’s

 

Three Musketeers, The

2 December

Ralph’s

US  9/1911  P: Edison  D: J. Searle Dawley

Venom of the Poppy

2 December

Ralph’s

 

Gambler’s Gold, The

2 December

Butterfly

Aust. 1911  Australian Film Syndicate

Mr Hart

2 December

Butterfly

 

Aviation Flight at Penrith

2 December

Bennington’s

 

Gambler’s Gold, The

2 December

Bennington’s

Aust. 1911  Australian Film Syndicate

Parramatta in Motion

4 & 9 December

Butterfly

 

Sign of the Cross, The

9 December

Ralph’s

 

Driving a Girl to Destruction

9 December

Ralph’s

Aust.  1911  Australian Picturised Drama Co.  P & D: George Marlow

Lady Outlaw, The

9 December

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Australian Photo-Play Co.  D: Alfred Rolfe

Spike Shanna’s Last Fight

14 December

Butterfly

US  8/1911  Essanay  Bronco Billy Anderson

Outcast, The

14 December

Butterfly

 

Driving a Girl to Destruction

14 December

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Australian Picturised Drama Co.  P & D: George Marlow

Circus Girl, The

16 December

Bennington’s

 

Billy the Kid

16 December

Bennington’s

US  1911  Vitagraph  D: Larry Trimble

Power of the King, The

23 December

Ralph’s

 

Rob Roy

23 December

Bennington’s

UK  1911  United Films  P: James Bowie  D: Arthur Vivian

Dead Man’s Child, The / Fight for a Fortune, A

23 December

Butterfly

 

After Fifty Years

23 December

Butterfly

 

Love in Old Japan

23 December

Butterfly

 

Scrooge the Miser

23 December

Butterfly

 

Christian, The

26 December

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  West's Pictures  D: Franklyn Barrett

Dead Man’s Child, The / Fight for a Fortune, A

26 December

Bennington’s

 

King of the Coiners, The

26 December

Butterfly

Aust.  1911  Australian Photo-Play Co.  D: Alfred Rolfe

All for Gold / Jumping the Claim

29 December

Bennington’s

Aust.  1911  West's Pictures  D: Franklyn Barrett

Boy Scouts to the Rescue

29 December

Butterfly

US  1911  Champion

British Motor Boat Races

29 December

Butterfly

 

Great Durbar at Delhi

29 December

Butterfly

 

Romeo and Juliet

29 December

Butterfly

US  8/1911  P: Thanhouser  D: Theodore Marston