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A list of all advertised films screened in 1912.  Butterfly = Butterfly Picture Theatre; Bennington's = Bennington's Picture Palace; Granville PP = Granville Picture Palace; Ralph's = Ralph's Picture Palace; Star = Star Theatre.

Film Title

Date Screened

Venue

Production Details

Ballet Dancer, The

4 & 5 January

Bennington’s

Denmark  1911  

Power of Love, The

5 & 6 January

Bennington’s

Denmark  1911  Nordisk 

Victim of the Mormons, A

6, 8 & 9 January

Bennington’s

Denmark  1911

Trip to the Sun, A

6 & 8 January

Ralph’s

 

Lost in the Jungle

6 & 8 January

Ralph’s

US  1911  Selig

Little Billy’s Adventures

6 & 8 January

Ralph’s

 

Miner’s Curse, The / Robbery of the Gold Street

6 January

Butterfly

Aust  1911  Australian Photo-play Co.

What Women Suffer

6 January

Butterfly

Aust  1911  Australian Photo-play Co.

Siege of Calais

11, 12 & 13 January

Butterfly

France  1911 Pathe

Mrs Tanqueray poss Second Mrs Tanquery, The

12 & 13 January

Ralph’s

 

Great Moment, The

13 January

Bennington’s

Denmark Nordisk

Two Orphans, The

13 January

Butterfly

US  1911  Selig 

Trials of a Shop Girl, The / Father’s Forgiveness, A

13 January

Butterfly

 

McVea and Langford Fight

13, 15, 16 & 18 January

Butterfly

US 1911

Squatter’s Daughter, The

16 January

Bennington’s

Aust 1910

Lady Mary’s Love

18, 19 & 20 January

Bennington’s

Denmark 1911 Nordisk

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme

18, 19 & 20 January

Bennington’s

 

Do Men Love Women

19 & 20 January

Butterfly

Aust. 1912 Australian Photo-play Co.

Britannia Rules the Waves

20 January

Castle

 

Flames and Fortune

20 January

Ralph’s

US 1911 Thanhouser

Sweet Nell of Drury, The

25, 26 & 27 January

Butterfly

Aust 1911 Spencer’s Pictures

Woman’s Way, A

26 & 27 January

Bennington’s

Nordisk

Great Durbar of Delhi, The

26 & 27 January

Bennington’s

 

Price of Ambition, The

26 & 27 January

Bennington’s

US 1911 Kalem

Roaring Days of ’68, The

27 January

Ralph’s

 

Four Daredevils, The

1, 2 & 3 February

Bennington’s

 

Oliver Twist

3 February

Ralph’s

 

Christmas Carol

3 February

Ralph’s

US  1910  Edison

Four Dare Devils, The

3 February

Butterfly

 

Thrown to the Lions

3 February

Butterfly

 

Aviator’s Generosity

5 & 6 February

Butterfly

Denmark 1911

Rights of Youth, The

10 February

Bennington’s

Denmark 1911

Cross, The

10 February

Ralph’s

US 1911  Thanhouser

Duty

10 February

Ralph’s

US  1911  Imp

Fatal Wedding

13 February

Bennington’s

Aust  1911 Spencer’s Pictures

Confessional, The

17 & 24 February

Ralph’s

US  1911  Champion

Behind the Times

17 February

Ralph’s

US  1911  Imp

Tables Turned, The

17 February

Ralph’s

US  1911 Edison or UK 1910 B & C (British & Colonial Kinematograph Co.)

Woman Scorned, A

17 February

Butterfly

US  1911 American Biograph D: DW Griffith

Strike – Brisbane - Strike

17 February

Butterfly

 

Shark, Shark

17 February

Butterfly

 

David Copperfield

19 & 20 February

Butterfly

US  1911  Thanhouser

Before Yorktown

19, 20 & 21 February

Bennington’s

US  1911

British Flag, A

24 February

Bennington’s

 

Engagement Ring, The

24 February

Ralph’s

Denmark  1911  Nordisk

Altar of Sacrifice, The

22, 23 & 24 February

Butterfly

 

Sin of a Woman, A

26 & 27 February

Butterfly

Aust  1912  Australian Photo-play Co.

Six Day Bicycle Race

26 February & 2 March

Butterfly

 

Victim of the Mormons, A

29 February

Bennington’s

Denmark  1911 

Hands Across the Sea

1 & 2 March

Bennington’s

US  1911  Éclair

On the Brink

2 March

Ralph’s

US  1911  Rex  

As a Man Soweth

2 March

Ralph’s

Denmark  1911 Nordisk

Call of the Song, The

2 March

Ralph’s

US  1911 Imp

She

1, 2 & 3 March

Butterfly

US  1911  Thanhouser

Arrah na Pogue

1 & 2 March

Butterfly

US  1911  Kalem 

Arrah na Pogue

5 & 6 March

Bennington’s

US  1911  Kalem 

Romance of Margaret Catchpole

7 March

Bennington’s

Aust  1911 Spencer’s Picture

Course of True Love, The

8 & 9 March

Bennington’s

UK 1911 Hepworth or US 1910 American Biograph

Strangler’s Grip, The

9 March

Bennington’s

Aust 1912 Australian Phot-play Co.

Suffer Little Children

9 March

Ralph’s

US  1911 Bison

Lured to the Wall

9 March

Ralph’s

 

Game of Deception, A

9 March

Ralph’s

US  1911 Lubin

Smuggler’s Stepdaughter, The

16 March

Bennington’s

UK 1911 Hepworth

Daughter of Australia, A

16 March

Bennington’s

Aust 1912 Australian Life Biograph Co.

Days of the Six Nations, The

16 March

Bennington’s

US  1911

Life Saver, The

16 March

Ralph’s

US  1911  Lubin

Sailor’s Love Letters, The

16 March

Ralph’s

US  1911  Edison

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

23 March

Bennington’s

Denmark  1912; US 1912  Thanhouser; Denmark 1910.

Stolen Letters, The

23 March

Ralph’s

UK  1911  Hepworth

Man in the Taxi, The

23 March

Ralph’s

US  1911 Lubin

South Pole

27 March

Butterfly

 

Wreck of the Aurora / Coffin Ship

29 & 30 March

Bennington’s

US  1911 Thanhouser

Black Arrow

30 March

Ralph’s

US  1911 Edison

Scandal Mongers, The

30 March

Ralph’s

US  1911 Lubin

Shadow of the Rockies, The

2 & 3 April

Bennington’s

 

Convict, The

4 & 6 April

Butterfly

US  1910  Thanhouser

Missing Will, The

6 & 8 April

Ralph’s

US  1911 Vitgraph

Woman’s Revenge, A

6 & 8 April

Ralph’s

 

Trust, The

8, 9 & 10 April

Bennington’s

 

Pearl of the Pacific, The

9 & 10 April

Bennington’s

 

Con the Shaughraum

11, 12 & 13 April

Bennington’s

Aust 1912 Australian Life Biograph Co.

Miser’s Heart, A

13 April

Ralph’s

US  1911 American Biograph

Reformation of Jack Robbins

13 April

Ralph’s

US  1911  George Melies (US)

Swagman, The

16 & 17 April

Bennington’s

poss. Swagman’s Story  Aust 1912

Traitress, The

16 & 17 April

Bennington’s

 

Daughter of Australia, The

16 & 17 April

Bennington’s

Aust 1912 Australian Life Biograph Co.

Octoroon, The

16 & 17 April

Bennington’s

Aust 1912 Australian Film Syndicate

His Mother

16 & 17 April

Bennington’s

US  1912  Kalem

Love’s Longing

17 April

Ralph’s

 

Mignon

23 & 24 April

Bennington’s

US  1912  Solax  D: Alice Blanche

Mystery of the Black Pearl, The

26 & 27 April

Bennington’s

Aust  1912 West’s Pictures

Woman’s Temptation, A

27 April

Ralph’s

 

Eleventh Hour, The

1 May

Bennington’s

Aust  1912  West’s Pictures

Venus

1 May

Ralph’s

 

Zigomar versus Nick Carter

5 & 6 May

Bennington’s

France  1911  Eclair Films

Homeless

10 & 11 May

Ralph’s

 

Criminal Hypnotist, The

11 May

Bennington’s

US  1909  American Biograph

Love in the Tropics

17 & 18 May

Star

Denmark 1911

Crimes and the Law

18 May

Bennington’s

 

Attacked by a Lion

18 May

Bennington’s

France Gaumont

Camille

21 & 22 May

Bennington’s

US  1912  Champion

Brand of Shame, The

24 & 25 May

Star

 

Penalty, The

25 May

Bennington’s

US  1911  American

Lion’s Revenge, The

25 May

Bennington’s

US  1912  New York Motion Picture Co.

Torment, The

31 May & 1 June

Star

France Éclair

Fire of Life, The

31 May & 1 June

Star

Denmark  1911

Marshall, The

31 May & 1 June

Bennington’s

 

Napoleon

1 June

Bennington’s

 

Better Way, The

1 June

Bennington’s

US 1911 Imp or US 1909 American Biograph

Modern Desdemona, A

3 & 4 June

Bennington’s

 

Cause of the South, The

4 June

Bennington’s

US  1912  Edison

Flying Dispatch, The

4 June

Bennington’s

UK 1912 Urban Trading Co.

Vanity Fair

5 June

Bennington’s

US  1911 Vitagraph

Aeroplane Inventor, The

7 & 8 June

Star

Denmark 1911

Drummed Out

8 June

Star

 

Sudden Impulse, A

8 June

Bennington’s

 

Her Last Shot

12 June

Bennington’s

US  1912  Vitagraph

Madame Dubarry’s Flirtation

12 June

Bennington’s

 

Mamselle Nitouche

13, 14 & 15 June

Bennington’s

 

Dangerous Play, A

15 June

Star

Denmark  1912  Nordisk

Blackmailers, The

17 & 18 June

Bennington’s

 

Wreck of the Dunbar, The

20, 21 & 22 June

Bennington’s

Aust  1912  Universal Pictures

Her Fatal Step

21 & 22 June

Star

 

Sans Gere

21 & 22 June

Bennington’s

 

Redeemed by Fire

24 & 25 June

Bennington’s

 

Sham Secretary, The

28 & 29 June

Star

Italian  Cines

Children Who Labor

3 July

Bennington’s

US  1912  Edison

Cry of the Children, The

6 July

Bennington’s

US  1912 Thanhouser

Flower of the Mormon City, The

6 July

Star

 

Forced Wedding, The

13 July

Bennington’s

 

Flying Circus, The

13 July

Bennington’s

 

Great Moment, The

13 July

Star

Denmark  Nordisk

Last Moment, The

13 July

Star

 

Danites, The

20 July

Star

US  1912  Selig

Sailor and his Lass, The

26 & 27 July

Bennington’s

 

Silent Witness, A

27 July

Bennington’s

US 1912 Thanhouser or Aust 1912 West’s Pictures

Ghost of the Past, A

27 July

Bennington’s

 

White Domino, The

27 July

Star

 

Nursing the Viper

2 & 3 August

Star

US  1909  American Biograph

Saved

9 & 10 August

Star

 

Mysteries of Paris, The

9 & 10 August

Bennington’s

France  1912  SCAGL-Pathe

Matrimonial Squabbles

14 August

Bennington’s

 

Dantes Inferno

15, 16 & 17 August

Bennington’s

 

Greed of Gold, The

16 & 17 August

Star

US  1912  Pathe

Lieutenant’s Last Fight, The

17 August

Bennington’s

US  1912  Bison

Retribution

17 August

Bennington’s

 

Woman’s Martyrdom, A

24 August

Bennington’s

 

Artist’s Model, The

24 August

Star

UK  1907  Hepworth

Saved from the Titanic

27 August

Bennington’s

US  1912  Éclair

Beast at Bay, A

28 August

Bennington’s

US  1912  American Biograph

Boys of the Revolution

28 August

Bennington’s

 

Romance of Palm Grove, The

30 & 31 August

Star

 

Twas Ever Thus

6 & 7 September

Star

US  1911 Essanay

Girl with the Lantern, The

10 & 11 September

Bennington’s

US  1912  Selig

Black Chancellor, The

11 September

Bennington’s

Denmark  1912

Slum Life

13 & 14 September

Star

 

Betrayed by a Friend

13 & 14 September

Star

 

Sound from Siberia

14 September

Bennington’s

 

Vengeance of Fate, The

20 & 21 September

Star

US  1912  101 Bison

Student’s Temptation, A

20 & 21 September

Star

 

Earl and the Girl, The

25 September

Bennington’s

 

Twixt War and the Girl

5 October

Bennington’s

 

Old Tennessee

11 & 12 October

Star

 

Lady in the Lake

17, 18 & 19 October

Bennington’s

US  1912  Vitagraph

Crisis, The

18 & 19 October

Star

US 1911 Powers or US 1912 Bison

Lad O’Burns, The

19 October

Bennington’s

 

Grazielle the Gipsey

19 October

Bennington’s

 

Siege of Petersburg, The

21 & 22 October

Star

US  1912  Kalem

Foster Child, The

22 October

Bennington’s

US  1912  Vitagraph

Petrol Pirate, The

25 & 26 October

Star

 

Advantages of a Fortune, The

26 October

Bennington’s

 

Two Destinies, The

26 October

Bennington’s

 

Tragedy in the Court of Milan, a

26 October

Bennington’s

 

French Spy, The

28 & 29 October

Star

US  1912  Vitagraph

Governor’s Daughter, The

2 November

Bennington’s

US 1912 Éclair or 1912 Denmark

Love and Boxing

2 November

Bennington’s

France  1912  Pathe Freres   Max Linder

Redemption of Red Rube, The

2 November

Bennington’s

US  1912 Vitagraph

Gambler’s Mother, The

9 November

Star

 

Melbourne Cup

9 November

Star

 

Money Kings, The

11 & 12 November

Star

US  1912  Vitagraph

Alone in Paris

15 November

Bennington’s

 

Fatal Ring, The

16 November

Bennington’s

 

Count and the Detective, The

18 & 19 November

Bennington’s

 

Queen Elizabeth

21,22 & 23 November

Star

France  1912

Charge of the Light Brigade

23 & 27 November

Bennington’s

US  1912   Edison

Human Hearts

23 & 27 November

Bennington’s

US  1912  Imp

Apache’s Daughter, An

25 & 26 November

Star

 

Leah the Forsaken

29 & 30 November

Star

US  1912  Imp

King’s Double, The

30 November

Bennington’s

 

Gilded Cage, The

7 December

Bennington’s

 

Zika, the Gipsey Queen

7 December

Star

 

Caesar Borgia

11 December

Bennington’s

 

Red Fox, the Poacher

12,13 & 14 December

Bennington’s

 

Greed for Gold

13 & 14 December

Bennington’s

US  1912  Pathe

Massacre, The

14 December

Bennington’s

US  1912  Biograph

Woman in White, The

20 & 21 December

Star

US  1912  Gem

Old Love Story, An

21 & 23 December

Star

 

Iron Masters, The

21 & 23 December

Star

US  1911  Edison

Golden Cage, The

27 December

Bennington’s

 

Lucile

27 & 28 December

Star

US  1912  Thanhouser

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