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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.
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Film Title |
Date Screened |
Venue |
Production Details |
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Ballet Dancer, The |
4 & 5 January |
Bennington’s |
Denmark 1911 |
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Power of Love, The |
5 & 6 January |
Bennington’s |
Denmark 1911 Nordisk |
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Victim of the Mormons, A |
6, 8 & 9 January |
Bennington’s |
Denmark 1911 |
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Trip to the Sun, A |
6 & 8 January |
Ralph’s |
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Lost in the Jungle |
6 & 8 January |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Selig |
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Little Billy’s Adventures |
6 & 8 January |
Ralph’s |
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Miner’s Curse, The / Robbery of the Gold Street |
6 January |
Butterfly |
Aust 1911 Australian Photo-play Co. |
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What Women Suffer |
6 January |
Butterfly |
Aust 1911 Australian Photo-play Co. |
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Siege of Calais |
11, 12 & 13 January |
Butterfly |
France 1911 Pathe |
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Mrs Tanqueray poss Second Mrs Tanquery, The |
12 & 13 January |
Ralph’s |
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Great Moment, The |
13 January |
Bennington’s |
Denmark Nordisk |
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Two Orphans, The |
13 January |
Butterfly |
US 1911 Selig |
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Trials of a Shop Girl, The / Father’s Forgiveness, A |
13 January |
Butterfly |
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McVea and Langford Fight |
13, 15, 16 & 18 January |
Butterfly |
US 1911 |
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Squatter’s Daughter, The |
16 January |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1910 |
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Lady Mary’s Love |
18, 19 & 20 January |
Bennington’s |
Denmark 1911 Nordisk |
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Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme |
18, 19 & 20 January |
Bennington’s |
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Do Men Love Women |
19 & 20 January |
Butterfly |
Aust. 1912 Australian Photo-play Co. |
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Britannia Rules the Waves |
20 January |
Castle |
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Flames and Fortune |
20 January |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Thanhouser |
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Sweet Nell of Drury, The |
25, 26 & 27 January |
Butterfly |
Aust 1911 Spencer’s Pictures |
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Woman’s Way, A |
26 & 27 January |
Bennington’s |
Nordisk |
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Great Durbar of Delhi, The |
26 & 27 January |
Bennington’s |
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Price of Ambition, The |
26 & 27 January |
Bennington’s |
US 1911 Kalem |
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Roaring Days of ’68, The |
27 January |
Ralph’s |
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Four Daredevils, The |
1, 2 & 3 February |
Bennington’s |
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Oliver Twist |
3 February |
Ralph’s |
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Christmas Carol |
3 February |
Ralph’s |
US 1910 Edison |
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Four Dare Devils, The |
3 February |
Butterfly |
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Thrown to the Lions |
3 February |
Butterfly |
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Aviator’s Generosity |
5 & 6 February |
Butterfly |
Denmark 1911 |
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Rights of Youth, The |
10 February |
Bennington’s |
Denmark 1911 |
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Cross, The |
10 February |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Thanhouser |
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Duty |
10 February |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Imp |
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Fatal Wedding |
13 February |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1911 Spencer’s Pictures |
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Confessional, The |
17 & 24 February |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Champion |
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Behind the Times |
17 February |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Imp |
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Tables Turned, The |
17 February |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Edison or UK 1910 B & C (British & Colonial Kinematograph Co.) |
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Woman Scorned, A |
17 February |
Butterfly |
US 1911 American Biograph D: DW Griffith |
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Strike – Brisbane - Strike |
17 February |
Butterfly |
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Shark, Shark |
17 February |
Butterfly |
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David Copperfield |
19 & 20 February |
Butterfly |
US 1911 Thanhouser |
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Before Yorktown |
19, 20 & 21 February |
Bennington’s |
US 1911 |
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British Flag, A |
24 February |
Bennington’s |
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Engagement Ring, The |
24 February |
Ralph’s |
Denmark 1911 Nordisk |
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Altar of Sacrifice, The |
22, 23 & 24 February |
Butterfly |
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Sin of a Woman, A |
26 & 27 February |
Butterfly |
Aust 1912 Australian Photo-play Co. |
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Six Day Bicycle Race |
26 February & 2 March |
Butterfly |
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Victim of the Mormons, A |
29 February |
Bennington’s |
Denmark 1911 |
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Hands Across the Sea |
1 & 2 March |
Bennington’s |
US 1911 Éclair |
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On the Brink |
2 March |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Rex |
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As a Man Soweth |
2 March |
Ralph’s |
Denmark 1911 Nordisk |
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Call of the Song, The |
2 March |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Imp |
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She |
1, 2 & 3 March |
Butterfly |
US 1911 Thanhouser |
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Arrah na Pogue |
1 & 2 March |
Butterfly |
US 1911 Kalem |
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Arrah na Pogue |
5 & 6 March |
Bennington’s |
US 1911 Kalem |
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Romance of Margaret Catchpole |
7 March |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1911 Spencer’s Picture |
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Course of True Love, The |
8 & 9 March |
Bennington’s |
UK 1911 Hepworth or US 1910 American Biograph |
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Strangler’s Grip, The |
9 March |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1912 Australian Phot-play Co. |
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Suffer Little Children |
9 March |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Bison |
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Lured to the Wall |
9 March |
Ralph’s |
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Game of Deception, A |
9 March |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Lubin |
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Smuggler’s Stepdaughter, The |
16 March |
Bennington’s |
UK 1911 Hepworth |
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Daughter of Australia, A |
16 March |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1912 Australian Life Biograph Co. |
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Days of the Six Nations, The |
16 March |
Bennington’s |
US 1911 |
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Life Saver, The |
16 March |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Lubin |
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Sailor’s Love Letters, The |
16 March |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Edison |
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde |
23 March |
Bennington’s |
Denmark 1912; US 1912 Thanhouser; Denmark 1910. |
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Stolen Letters, The |
23 March |
Ralph’s |
UK 1911 Hepworth |
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Man in the Taxi, The |
23 March |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Lubin |
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South Pole |
27 March |
Butterfly |
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Wreck of the Aurora / Coffin Ship |
29 & 30 March |
Bennington’s |
US 1911 Thanhouser |
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Black Arrow |
30 March |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Edison |
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Scandal Mongers, The |
30 March |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Lubin |
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Shadow of the Rockies, The |
2 & 3 April |
Bennington’s |
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Convict, The |
4 & 6 April |
Butterfly |
US 1910 Thanhouser |
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Missing Will, The |
6 & 8 April |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 Vitgraph |
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Woman’s Revenge, A |
6 & 8 April |
Ralph’s |
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Trust, The |
8, 9 & 10 April |
Bennington’s |
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Pearl of the Pacific, The |
9 & 10 April |
Bennington’s |
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Con the Shaughraum |
11, 12 & 13 April |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1912 Australian Life Biograph Co. |
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Miser’s Heart, A |
13 April |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 American Biograph |
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Reformation of Jack Robbins |
13 April |
Ralph’s |
US 1911 George Melies (US) |
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Swagman, The |
16 & 17 April |
Bennington’s |
poss. Swagman’s Story Aust 1912 |
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Traitress, The |
16 & 17 April |
Bennington’s |
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Daughter of Australia, The |
16 & 17 April |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1912 Australian Life Biograph Co. |
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Octoroon, The |
16 & 17 April |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1912 Australian Film Syndicate |
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His Mother |
16 & 17 April |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Kalem |
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Love’s Longing |
17 April |
Ralph’s |
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Mignon |
23 & 24 April |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Solax D: Alice Blanche |
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Mystery of the Black Pearl, The |
26 & 27 April |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1912 West’s Pictures |
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Woman’s Temptation, A |
27 April |
Ralph’s |
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Eleventh Hour, The |
1 May |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1912 West’s Pictures |
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Venus |
1 May |
Ralph’s |
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Zigomar versus Nick Carter |
5 & 6 May |
Bennington’s |
France 1911 Eclair Films |
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Homeless |
10 & 11 May |
Ralph’s |
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Criminal Hypnotist, The |
11 May |
Bennington’s |
US 1909 American Biograph |
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Love in the Tropics |
17 & 18 May |
Star |
Denmark 1911 |
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Crimes and the Law |
18 May |
Bennington’s |
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Attacked by a Lion |
18 May |
Bennington’s |
France Gaumont |
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Camille |
21 & 22 May |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Champion |
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Brand of Shame, The |
24 & 25 May |
Star |
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Penalty, The |
25 May |
Bennington’s |
US 1911 American |
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Lion’s Revenge, The |
25 May |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 New York Motion Picture Co. |
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Torment, The |
31 May & 1 June |
Star |
France Éclair |
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Fire of Life, The |
31 May & 1 June |
Star |
Denmark 1911 |
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Marshall, The |
31 May & 1 June |
Bennington’s |
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Napoleon |
1 June |
Bennington’s |
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Better Way, The |
1 June |
Bennington’s |
US 1911 Imp or US 1909 American Biograph |
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Modern Desdemona, A |
3 & 4 June |
Bennington’s |
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Cause of the South, The |
4 June |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Edison |
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Flying Dispatch, The |
4 June |
Bennington’s |
UK 1912 Urban Trading Co. |
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Vanity Fair |
5 June |
Bennington’s |
US 1911 Vitagraph |
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Aeroplane Inventor, The |
7 & 8 June |
Star |
Denmark 1911 |
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Drummed Out |
8 June |
Star |
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Sudden Impulse, A |
8 June |
Bennington’s |
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Her Last Shot |
12 June |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Madame Dubarry’s Flirtation |
12 June |
Bennington’s |
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Mamselle Nitouche |
13, 14 & 15 June |
Bennington’s |
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Dangerous Play, A |
15 June |
Star |
Denmark 1912 Nordisk |
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Blackmailers, The |
17 & 18 June |
Bennington’s |
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Wreck of the Dunbar, The |
20, 21 & 22 June |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1912 Universal Pictures |
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Her Fatal Step |
21 & 22 June |
Star |
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Sans Gere |
21 & 22 June |
Bennington’s |
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Redeemed by Fire |
24 & 25 June |
Bennington’s |
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Sham Secretary, The |
28 & 29 June |
Star |
Italian Cines |
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Children Who Labor |
3 July |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Edison |
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Cry of the Children, The |
6 July |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Thanhouser |
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Flower of the Mormon City, The |
6 July |
Star |
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Forced Wedding, The |
13 July |
Bennington’s |
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Flying Circus, The |
13 July |
Bennington’s |
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Great Moment, The |
13 July |
Star |
Denmark Nordisk |
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Last Moment, The |
13 July |
Star |
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Danites, The |
20 July |
Star |
US 1912 Selig |
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Sailor and his Lass, The |
26 & 27 July |
Bennington’s |
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Silent Witness, A |
27 July |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Thanhouser or Aust 1912 West’s Pictures |
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Ghost of the Past, A |
27 July |
Bennington’s |
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White Domino, The |
27 July |
Star |
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Nursing the Viper |
2 & 3 August |
Star |
US 1909 American Biograph |
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Saved |
9 & 10 August |
Star |
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Mysteries of Paris, The |
9 & 10 August |
Bennington’s |
France 1912 SCAGL-Pathe |
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Matrimonial Squabbles |
14 August |
Bennington’s |
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Dantes Inferno |
15, 16 & 17 August |
Bennington’s |
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Greed of Gold, The |
16 & 17 August |
Star |
US 1912 Pathe |
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Lieutenant’s Last Fight, The |
17 August |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Bison |
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Retribution |
17 August |
Bennington’s |
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Woman’s Martyrdom, A |
24 August |
Bennington’s |
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Artist’s Model, The |
24 August |
Star |
UK 1907 Hepworth |
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Saved from the Titanic |
27 August |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Éclair |
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Beast at Bay, A |
28 August |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 American Biograph |
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Boys of the Revolution |
28 August |
Bennington’s |
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Romance of Palm Grove, The |
30 & 31 August |
Star |
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Twas Ever Thus |
6 & 7 September |
Star |
US 1911 Essanay |
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Girl with the Lantern, The |
10 & 11 September |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Selig |
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Black Chancellor, The |
11 September |
Bennington’s |
Denmark 1912 |
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Slum Life |
13 & 14 September |
Star |
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Betrayed by a Friend |
13 & 14 September |
Star |
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Sound from Siberia |
14 September |
Bennington’s |
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Vengeance of Fate, The |
20 & 21 September |
Star |
US 1912 101 Bison |
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Student’s Temptation, A |
20 & 21 September |
Star |
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Earl and the Girl, The |
25 September |
Bennington’s |
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Twixt War and the Girl |
5 October |
Bennington’s |
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Old Tennessee |
11 & 12 October |
Star |
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Lady in the Lake |
17, 18 & 19 October |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Crisis, The |
18 & 19 October |
Star |
US 1911 Powers or US 1912 Bison |
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Lad O’Burns, The |
19 October |
Bennington’s |
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Grazielle the Gipsey |
19 October |
Bennington’s |
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Siege of Petersburg, The |
21 & 22 October |
Star |
US 1912 Kalem |
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Foster Child, The |
22 October |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Petrol Pirate, The |
25 & 26 October |
Star |
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Advantages of a Fortune, The |
26 October |
Bennington’s |
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Two Destinies, The |
26 October |
Bennington’s |
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Tragedy in the Court of Milan, a |
26 October |
Bennington’s |
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French Spy, The |
28 & 29 October |
Star |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Governor’s Daughter, The |
2 November |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Éclair or 1912 Denmark |
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Love and Boxing |
2 November |
Bennington’s |
France 1912 Pathe Freres Max Linder |
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Redemption of Red Rube, The |
2 November |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Gambler’s Mother, The |
9 November |
Star |
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Melbourne Cup |
9 November |
Star |
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Money Kings, The |
11 & 12 November |
Star |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Alone in Paris |
15 November |
Bennington’s |
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Fatal Ring, The |
16 November |
Bennington’s |
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Count and the Detective, The |
18 & 19 November |
Bennington’s |
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Queen Elizabeth |
21,22 & 23 November |
Star |
France 1912 |
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Charge of the Light Brigade |
23 & 27 November |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Edison |
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Human Hearts |
23 & 27 November |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Imp |
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Apache’s Daughter, An |
25 & 26 November |
Star |
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Leah the Forsaken |
29 & 30 November |
Star |
US 1912 Imp |
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King’s Double, The |
30 November |
Bennington’s |
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Gilded Cage, The |
7 December |
Bennington’s |
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Zika, the Gipsey Queen |
7 December |
Star |
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Caesar Borgia |
11 December |
Bennington’s |
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Red Fox, the Poacher |
12,13 & 14 December |
Bennington’s |
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Greed for Gold |
13 & 14 December |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Pathe |
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Massacre, The |
14 December |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Biograph |
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Woman in White, The |
20 & 21 December |
Star |
US 1912 Gem |
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Old Love Story, An |
21 & 23 December |
Star |
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Iron Masters, The |
21 & 23 December |
Star |
US 1911 Edison |
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Golden Cage, The |
27 December |
Bennington’s |
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Lucile |
27 & 28 December |
Star |
US 1912 Thanhouser |
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