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A list of all advertised films screened in 1913.  Butterfly = Butterfly Picture Theatre; Bennington's = Bennington's Picture Palace; Granville PP = Granville Picture Palace; Ralph's = Ralph's Picture Palace; Roberts' Star = Roberts' Star Theatre; Star = Star Theatre; Wilkes' Star = Wilkes' Star Theatre.

 

Film Title

Date Screened

Venue

Production Details

Satan

31 July, 1 & 2 August

Wlikes’ Star

Italy 1913  Ambrosio

Carmen

3 & 4 January

Bennington’s

 

Midnight Wedding, The

3 & 4 January

Star

Aust  1912  Spencer’s Pictures or US  1912  Gaumont

Marconi Operator, The

10 & 11 January

Star

Denmark  1912  Kinografen

Path of Atonement, The

10 & 11 January

Bennington’s

 

Adventures of Smelling Salts, The

17 & 18 January

Star

US  1912 Vitagraph

Ocean Catastrophe

17 & 18 January

Bennington’s

 

Wild Man, The

18 January

Star

US  1912  Essanay

Put yourself in his Place

16, 17 & 18 January

Star

US  1912  Thanhouser

Happiness and Sorrow

24 & 25 January

Star

 

Perjured Confession, The

1 February

Star

 

Star of Bethlehem

1 February (Matinee)

Star

US  1912  Thanhouser

John Sterling, Alderman

3 & 4 February

Star

US  1913  Imp

Bohemian Girl, The

7 February

Star

 

French Spy, The

8 February

Star

US  1912  Vitagraph

Sister’s Love, A

14 & 15 February

Star

US  1912  Biograph

As You Like It

22 February

Star

US  1912  Vitagraph

Mills of the Gods, The

21 & 22 February

Star

US  1912  Nestor or US  1912  Vitagraph

Black Mask, The

28 February & 1 March

Star

Vitagraph

Bunny at the Derby

28 February & 1 March

Star

US  1912  Vitagraph

Christmas Accident, A

28 February & 1 March

Star

US  1912  Edison

Jim’s Joy Day

28 February & 1 March

Star

 

Pals

28 February & 1 March

Star

US  1912  Pathe  or US  1912  American

Father

7 & 8 March

Star

US  1912  Reliance

Mystery of the 7 O’clock Express

10 & 11 March

Star

 

Dawning, The

15 March

Star

US  1912 Vitagraph

Mountebank’s Daughter, The

15 March

Star

US  1912  Lubin

Sultan’s Diamonds, The

14 & 15 March

Star

 

Long Strike, The

22 March

Star

US  1912  Essanay or US  1912  Imp

Aurora Floyd

27, 28 & 29 March

Star

US  1912  Thanhouser

Christening the Capital

31 March & 1 April

Star

Aust  1913

It is Never Too Late to Mend

31 March & 1 April

Star

US  1913  Edison

What Happened to Mary

11 & 12 April

Star

US  1912 – 13  Edison

After Welsh Rabbit

19 April

Star

US  1913  Edison

Boy Scout Hero, The

19 April

Star

 

Father’s Lesson

19 April

Star

US  1913  Biograph

Sacred Fire

19 April

Star

Pathe

Dove in the Eagle’s Nest, The

17, 18 & 19 April

Star

US  1913  Thanhouser

When Thieves Fall Out

21 & 22 April

Star

 

Vengeance of Durand, The

24, 25 & 26 April

Star

US  1913  Vitagraph or US  1910  Selig

Lorna Doone

28 & 29 April

Star

US  1911  Thanhouser

Woman’s Right, A

6 May

Roberts’ Star

 

Back from the Dead

9 & 10 May

Roberts’ Star

 

Following the Star

9 & 10 May

Roberts’ Star

US  1912  Vitagraph

Man and Monk, The

15 May

Roberts’ Star

 

Nabob, The

17 May

Roberts’ Star

 

Tweedledum as an Anarchist

17 May

Roberts’ Star

Italy  Ambrosio

Woman, A

17 May

Roberts’ Star

US  1912  Vitagraph

His Lordship’s Little Lapse

15, 16 & 17  May

Roberts’ Star

 

Shadows of the Night

24 May

Roberts’ Star

 

What Happened to Mary

24 May

Roberts’ Star

US  1912 – 13  Edison

Black Countess, The

31 May

Roberts’ Star

France  1913  Pathe Freres

Keepers of Secrets

5 & 6 June

Roberts’ Star

 

Engine of Destruction, The

7 June

Roberts’ Star

 

Kelly from the Emerald Isle

8, 9 & 10 September

Bennington’s

US  1913  Solax

Cleopatra

10, 11 & 12 July

Butterfly

US  1913  United States Film

Revelation of the Age, The

11, 12 & 13 September

Butterfly

 

Actress’s Romance, An

12, 13 & 14 August

Wlikes’ Star

France  1913  Film d”Art

Mother Hubbard

10 June

Bennington’s

 

Man in the Moon, The

11 June

Bennington’s

 

Little Bo-Peep

12 June

Bennington’s

 

Sacrificed to the Lions

13 June

Roberts’ Star

 

Black Masks, The

14 June

Roberts’ Star

US  1913  101-Bison

Fun on the Bristol

14 June

Bennington’s

 

Mystery of the Corner House, The

14 June

Roberts’ Star

 

Rajah’s Casket, The

16 & 17 June

Roberts’ Star

 

Dean’s Daughter

20 & 21 June

Roberts’ Star

US  1913  Edison

Gingerbread Man

20 & 21 June

Roberts’ Star

Pathe

Hero’s Reward

20 & 21 June

Roberts’ Star

Kalem

Like a Sister

20 & 21 June

Roberts’ Star

Itala

Pathes Australian Gazette

20 & 21 June

Roberts’ Star

Aust  1913  Pathe

She Must Elope

20 & 21 June

Roberts’ Star

US  1913  Lubin

Way to a Man’s Heart, The

20 & 21 June

Roberts’ Star

US  1913  Thanhouser

Welcome Intruder

21 June

Roberts’ Star

US  1913  Biograph

Real Mexican Bull-Fight, A

25 June

Butterfly

 

Sign of Four, The

27 June

Roberts’ Star

US  1913  Thanhouser

Tamandra the Gipsy

28 June

Roberts’ Star

US  1913  Lubin

Exposure of the Land Swindlers

5 July

Butterfly

US  1913  Kalem

New Boy

5 July

Bennington’s

 

Cleopatra

10, 11 & 12 July

Butterfly

US  1912 Helen Gardiner Picture Players

Cowboy Millionaire, The

12 July

Bennington’s

US  1909  Selig

Dick Whittington and his Cat

14 & 15 July

Butterfly

US  1913  Solax

Brand of Cain, The

19 July

Butterfly

 

Way of the Cross, The

19 July

Butterfly

 

Fallen Star, The

25 July

Wlikes’ Star

 

Counterfeiter, The

26 July

Wlikes’ Star

US  1913   KB

Princes Love Story, A

26 July

Butterfly

 

Spanish Blood

26 July

Bennington’s

 

Sweet Seventeen

26 July

Butterfly

 

Quo Vardis

28, 29 & 30 July

Butterfly

Italy  1913  Cines

Quo Vardis

28, 29 & 30 July

Wlikes’ Star

Italy  1913  Cines

Banker, The

2 August

Butterfly

 

House of Mystery

2 August

Wlikes’ Star

UK  1913  Clarendon

Lion Tamer, The  poss.  Amateur Lion Tamer, The

2 August

Butterfly

US  1913  Vitagraph

Carnegie Alaska Siberia Expedition

9 August

Butterfly

US  1912 

Theresa, the Adventuress

9 August

Butterfly

Nordisk

Toll of Fear, The

9 August

Wlikes’ Star

US  1913  Lubin

Clue of the Broken Finger, The

11 August

Butterfly

 

Night Out, A

11 August

Bennington’s

US  1912  Selig

Dash for Liberty, A

16 August

Butterfly

Nordisk

Mysterious Photograph, The

16 August

Butterfly

 

Atop of the World in Motion

14, 15 & 16 August

Wlikes’ Star

US  1912  Beverly B. Dodds Production

Australia Calls

18 August

Wlikes’ Star

Aust  1913  Spencer’s Pictures

Sacrifice, The

18 August

Butterfly

US  1913  Kalem or US  1913 Photoplay

Secret Cupboard, The

22 August

Wlikes’ Star

Pathe Freres

Two Spies, The

22 August

Wlikes’ Star

US  1912  Kalem  or US  1913 Gaumont

Fascination of the Dance, The

23 August

Butterfly

 

In the Clutch of the Apaches

23 August

Bennington’s

France  Gaumont

Incriminating Handkerchief, The

23 August

Butterfly

Cines

Black Lily Gang, The  poss.  Sign of the Black Lily Gang, The

24 & 25 August

Wilke’s Star

Italy  1913  Cines

Two Sergeants, The

25 August

Butterfly

Vitagraph

Blind Mother, A or Cowardly Weapon, The

30 August

Butterfly

Pathe

Pendleton Round Up  poss. Pendleton, Oregon, Round Up

28, 29 & 30 August

Wlikes’ Star

US  1913  Oregon Motion Picture Co.

Trial of a Heart, The

30 August

Butterfly

 

Lion Hunter, The

1 & 2 September

Butterfly

US  1913  Gaumont

Ashes of Three, The

6 September

Bennington’s

US  1913  American

Dr. Mawson in the Antarctic

6 September

Bennington’s

Aust  1913

Ivanhoe

6 September

Butterfly

US  1913  Imp

Pommy Arrives in Australia

6 September

Butterfly

Aust  1913  Fraser Film Release & Photographic Co.

Bondage of the Bush, The

8 & 9 September

Butterfly

Aust  1913  Wood’s Australian Pictures

Kelly from the Emerald Isle

8, 9 & 10 September

Bennington’s

US  1913  Solax

Deer Slayer, The

13 September

Butterfly

US  1913  Vitagraph

Faust

6 & 13 September

Butterfly

UK  1911  Hepworth

Life of the Jackaroo, The

13 September

Butterfly

Aust  1913  Fraser Film Release & Photographic Co.

On the Track of the Spider League

13 September

Butterfly

 

Reformers, The

13 September

Butterfly

US  1913  Biograph

Wells-Mehegan Fight

17 & 18 September

Butterfly

 

Accusing Hand, The

20 September

Butterfly

US  1913  Lubin

Retrogression

20 September

Butterfly

US  1913  Broncho

Two Actresses, The

20 September

Butterfly

 

Les Miserables

15, 16, 17 & 20 September

Bennington’s

France  1912  Pathe

Ashes

22 & 23 September

Butterfly

US  1913  Reliance

Blind Witness, The

27 September

Butterfly

 

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

27 September

Butterfly

US  1913  Imp

Quick Sands

27 September

Bennington’s

US  1913  American

Susa and the Outlaw

29 & 30 September

Butterfly

 

Past Redemption

1 October

Butterfly

US  1913  KB

Subterraneous Town, The or Second Adventure of Arizona Bill

29, 30 September & 1 October

Bennington’s

 

Brother’s Loyalty, A

4 October

Butterfly

US  1913  Essanay

Great Possessions, The

4 October

Bennington’s

 

Green Devil, The  poss.  Green Eyed Devil, The

4 October

Butterfly

US  1913  Reliance

Arrival of the Australian Squadron

4 & 6 October

Butterfly

Aust  1913 Spencer’s Pictures

Australian Fleet, The

6 October

Bennington’s

Aust  1913 Spencer’s Pictures

Ransom of Happiness

4 & 6 October

Bennington’s

 

Treasure of Devil’s Vale, The

6 October

Butterfly

 

Girl Mother, The

8 October

Butterfly

Pathe

Delayed Proposals

11 October

Butterfly

US  1913  Vitagraph

False Engineer, The

11 October

Butterfly

 

Landlord Troubles

11 October

Butterfly

US  1913  Keystone

Last Laugh, The

11 October

Butterfly

France  Max Linden

Penalty of Crime

11 October

Butterfly

US  1913  Lubin

Ways of Providence, The   poss.  Infinite Ways of Providence

11 October

Butterfly

Italy  1911  Itala Film

When Darkness Came

11 October

Butterfly

US  1913  Thanhouser

Pitt and the Pendulum, The

17 October

Butterfly

US  1913  Solax

George Harper

18 October

Bennington’s

 

Great Audacity, The

18 October

Butterfly

 

Octoroon, The

18 October

Bennington’s

US  1913 Kalem  Vitagraph??

Twin Sisters’ Dual Role

18 October

Butterfly

 

White Slave

18 October

Bennington’s

US  1913  Vitagraph

In Bonds of Passion

20 & 21 October

Butterfly

Nordisk

Greater Love Hath No Man

25 October

Butterfly

UK  1913  Baker (World)

Leap of Despair, A

25 October

Butterfly

Italy  Itala

Diamond League, The

1 November

Butterfly

 

For Love of a Toreador

1 November

Butterfly

Italy  1913  Cines

Hero Among Men

31 October & 1  Nov.

Star

US  1913  Lubin

Humanity

1 November

Star

UK  1913  Magnet

Living Corpse, The

1 November

Butterfly

US  1913 Warner

Shipwrecked

1 November

Star

US  1913  Kalem

Theasru

31 October & 1 Nov.

Star

 

Venomous Tongues

3 November

Butterfly

Italy  1913  Cines

Gipsey Kiss, The

5 November

Butterfly

 

Robinson Crusoe

7 November

Butterfly

US  1913  Rex

1913 Melbourne Cup

5 & 8 November

Butterfly

Aust 1913

Brutality and the Scapegrace

7 & 8 November

Star

 

Parramatta Carnival Procession

8 November

Butterfly

Aust  1913  Pathe

Protea

8 November

Butterfly

France  1913  Éclair

Tapped Wires

8 November

Butterfly

US  1913  Essanay

Last Days of Pompeii, The

13 & 14 November

Bennington’s

US  1913  Ambrosio

Hindoo’s Hate, The

15 November

Star

 

Last Days of Pompeii, The

15 November

Butterfly

US  1913  Ambrosio

Humanity

19 & 20 November

Butterfly

 

Bloodhounds of the Law, The

21 & 22 November

Butterfly

US  1913 Lubin

From Circus to Racecourse

22 November

Bennington’s

 

His Unknown Brother

22 November

Butterfly

Nordisk

In Slavery Days

22 November

Butterfly

US  1913  Rex

Waiter’s Picnic, The

22 November

Butterfly

US  1913  Keystone

Golden Cross, The

23 & 24 November

Butterfly

US  1913  Thanhouser

In and Out  poss.  Out and In

23 & 24 November

Butterfly

US  1913  Keystone

Taming of the Shrew

28 November

Butterfly

 

Arnst versus Paddon

29 November

Butterfly

 

London By Day and Night  poos.  London by NIght

29 November

Butterfly

UK  1913  Barker

Sentenced for Life

29 November

Star

Aust.  1911 Pathe Freres

What the Gods Decree

29 November

Butterfly

 

Thirty Years of a Gamblers Life

5 December

Butterfly

France  1912  Pathe Freres

Finger Print, The

6 December

Star

US  1913  Selig

Heart of an Artist, The

6 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Crystal

Kissing Cup

6 December

Butterfly

UK  1913  Hepworth

Man and Woman, The

6 December

Star

US  1912  Ramo

Thelma

6 December

Butterfly

US  1912  Reliance

Her Dreadful Secret

8 & 9 December

Butterfly

 

Battle of Gettysburg, The

10 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Thanhouser

Before the Footlights

10 December

Butterfly

 

Child of the Sea, A

11 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Selig

Cameo Ring, The

13 December

Butterfly

 

Found Wanting

13 December

Star

 

Good for Evil

13 December

Bennington’s

US  1913  Victor or US  1913 Lubin

Road to Ruin

13 December

Star

Aust  1913  Lincoln-Cass Films or US  1913  American

Vampire, The

13 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Kalem

Airman’s Enemy, The

20 December

Butterfly

 

Daughter of the Underworld, A / What Becomes of our Girls

20 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Kalem

Detective Kelly

20 December

Butterfly

Germany  1913  Messter Film

Lieut. Darling and the Mystery of Room no. 41

20 December

Star

UK  1913  B & C

Quakeress

20 December

Bennington’s

US  1913  Broncho

Water Rat, The

20 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Selig

Who Will Marry Mary (Serial)

20 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Edison

In the Bishop’s Carriage

22 & 23 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Famous Players

Dash for Liberty

27 December

Star

US  1913  Lubin

Evil Eye, The

26 & 27 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Lubin

New Life Saver, The

27 December

Butterfly

Keystone

Redeeming Angel

27 December

Star

Italy  1911  Ambrosio

Secret of Adrainopole, The

27 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Box Office Attractions

Snow White

27 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Rex

Town Act, A  poss.  Small Time Act

26 & 27 December

Butterfly

US  1913  Keystone

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