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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.
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Film Title |
Date Screened |
Venue |
Production Details |
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Satan |
31 July, 1 & 2 August |
Wlikes’ Star |
Italy 1913 Ambrosio |
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Carmen |
3 & 4 January |
Bennington’s |
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Midnight Wedding, The |
3 & 4 January |
Star |
Aust 1912 Spencer’s Pictures or US 1912 Gaumont |
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Marconi Operator, The |
10 & 11 January |
Star |
Denmark 1912 Kinografen |
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Path of Atonement, The |
10 & 11 January |
Bennington’s |
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Adventures of Smelling Salts, The |
17 & 18 January |
Star |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Ocean Catastrophe |
17 & 18 January |
Bennington’s |
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Wild Man, The |
18 January |
Star |
US 1912 Essanay |
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Put yourself in his Place |
16, 17 & 18 January |
Star |
US 1912 Thanhouser |
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Happiness and Sorrow |
24 & 25 January |
Star |
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Perjured Confession, The |
1 February |
Star |
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Star of Bethlehem |
1 February (Matinee) |
Star |
US 1912 Thanhouser |
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John Sterling, Alderman |
3 & 4 February |
Star |
US 1913 Imp |
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Bohemian Girl, The |
7 February |
Star |
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French Spy, The |
8 February |
Star |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Sister’s Love, A |
14 & 15 February |
Star |
US 1912 Biograph |
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As You Like It |
22 February |
Star |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Mills of the Gods, The |
21 & 22 February |
Star |
US 1912 Nestor or US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Black Mask, The |
28 February & 1 March |
Star |
Vitagraph |
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Bunny at the Derby |
28 February & 1 March |
Star |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Christmas Accident, A |
28 February & 1 March |
Star |
US 1912 Edison |
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Jim’s Joy Day |
28 February & 1 March |
Star |
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Pals |
28 February & 1 March |
Star |
US 1912 Pathe or US 1912 American |
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Father |
7 & 8 March |
Star |
US 1912 Reliance |
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Mystery of the 7 O’clock Express |
10 & 11 March |
Star |
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Dawning, The |
15 March |
Star |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Mountebank’s Daughter, The |
15 March |
Star |
US 1912 Lubin |
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Sultan’s Diamonds, The |
14 & 15 March |
Star |
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Long Strike, The |
22 March |
Star |
US 1912 Essanay or US 1912 Imp |
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Aurora Floyd |
27, 28 & 29 March |
Star |
US 1912 Thanhouser |
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Christening the Capital |
31 March & 1 April |
Star |
Aust 1913 |
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It is Never Too Late to Mend |
31 March & 1 April |
Star |
US 1913 Edison |
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What Happened to Mary |
11 & 12 April |
Star |
US 1912 – 13 Edison |
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After Welsh Rabbit |
19 April |
Star |
US 1913 Edison |
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Boy Scout Hero, The |
19 April |
Star |
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Father’s Lesson |
19 April |
Star |
US 1913 Biograph |
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Sacred Fire |
19 April |
Star |
Pathe |
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Dove in the Eagle’s Nest, The |
17, 18 & 19 April |
Star |
US 1913 Thanhouser |
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When Thieves Fall Out |
21 & 22 April |
Star |
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Vengeance of Durand, The |
24, 25 & 26 April |
Star |
US 1913 Vitagraph or US 1910 Selig |
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Lorna Doone |
28 & 29 April |
Star |
US 1911 Thanhouser |
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Woman’s Right, A |
6 May |
Roberts’ Star |
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Back from the Dead |
9 & 10 May |
Roberts’ Star |
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Following the Star |
9 & 10 May |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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Man and Monk, The |
15 May |
Roberts’ Star |
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Nabob, The |
17 May |
Roberts’ Star |
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Tweedledum as an Anarchist |
17 May |
Roberts’ Star |
Italy Ambrosio |
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Woman, A |
17 May |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1912 Vitagraph |
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His Lordship’s Little Lapse |
15, 16 & 17 May |
Roberts’ Star |
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Shadows of the Night |
24 May |
Roberts’ Star |
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What Happened to Mary |
24 May |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1912 – 13 Edison |
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Black Countess, The |
31 May |
Roberts’ Star |
France 1913 Pathe Freres |
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Keepers of Secrets |
5 & 6 June |
Roberts’ Star |
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Engine of Destruction, The |
7 June |
Roberts’ Star |
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Kelly from the Emerald Isle |
8, 9 & 10 September |
Bennington’s |
US 1913 Solax |
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Cleopatra |
10, 11 & 12 July |
Butterfly |
US 1913 United States Film |
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Revelation of the Age, The |
11, 12 & 13 September |
Butterfly |
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Actress’s Romance, An |
12, 13 & 14 August |
Wlikes’ Star |
France 1913 Film d”Art |
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Mother Hubbard |
10 June |
Bennington’s |
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Man in the Moon, The |
11 June |
Bennington’s |
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Little Bo-Peep |
12 June |
Bennington’s |
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Sacrificed to the Lions |
13 June |
Roberts’ Star |
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Black Masks, The |
14 June |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1913 101-Bison |
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Fun on the Bristol |
14 June |
Bennington’s |
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Mystery of the Corner House, The |
14 June |
Roberts’ Star |
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Rajah’s Casket, The |
16 & 17 June |
Roberts’ Star |
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Dean’s Daughter |
20 & 21 June |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1913 Edison |
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Gingerbread Man |
20 & 21 June |
Roberts’ Star |
Pathe |
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Hero’s Reward |
20 & 21 June |
Roberts’ Star |
Kalem |
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Like a Sister |
20 & 21 June |
Roberts’ Star |
Itala |
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Pathes Australian Gazette |
20 & 21 June |
Roberts’ Star |
Aust 1913 Pathe |
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She Must Elope |
20 & 21 June |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1913 Lubin |
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Way to a Man’s Heart, The |
20 & 21 June |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1913 Thanhouser |
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Welcome Intruder |
21 June |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1913 Biograph |
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Real Mexican Bull-Fight, A |
25 June |
Butterfly |
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Sign of Four, The |
27 June |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1913 Thanhouser |
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Tamandra the Gipsy |
28 June |
Roberts’ Star |
US 1913 Lubin |
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Exposure of the Land Swindlers |
5 July |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Kalem |
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New Boy |
5 July |
Bennington’s |
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Cleopatra |
10, 11 & 12 July |
Butterfly |
US 1912 Helen Gardiner Picture Players |
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Cowboy Millionaire, The |
12 July |
Bennington’s |
US 1909 Selig |
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Dick Whittington and his Cat |
14 & 15 July |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Solax |
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Brand of Cain, The |
19 July |
Butterfly |
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Way of the Cross, The |
19 July |
Butterfly |
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Fallen Star, The |
25 July |
Wlikes’ Star |
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Counterfeiter, The |
26 July |
Wlikes’ Star |
US 1913 KB |
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Princes Love Story, A |
26 July |
Butterfly |
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Spanish Blood |
26 July |
Bennington’s |
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Sweet Seventeen |
26 July |
Butterfly |
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Quo Vardis |
28, 29 & 30 July |
Butterfly |
Italy 1913 Cines |
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Quo Vardis |
28, 29 & 30 July |
Wlikes’ Star |
Italy 1913 Cines |
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Banker, The |
2 August |
Butterfly |
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House of Mystery |
2 August |
Wlikes’ Star |
UK 1913 Clarendon |
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Lion Tamer, The poss. Amateur Lion Tamer, The |
2 August |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Vitagraph |
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Carnegie Alaska Siberia Expedition |
9 August |
Butterfly |
US 1912 |
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Theresa, the Adventuress |
9 August |
Butterfly |
Nordisk |
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Toll of Fear, The |
9 August |
Wlikes’ Star |
US 1913 Lubin |
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Clue of the Broken Finger, The |
11 August |
Butterfly |
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Night Out, A |
11 August |
Bennington’s |
US 1912 Selig |
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Dash for Liberty, A |
16 August |
Butterfly |
Nordisk |
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Mysterious Photograph, The |
16 August |
Butterfly |
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Atop of the World in Motion |
14, 15 & 16 August |
Wlikes’ Star |
US 1912 Beverly B. Dodds Production |
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Australia Calls |
18 August |
Wlikes’ Star |
Aust 1913 Spencer’s Pictures |
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Sacrifice, The |
18 August |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Kalem or US 1913 Photoplay |
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Secret Cupboard, The |
22 August |
Wlikes’ Star |
Pathe Freres |
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Two Spies, The |
22 August |
Wlikes’ Star |
US 1912 Kalem or US 1913 Gaumont |
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Fascination of the Dance, The |
23 August |
Butterfly |
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In the Clutch of the Apaches |
23 August |
Bennington’s |
France Gaumont |
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Incriminating Handkerchief, The |
23 August |
Butterfly |
Cines |
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Black Lily Gang, The poss. Sign of the Black Lily Gang, The |
24 & 25 August |
Wilke’s Star |
Italy 1913 Cines |
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Two Sergeants, The |
25 August |
Butterfly |
Vitagraph |
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Blind Mother, A or Cowardly Weapon, The |
30 August |
Butterfly |
Pathe |
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Pendleton Round Up poss. Pendleton, Oregon, Round Up |
28, 29 & 30 August |
Wlikes’ Star |
US 1913 Oregon Motion Picture Co. |
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Trial of a Heart, The |
30 August |
Butterfly |
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Lion Hunter, The |
1 & 2 September |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Gaumont |
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Ashes of Three, The |
6 September |
Bennington’s |
US 1913 American |
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Dr. Mawson in the Antarctic |
6 September |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1913 |
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Ivanhoe |
6 September |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Imp |
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Pommy Arrives in Australia |
6 September |
Butterfly |
Aust 1913 Fraser Film Release & Photographic Co. |
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Bondage of the Bush, The |
8 & 9 September |
Butterfly |
Aust 1913 Wood’s Australian Pictures |
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Kelly from the Emerald Isle |
8, 9 & 10 September |
Bennington’s |
US 1913 Solax |
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Deer Slayer, The |
13 September |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Vitagraph |
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Faust |
6 & 13 September |
Butterfly |
UK 1911 Hepworth |
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Life of the Jackaroo, The |
13 September |
Butterfly |
Aust 1913 Fraser Film Release & Photographic Co. |
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On the Track of the Spider League |
13 September |
Butterfly |
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Reformers, The |
13 September |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Biograph |
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Wells-Mehegan Fight |
17 & 18 September |
Butterfly |
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Accusing Hand, The |
20 September |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Lubin |
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Retrogression |
20 September |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Broncho |
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Two Actresses, The |
20 September |
Butterfly |
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Les Miserables |
15, 16, 17 & 20 September |
Bennington’s |
France 1912 Pathe |
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Ashes |
22 & 23 September |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Reliance |
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Blind Witness, The |
27 September |
Butterfly |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
27 September |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Imp |
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Quick Sands |
27 September |
Bennington’s |
US 1913 American |
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Susa and the Outlaw |
29 & 30 September |
Butterfly |
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Past Redemption |
1 October |
Butterfly |
US 1913 KB |
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Subterraneous Town, The or Second Adventure of Arizona Bill |
29, 30 September & 1 October |
Bennington’s |
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Brother’s Loyalty, A |
4 October |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Essanay |
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Great Possessions, The |
4 October |
Bennington’s |
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Green Devil, The poss. Green Eyed Devil, The |
4 October |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Reliance |
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Arrival of the Australian Squadron |
4 & 6 October |
Butterfly |
Aust 1913 Spencer’s Pictures |
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Australian Fleet, The |
6 October |
Bennington’s |
Aust 1913 Spencer’s Pictures |
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Ransom of Happiness |
4 & 6 October |
Bennington’s |
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Treasure of Devil’s Vale, The |
6 October |
Butterfly |
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Girl Mother, The |
8 October |
Butterfly |
Pathe |
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Delayed Proposals |
11 October |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Vitagraph |
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False Engineer, The |
11 October |
Butterfly |
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Landlord Troubles |
11 October |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Keystone |
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Last Laugh, The |
11 October |
Butterfly |
France Max Linden |
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Penalty of Crime |
11 October |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Lubin |
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Ways of Providence, The poss. Infinite Ways of Providence |
11 October |
Butterfly |
Italy 1911 Itala Film |
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When Darkness Came |
11 October |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Thanhouser |
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Pitt and the Pendulum, The |
17 October |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Solax |
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George Harper |
18 October |
Bennington’s |
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Great Audacity, The |
18 October |
Butterfly |
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Octoroon, The |
18 October |
Bennington’s |
US 1913 Kalem Vitagraph?? |
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Twin Sisters’ Dual Role |
18 October |
Butterfly |
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White Slave |
18 October |
Bennington’s |
US 1913 Vitagraph |
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In Bonds of Passion |
20 & 21 October |
Butterfly |
Nordisk |
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Greater Love Hath No Man |
25 October |
Butterfly |
UK 1913 Baker (World) |
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Leap of Despair, A |
25 October |
Butterfly |
Italy Itala |
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Diamond League, The |
1 November |
Butterfly |
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For Love of a Toreador |
1 November |
Butterfly |
Italy 1913 Cines |
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Hero Among Men |
31 October & 1 Nov. |
Star |
US 1913 Lubin |
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Humanity |
1 November |
Star |
UK 1913 Magnet |
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Living Corpse, The |
1 November |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Warner |
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Shipwrecked |
1 November |
Star |
US 1913 Kalem |
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Theasru |
31 October & 1 Nov. |
Star |
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Venomous Tongues |
3 November |
Butterfly |
Italy 1913 Cines |
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Gipsey Kiss, The |
5 November |
Butterfly |
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Robinson Crusoe |
7 November |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Rex |
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1913 Melbourne Cup |
5 & 8 November |
Butterfly |
Aust 1913 |
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Brutality and the Scapegrace |
7 & 8 November |
Star |
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Parramatta Carnival Procession |
8 November |
Butterfly |
Aust 1913 Pathe |
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Protea |
8 November |
Butterfly |
France 1913 Éclair |
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Tapped Wires |
8 November |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Essanay |
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Last Days of Pompeii, The |
13 & 14 November |
Bennington’s |
US 1913 Ambrosio |
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Hindoo’s Hate, The |
15 November |
Star |
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Last Days of Pompeii, The |
15 November |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Ambrosio |
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Humanity |
19 & 20 November |
Butterfly |
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Bloodhounds of the Law, The |
21 & 22 November |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Lubin |
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From Circus to Racecourse |
22 November |
Bennington’s |
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His Unknown Brother |
22 November |
Butterfly |
Nordisk |
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In Slavery Days |
22 November |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Rex |
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Waiter’s Picnic, The |
22 November |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Keystone |
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Golden Cross, The |
23 & 24 November |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Thanhouser |
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In and Out poss. Out and In |
23 & 24 November |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Keystone |
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Taming of the Shrew |
28 November |
Butterfly |
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Arnst versus Paddon |
29 November |
Butterfly |
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London By Day and Night poos. London by NIght |
29 November |
Butterfly |
UK 1913 Barker |
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Sentenced for Life |
29 November |
Star |
Aust. 1911 Pathe Freres |
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What the Gods Decree |
29 November |
Butterfly |
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Thirty Years of a Gamblers Life |
5 December |
Butterfly |
France 1912 Pathe Freres |
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Finger Print, The |
6 December |
Star |
US 1913 Selig |
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Heart of an Artist, The |
6 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Crystal |
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Kissing Cup |
6 December |
Butterfly |
UK 1913 Hepworth |
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Man and Woman, The |
6 December |
Star |
US 1912 Ramo |
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Thelma |
6 December |
Butterfly |
US 1912 Reliance |
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Her Dreadful Secret |
8 & 9 December |
Butterfly |
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Battle of Gettysburg, The |
10 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Thanhouser |
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Before the Footlights |
10 December |
Butterfly |
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Child of the Sea, A |
11 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Selig |
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Cameo Ring, The |
13 December |
Butterfly |
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Found Wanting |
13 December |
Star |
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Good for Evil |
13 December |
Bennington’s |
US 1913 Victor or US 1913 Lubin |
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Road to Ruin |
13 December |
Star |
Aust 1913 Lincoln-Cass Films or US 1913 American |
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Vampire, The |
13 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Kalem |
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Airman’s Enemy, The |
20 December |
Butterfly |
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Daughter of the Underworld, A / What Becomes of our Girls |
20 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Kalem |
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Detective Kelly |
20 December |
Butterfly |
Germany 1913 Messter Film |
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Lieut. Darling and the Mystery of Room no. 41 |
20 December |
Star |
UK 1913 B & C |
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Quakeress |
20 December |
Bennington’s |
US 1913 Broncho |
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Water Rat, The |
20 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Selig |
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Who Will Marry Mary (Serial) |
20 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Edison |
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In the Bishop’s Carriage |
22 & 23 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Famous Players |
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Dash for Liberty |
27 December |
Star |
US 1913 Lubin |
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Evil Eye, The |
26 & 27 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Lubin |
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New Life Saver, The |
27 December |
Butterfly |
Keystone |
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Redeeming Angel |
27 December |
Star |
Italy 1911 Ambrosio |
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Secret of Adrainopole, The |
27 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Box Office Attractions |
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Snow White |
27 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Rex |
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Town Act, A poss. Small Time Act |
26 & 27 December |
Butterfly |
US 1913 Keystone |
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