Lumiere Cinematographe

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Event Lumiere Cinematographe
Venue Salon Lumiere, Sydney, NSW
First Date 28 September 1896
Last Date 27 October 1896
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The MARVEL OF THE 19th CENTURY, LUMIERE'S CINEMATOGRAPHE, invented and perfected by Messrs AUGUSTE and LOUIS LUMIERE, whose authorised agent) M. Marius Sestier, has just arrived from Paris, bringing with him the ONLY AUTHENTIC CINEMATOGRAPHE direct from the Lumiere Manufactory. M. SESTIER will exhibit this wonderful invention for THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA,
TO-DAY, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th, at the Commodious and Central Premises 237 PITT-STREET nearly opposite the Lyceum Theatre, which are especially fitted-up and completed in order to afford the Sydney public an opportunity of witnessing a series of extraordinary LIVING PHOTOGRAPHS selected from 150 INTERESTING SUBJECTS, depicting in a most marvellous and lifelike manner various scenes and incidents in everyday life throughout every part of the world, interspersed with selections of appropriate music.
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Film
Contributors
Name Function Notes
H Walter Barnett Entrepreneur
Marius Sestier Entrepreneur
Charles Westmacott Entrepreneur
Resources
Further Information At each exhibition 12 of these ANIMATED PHOTOGRAPHS will be shown daily 1.30, 3, 4, 5, 7.30, 8.30, and 9.30 o'clock. Admission, 1s. Children, half-price
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Advertising (1896, September 28). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved August 28, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14068307
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 165674