• Title
  Photographs of stage sets relating to the Capitol and State Theatres, Sydney
• Call number
  PXA 1219
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1920-1939
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  421140
• Issue Copy
  Partly Digitised : 75 photographs
  
• Physical Description
  190 photographs - silver gelatin - 15.5 x 20.5-20.0 x 25.7 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  BOX 1
  1-74. Scenes of stage designs for a variety of productions, mainly at the Capitol Theatre. Also untitled portraits of performers in costume and theatre directors and musicians (Fred Scholl? and his Capitol organ, and probably Mr Perry of the State Theatre). Some scenes at the State Theatre, including crowds outside the Opening of 'The Patriot' and representatives from British Dominion Films. Also 'If Winter Comes' at the Crystal Palace, 1925 (S. F. Doyle - Managing Director... C. Goddard - Electrician & Operator)
  
  No. 1 shows Ted Henkel and the Capitol Ballet (with some older men and women) ready to leave the Theatre for the Capitol Ball, Wentworth Hotel, 8 pm-1 am Monday 3 Sept 1928. The woman next to Henkel is probably his wife Ruby. -- (Information supplied by Mike Sutcliffe, Sept 2004)
  
  BOX 2
  75-190. Stage and movie sets from American productions by Paramount and other companies, probably used as inspiration for local stage sets and designs. Stage productions include 'Birds of a Feather', 'Campus Daze', 'Coney Island', 'Dancing Keys', 'Garden of Girls', 'Puttin on the dog', 'River Memories', 'Sportland'. Motion Pictures productions include 'The Ten Commandments', 'The Thief of Bagdad'.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Stuart F. Doyle (Managing Director of Union Theatres) and designer Henry E. White toured the USA in 1927 to inspect the latest picture palaces. In 1928 he opened Australia's first 'atmospheric' theatre, the Capitol, intended for silent movies and live performances. Then in 1929 he opened the magnificent State Theatre
  
  Reference: Cultural Heritage of Movie Theatres in N.S.W. 1896-1996 / Ross Thorne, Les Tod & Kevin Cork. Sydney : Department of Architecture, University of Sydney, 1996
  Digital order no:Album ID : 861744
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Photographs are untitled
  Many photographs stamped "C. J. Goddard..Capitol Theatre" on reverse. Also "C.J.G." or "The property of C. J. Goddard" written on reverse.
  "Perry" signed on reverse of no.5
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Number 19. Opening of the State Theatre, Sydney, Friday 7 June 1929
  
  Reference:
  Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 8 June 1929, p.16, column 4
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Goddard, C. J.
  Sidney Riley Studios
  Walker Studios
  
• Name
  Henkel, Ted
  Perry, Mr
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  Conductors (Music).
  
• Place
  Capitol Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Crystal Palace Theatre (George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.)
  State Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  On Sale! Shops & Shopping - State Library of New South Wales (8 August - 30 November, 2011). Applies to: Box 1, no. 19
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE988841

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