Harry Wren presents "Lucky Stars" with the imp eternal, Will Mahoney
- Bib ID:
- 7081561
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. POSTER 2023-4236 copy
- Description:
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- Will Mahoney
- [Brisbane?] : [publisher not identified], 1940
- 1 poster : colour ; 29.8 x 49.5 cm
- Summary:
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Poster promoting a vaudeville performance. Features a photograph of Will Mahoney, upper right, with a list of acts, which includes Evie Hayes.
- Biography/History:
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Brisbane's Cremorne Theatre (originally known as the Cremorne Gardens) was built in 1911 by variety entrepreneur Edward Branscombe as part of an Australia-wide circuit of open-air theatres designed especially for his Dandies costume comedy companies. Brisbane's subtropical climate meant that the theatre's use was frequently interrupted by rainfall and it was closed temporarily in 1917 while weatherproof awnings were erected. The theatre was at first managed, and then after its sale in 1916 by Branscombe's company, owned and operated, by John Neil McCallum, the father of Australian actor and producer, John McCallum. During the first ten years it was used mostly for vaudeville and variety shows, and for occasional drama productions with limited success. By 1919 MacCallum's company (The Dandies (Queensland) Limited) had improved and expanded the venue to a 3,000 seat capacity. In 1934 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer converted the building into a cinema by installing a new proscenium, a screen, a new sound system, and by reducing the size of the auditorium down to 1,300. This use continued until 1940 when it returned to the presentation of vaudeville, becoming the regular venue for Brisbane appearances by artists touring Australia for Tivoli Circuit, a national entertainment entrepreneur. Then in 1943, the management was taken over by Will Mahoneyand his wife, American entertainer Evie Hayes, together with American businessman Bob Geraghty.The Cremorne Ballet, a female dance group who presented a slightly 'naughty' act, commanded a good following both with local and visiting men--from Wikipedia, viewed 19 April 2016.
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- National Library of Australia's copy has tears, a pinhole at upper centre, loss at the corners and "Brisbane" added in ink beneath the theatre name.
- POSTER 2023-4236 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2631772512
- Subject:
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- Mahoney, William James. (Will), 1894–1967 -- Posters
- Hayes, Evie, 1912-1988 -- Posters
- Cremorne Theatre (Brisbane, Qld.)
- Vaudeville -- Queensland -- Brisbane -- Posters
- Theater -- Queensland -- Brisbane -- Posters
- Amusements -- Queensland -- Brisbane -- Posters
- Posters, Australian
- Australia -- Posters
- Australian
- Also Titled:
- Lucky stars
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- Since 2010 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1940
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