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Fairymount
flicks cinema museum
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(02) 66 323 285 |
26
Bloore St, Kyogle New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
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| About Stuart |
Cinema Program
When
next you are planning a day trip or excursion for any of your local clubs or
organisations please contact us, we think you will be pleasantly surprised with
what we have to offer.
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THE BEGINNINGS OF CINEMA
Sit back and relax in air
conditioned comfort and take a fascinating journey through time and
experience the beginnings of Cinema with your host Mr Stuart Everett.
Using early examples of
projectors, films, slides and equipment from his extensive collection
Stuart presents a 90 minute live show. The show begins in the Pre Cinema
era and progresses thru to the birth of the motion picture industry with
demonstrations of the equipment used in these periods. |
"Fairymount
flicks and Cinema Museum" is a museum full of vintage cinema equipment but
this is not the only reason you should visit us. Our fully narrated, live 90
minute show title "the beginning of cinema" will take you on a
fascinating journey back through time into the days before moving pictures up to
the birth of world cinema.
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PRE CINEMA
Stuart talks about Live plays and
the advent of the Fantascope, Zeotrope and the Stereoscope.
The development of Lens and
suitable light sources Lime light, Gas and Arc light. |

Stuart holding Pre Cinema Stereoscope and Fantascope
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Our
historic museum can seat 56 people in air conditioned comfort and is part of our
"Kyogle Cinemas" three screen complex.
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A Bi-Unial English Lantern and Mechanical Slide from
the 1880's
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MAGIC LANTERN ERA 1874-1912
This fascinating Pre Movie Era is
talked about with full demonstrations of Lanterns of the era featuring
slides from the Boar War, Slipslides, Mechanical Slides, Amusement Slides
and Educational Slides. |
With
the establishment of kyogle cinemas and incorporating "fairymount flicks
cinema museum" Stuart has been able to fulfill his dreams and has set up
one of the most extensive displays of working vintage cinema equipment in the
country.
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THE BIRTH OF WORLD CINEMA
Stuart discusses Edison, The
Lumiere Bros and Laurie Dickson with demonstrations of early Edison Film
Clips.
The "Birth of Australian
Cinema" was in the 1800's with the first showing of a commercial
movie clip in Australia by Magician Carl Hertz using a Theatrograph at the
Tivoli in Burke Street, Melbourne on the 22nd August 1896. |

Stuart demonstrates his 1906 Pathe Projector
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