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An absolutely unique entertainment
"At The Picture Palace a Century Ago"
A unique 35mm film show available for you
recreating the cinema of the past
with live piano accompaniment
Presented by David Cleveland and Nigel Lister
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At The Picture Palace a Century Ago
A very special presentation running 90 minutes of what it was like to go
to the pictures a century ago, showing what audiences saw between 1907
and 1912, with comedy, animation, news, drama - all shown on an
original hand turned Gaumont Chrono silent film projector
Forthcoming shows:-
Colour Comes To The Movies
Films with colour from 1896 to 1913, including a unique demonstration of Kinemacolor, the first successful “natural colour”
process of 1909 shown on a restored Chrono Elge hand turned projector of 1908
Talking Pictures
A new and unique presentation of the first sound on film movies, with examples from 1926 to 1933, shown on a restored
Simplex 35mm sound projector, together with some late 1920s 35mm silent films
Also a new silent programme with all new films:-
Lets Wait and See The Pictures
Early movies from 1896 – 1914 as shown in the music halls, fairgrounds and first electric cinemas. The show includes comedies,
fantasy, travel, and topical films of the time, together with a film on censorship!
Note:- The contents of the programme might change
For details write to PO Box 7608 Manningtree
DAVID CLEVELAND PUBLISHING
PO Box 7608 Manningtree
The following books are available:
Manningtree Station
By David Cleveland
A look at the railway station at Manningtree, Essex,
in 2007 with reminiscences, photographs and history of former times.
Hardback, 80 pages, 66 illustrations in colour and black and white
ISBN 978-0-9558271-0-5
Includes DVD in the back of a film of the station in 1979 and electrification of the line in 1987.
Price £15. Post and Packing £1.50
To order please send cheque for £16.50 made out to David Cleveland to PO BOX 7608 MANNINGTREE
Stour Secrets
An Exploration of the estuary between Essex & Suffolk
By Ken Rickwood
Softback 236 pages, over 200 illustrations in black and white
ISBN 978-0-9558271-1-2
Price £10. Post and Packing £1.50
To order please send cheque for £11.50 made out to David Cleveland to PO BOX 7608 MANNINGTREE
Films Were Made
A look at films and film makers in the East of England 1896-1996
through films in the East Anglian Film Archive University of East Anglia
Volume 1: The Region at Work
By David Cleveland
Hardback A4 size, 282 pages, 422 illustrations (28 of which are in colour)
ISBN 978-0-9558271-2-9
Price £27. Postage and packing £3
To order please send cheque for £30 made out to David Cleveland to PO BOX 7608 MANNINGTREE