AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF “PAGET’S TALKIES” FLYERS and ADVERTISING BROCHURES
Paget’s Talkies was established in 1908 taking Silent Films on tour to remote country towns in Queensland. Very little is known about this chapter in Australian Film history but the brochures, flyers and advertising material that I have acquired tend to indicate that they toured primarily around Queensland. Towns like Blackbutt, Pialba and Nanango are mentioned in the advertising.
Paget’s adapted to the introduction of sound and purchased equipment that was able to bring Talkies to the remote country towns. The familiar headlines of “See and Hear Paget’s Talkies” featured proudly on many of the brochures of the early 30’s.
Mr Paget screened double features with shorts, cartoons and newsreels often boasting that the films he was showing were screened at the same time as The Regent in Brisbane. Many of the films that were screened were blockbuster American movies along with Australian made films of the era.
Paget's Talkies Flyer 25 Sally in our Alley
Paget's Talkies Flyer 26 Abbott and Costello Keep Em Flying
Paget's Talkies Flyer 27 Broadway Bill
Paget's Talkies Flyer 28 Monte Blue Conquest
Paget's Talkies Flyer 29 W.C.Fields Old Fashioned Way
Paget's Talkies Flyer 30 Bengal Tiger
Paget's Talkies Flyer 31 Annie Oakley Barbara Stanwyck
Paget's Talkies Flyer 32 The Lion has Wings
Paget's Talkies Flyer 33 Broadway Bill screening at Blackbutt
Paget's Talkies Flyer 34 Barnacle Bill and The Mortal Storm
Paget's Talkies Flyer 35 Zane Grey's The Last Round Up
Paget's Talkies Flyer 36 Monkeys Monkeys Monkeys
Paget's Talkies Flyer 37 Trouble in Morocco
Paget's Talkies Flyer 38 Powder Smoke Range
Paget's Talkies Flyer 39 Dodge City Trail Charles Starrett
Paget's Talkies Flyer 40 Devil's Playground Richard Dix
Paget's Talkies Flyer 41 Trapped by Television
Paget's Talkies Flyer 42 Seven Keys to Baldpate
Paget's Talkies Flyer 43 More than a Secretary
Paget's Talkies Flyer 44 Lilly of Killarney
Paget's Talkies Flyer 45 On Trial Pauline Frederick
Paget's Talkies Flyer 46 Devil's Saddle Legion
Paget's Talkies Flyer 47 William Powell Ex Mrs Bradford
Paget's Talkies Flyer 48 Viennese Nights