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  • Collection: Silent Film Music in Ottawa

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The first of three times this image of the Regent Orchestra would be featured in the Ottawa Journal between 1917 and 1918. A rare example of putting cinema musicians front and centre in a newspaper advertisement. Click here to learn more about this…

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This advertisement for the opening night of the St. George's Hall promotes "Special Pictures, Special Songs, Special Singers."

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Rudolph Pelisek obituary. Second page missing from microfilm.

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A photo showing the interior of the Regent, with an American and a French flag can be seen just above the orchestra pit.

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An advertisement for regular Sunday concerts of Rudolph Pelisek and his trio at Peter's Cafe.

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This advertisement for Mary Pickford's "The Pride of the Clan" at the Imperial theatre provides a list of instruments that comprise the "$35,000 Symphonic Orchestral wonder organ," mentions that "Prof. Craig has arranged a special programme of Scotch…

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An advertisement for the music education services of Horace Wilson.

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Group photos of musicians and cast for an unknown Russell Theatre production in March 1922.

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The interior of the Flower Theatre with a Wulitzer Motion Picture Orchestra organ below the screen. A rare example of a photograph of a theatre’s interior and instrument being featured in an advertisement.
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