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Titles tagged with ‘inventions’

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Dr Plonk feature film – 2007

One of a tiny number of silent movies made since ‘the talkies’ arrived in the late 1920s, Rolf de Heer’s Dr Plonk is a high-spirited throwback to the days of pure visual slapstick.

The Inventors television program – 1980

Panellist Diana 'Bubbles’ Fisher is expected to play the 'dizzy dame’, so she can be guaranteed to talk about the colour of the gadget while the guys talk knowingly about its science.

The Mad Century short film – 2000

All you ever wanted to know about the 20th century according to cartoonist Bruce Petty.

The New Inventors – Series 2 Episode 8 television program – 2005

This short and snappy program works because it never loses sight of its most precious talent, the inventors and their amazing creations.

Talkie Season Opens: Wintergarden Theatre historical – c1929

The Wintergarden Theatre was the first suburban cinema to install audio technology to screen talkies.