Le Biograph Joly et le cinématographe Lumière d'Auguste Plane et de Charles Lomet (Oddfellow's Hall, 25-26 août 1897)

Dans un premier article, la presse annonce l'arrivée prochaine du biograph d'Auguste Plane et Charles Lomet :

The Biograph.
ON Wednesday and Thursday nights next the public will have an opportunity of witnessing the wonderful " Biograph" in the Oddlellows' Hall, and as this is the latest improved Cinematographe, only just arrived from London, the special feature of which is the faculty to take Cinematographe views of unlimited duration, a special treat is in store for those who attend. Messrs. Plane & Lomet, who have been operators for the first Lumiere Cinematographe Co, which shewed in the Lyceum and Criterion Theatres, Sydney; Princess, Melbourne; and Royal, in Adelaide, brought from France on their last visit, the very latest invention, the " Biograph," which gives a whole drama, such as " Night Assault in Paris" and "'St. Antonie's Temptation." Owing to a special material permitting of a rapid installation, they can bring this first-class entertainment into the country, and hope to be as successful as they have been in the large cities. Musical selections will be rendered throughout the evening, Their season lasts only 2 days.

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The Kiama Independent and Shoalhaven Advertiser, Kiama, samedi 21 août 1897, p. 2.

C'est le 25 août qu'a lieu l'inauguration des projections animées avec le biograph Joly et le cinématographe Lumière à l'Oddfellow's :

The Biograph.
IN regard to the excellent entertainment given In the Oddfellows' Hall last night, we cannot do better than quote the following description, taken from the " Shoalhaven Telegraph" :
The best entertainment that has been afforded the people of Nowra for many years past was given at the School of Arts on Monday night, when Lumiere's cinematographe, so well known throughout the world, was presented by Mons. Plane and Lomet, two young Frenchmen, who brought the machines to the colony, The attendance on the first night was not large, but on the second night it improved, In a single hour the audience had brought under their notice the customs of the civilized and uncivilised world, and the fact that the same pictures were being shown by Mr. Harry Rickards at the opening of the Palace Hotel, Sydney, the some night with the Biograph (vide "Daily Telegraph') is evidence, if such were needed, that the two machines, which are now being manipulated by Mons. Plane and Lomet, are right up-to-date, It is impossible in a short notice like this to give the reader a description of the whole of the living pictures presented. First the visitor would be taken to Sydney, where Elizabeth street would be presented as we see it every day, then he would be taken to Austria, and for three quarters of a mile a brilliant charge of the Austrian Cavalry could be seen advancing until they came, so it seemed, right up to the man taking the cinematographe pictures. Then to Abyssinnia, where a dusky maiden was dancing at the Court if the King; over to South Africa, where the procession of a distinguished tribe was presented with great faithfulness, every movement of every person being as plain as in life. Then to old Madrid, where the most exciting scene, (a bull-fight) was presented. Had we been in the ring at Madrid we could not have had a better view-we might have had a longer one. This picture to those who have never seen a bull fight is alone worth the visit, for, after all, though it is a scene of gross cruelty, and though bull-fighting has nothing to recommend it, to see it at the cinematographe saves the tourist a few hours when passing through Spain. The presentation of a boquet to the French President by a little girl, was a charming picture, while a negress washing her child was the most natural view of the evening. Then there was the snow scene, with the boys and girls snow-pelting, through which the irrepressible bicyclist is brought down in the snow amidst great laughter. The scene in some immense baths is extremely interesting. Some of the finest divers in the world leap from boards some 60 feet high and decend gracefully to the water below. English soldiers crossing a river, is a capital picture, while the actual firing of guns by a battery in the presence of the audience (a picture similar to that shown the same night by Mr. Rickards in Sydney) is capital, There were many other scenes which we have not space to refer to. Those who were not present missed a treat and those that were came away thoroughly fascinated and certainly much richer in the knowledge of how the other part of the world lives, Residents of Kiama will this evening have an opportunity of attending this entertainment; and we advise all who have not seen it to avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded.

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The Kiama Independent and Shoalhaven Advertiser, Kiama, jeudi 26 août 1897, p. 3.