L'Imperial Biograph de Frank St. Hill (Willis street, 8 février-[4] avril 1902)

Frank St. Hill organise des projections animées avec son Imperial Biograph :

The representative of the Imperial Biograph, Mr Frank St. Hill, will open a saloon in Willis street on Saturday. Films will be shown pourtraying in every detail the historical fight that took place at Coney Island, U.S.A., between Jim Jeffries, of California, and Bob Fitzsimmons, of Timaru.

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New Zeland Times, Wellington, vendredi 7 février 1902, p. 7.

Un autre journal complète l'information :

Mr. Frank St. Hill, the well-known director of the kinemafograph entertainments, will to-night reproduce the scenes of the Jeffries-Fitzsimmons fight in the building next to the Empire Hotel, Willis-street. Mr. St. Hill was a pioneer of the kinematograph in Australia, and has remained among the foremost of such caterers ever since.

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Evening Post, Wellington, samedi 8 février 1902, ,p. 6.

Au début du mois d'avril, la projection d'une vue "immorale" va le conduire devant le juge, mais il est innocenté :

Frank St. Hill, proprietor of a biograph exhibition, was charged this morning before Mr. W. R. Haselden, S.M., with having exhibited to public view a certain picture of an immoral nature. Inspector Ellison prosecuted and Mr. Skerrett defended. His Worship incidentally stated that he had seen the biograph scene complained of Detective Rawle considered that the first object of the picture in question was an immoral suggestion, and the second object an illusion. After some discussion on the subject his Worship intimated that the exhibition had not struck him as being worse than was seen in some stage productions. The rapidity of movement was in favour of the scene, as it prevented the eye from gloating over it. The case had better not go any further. The police accordingly abandoned the prosecution.

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Evening Post, Wellington, vendredi 4 avril 1902, p. 4.

Peu après, Frank St. Hill quitte Wellington pour se rendre à Upper Hutt.

Répertoire (autres titres) : Dixon, the Black Demon v. Terrible Terry M'Govern Fight 8 rounds 9st supremacy, The Honeymoon, The Acrobats (Evening Post, samedi 8 mars 1902, p. 6.