In 1929, Hoyts – with help from Studebaker and the Shell Oil Company – loaded cinema sound equipment onto a truck so regional Australia could experience the latest in 'talking pictures'.

Cigar smoking Dr Stark (Frank Thring) wanders around his private zoo.

Discusses the guest stars on Skippy, especially Frank Thring.

The documentary opens with a shot of the Victory Arch spanning the Avenue of Honour which is a memorial to men who fought in WWI.

Enjoy rare television clips of The Bee Gees, Johnny O'Keefe and Frank Thring.

Assistant Curator Jenny Gall spoke with CJ Dennis biographer Phil Butters, ahead of this week's centenary anniversary of the publication of The Sentimental Bloke.