This clip shows an entire Maxonol Gramophone cinema advertisement from 1925 in which a couple decide to buy a gramophone to keep their daughter at home.

This film was the first venture by the McDonagh sisters: Paulette, director and principal writer; Phyllis (the youngest), business manager, publicist and art director; and

The NFSA has unearthed a rare scrapbook created by the McDonagh sisters around the release of their film 'The Far Paradise' in 1928.

This invitation card was kept in a scrapbook created by the McDonagh Sisters documenting the release and response to their film The Far Paradise in 1928. 

This small newspaper snippet is from Truth, Sunday 17 June, 1928. It is from a scrapbook created by the McDonagh sisters to document their film The Far Paradise (1928).

This page from the McDonagh sisters scrapbook documenting their second film The Far Paradise (1928) features a review from The Sunday Times, 24 June 1928 which praises the film for it's pr

A page from the McDonagh sister's scrapbook documenting the release and reviews of their 1928 silent feature The Far Paradise.

Various news clippings featuring reviews about the newly released film by the McDonagh Sisters, The Far Paradise (1928), from some of Australia's most prominent newspapers from the 19

Graham Shirley's portrait of the pioneering Australian filmmakers, the McDonagh Sisters – Isabel, Paulette and Phyllis.

The McDonagh sisters filmed a variety of notable 1920s Sydney landmarks when making their feature films.