History | Newcastle’s original picture show man – William Herbert | Newcastle Herald

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WILLIAM Herbert was once Newcastle’s original picture show man.The former American pioneered bringing moving pictures permanently to Newcastle, first with silent flicks from 1907 and then “talkies”. In his heyday, the canny entrepreneur (1867-1947) operated not one, but three profitable picture palaces with his wife Shirley.

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