Humbert Pugliese Humbert Pugliese i(7148415 works by) (birth name: Umberto Pugliese)
Born: Established: 1884 ; Died: Ceased: 1955
Gender: Male
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Humbert Pugliese became involved in family’s theatrical enterprises in 1906 when his parents took control of Sydney’s Alhambra Theatre. During the next 15 years he helped oversee the production of a wide array of entertainments at the theatre, including waxworks exhibits, vaudeville shows, revues, dramas, musical comedies, pantomimes and films. The 1910s also saw Pugliese and his mother produce three early Australian films, while also managing the operations of at cinemas in Bondi and Leichhardt. He later became the proprietor of the shoe store chain Mabs McGuirk.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

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