Still from the filming of "Talbot of Canada"
London’s first colour feature film was called Talbot of Canada. A life of Col. Thomas Talbot, it was shot on the shores of Lake Erie. Much of the original film, and all of the audio, was lost in a fire, but what remained was painstakingly reconstructed by Chris Doty and a team of voice artists. Doty wrote a charming account of both the film and its reconstruction.
There is a copy of Talbot of Canada available at the London Public Library.
In November 2013, we imagined what it might have been like to witness, in the 1840s, a rehearsal for Dion Boucicault's highly popular comedy, London Assurance.
With songs by Gilbert & Sullivan.
See articles in The London Free Press and The Gazette.
Audiences experienced musical melodrama as it was performed by the Officers of the Garrison when London was a frontier town.
An old miller's beautiful daughter is pursued by two suitors: one aging, but rich; another young but poor. To win her hand, the young man makes a secret pledge: to rid the land of the robbers, and restore the fortunes of the old miller. Little does he know but someone has darker plans for them all. Cheer the heroes! Boo the villains!
Garrison Theatricals 
I think I’m going to have to watch this! I find the stories about Col. Talbot very entertaining! : )