Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Vivid Drama Of Office Workers.
Imagine the world’s tallest building, the 102-storey Empire State Building in New York City, with all the drama, romance and bits of humor which make up the lives of the thousands of men and women, young and old, toiling on its many floors.
This is the structure around which “Skyscraper Souls,” screening at the Victoria Theatre this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, has been woven. The plot involves a fight for ownership of the skyscraper, an attempted looting of the safe of a diamond merchant, frenzied speculation by a pool working in the stock brokerage office of the skyscraper and all the big and little romances, the schemes and rivalries that affect the lives of those who toil in the building.
The production of “Skyscraper Souls” entailed the building of massive sets. Shops and cafes, a radio station, luxurious Roman baths, a millionaire’s apartment