Regular adverts appeared in Cambridge newspapers advertising the programmes at The Playhouse in Mill Road. There were occasionally live entertainment acts that might be classical or musical hall performances or comedians, but most of the fare consisted of films. There would generally be a mixture of the dramatic and the comic. Most of the films were short - one reel lasting ten minutes. Longer films were made up of two or three reels. At the Playhouse the programme would change mid-week. There would usually be a Pathe News film and occasionally films of topical or news interest such as the boat race, a boxing fight, or a documentary about the army or some overseas location.