Forsyth applied for a divorce from his wife Marie on the ground of desertion. At the time he was working as an insurance agent. After Forsyth had testified to the court, outlining the basis for his petition, a decree nisi was granted. Forsyth's divorce from Marie was finalised in February 1908. Travelling picture show For three years (probably 1907 to 1909) Forsyth worked as a travelling moving picture showman, touring the film Robbery Under Arms "into every nook and corner of Australia". Two motion picture versions of Robbery Under Arms had been produced in 1907, one by the Tait brothers and the other by Charles MacMahon, but the particular version that was toured by Forsyth has not been determined. Forsyth later recalled having "as many as three or four people on the job to get the film through" the old projector machine. He added: "Two dozen stoppages and breaks was a common occurrence; the lighting obtained from the limelight was certainly very soft and restful to the eye, but at times little could be seen of the picture". Notwithstanding the difficulties and shortcomings, Forsyth later claimed the audiences "were carried away with enthusiasm at the wonderful exhibition they saw". Forsyth exhibited Robbery Under Arms "over and over again at the same places" and often "the return visits drew larger houses than on the first occasion". Theatre management By 1909 Bert Forsyth was managing the Regent Music Hall in Regent Street, Redfern, the first building in the Sydney suburbs utilised for the screening of motion pictures. The brother of Forsyth's ex-wife, Herbert Hammond, also worked at the Regent Music Hall as a projector operator. The theatre had begun showing films by July 1907. On the evening of 29 April 1910 the film Robbery Under Arms was shown in the Masonic Hall in Cobar, in the central west of New South Wales. Advertised as "Forsyth's Stirring Picture Drama", the film was brought to Cobar by Herbert Hammond. The screening "drew a good house" but was considered to be "a very indifferent show" by the writer for the local newspaper. The writer commented: "The light was poor, the pictures small and the programme ended about 9.30 – a combination of features which Cobar people dislike". Film production Thunderbolt Forsyth's first moving picture production was Thunderbolt, based on incidents in the career of the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt (Frederick Ward). Thunderbolt was portrayed by Jack