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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1924

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Gay Golfers Hold Delightful Dance at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 5

On Saturday night the lady members of the Golf Club organised a very successful dance in Dormy House, an adjunct to the club. The…

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At Hydro Majestic Happy Holiday Makers Enjoy Fancy-dress Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 7

There was a record crowd at the Hydro Majestic over the week-end holidays, and tho fancy-dress ball, held on birthday night, proved one…

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Katoomba Band Gets Set Back "No Funds"

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 2

Apparently the Katooinba band movement will have to mark time for an indefinite perlod. It will bo remembered that a…

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Empire Theatre Offerings

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 5

Standing well our amongst the numerous films screened at the Empire Theatre during the week were the drama, "Poisoned Paradihe," and…

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A Record Success Fancy Dress Juvenile Ball at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 4

The juvenile fancy-dress ball, held on Wednesday night, proved a great success. The night was favourable, and about 80 children were present…

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Star Programme Two Special Attractions for Empire Theatre To-day

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 14 July 1924 · page 2

A John Galsworthy story has at last reached the screen. "The First and the Last" by this greatest of all present-day English…

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Katoomba Choral Society Successful Pierrot Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 4

A record attendance greeted the members of the Katoomba Choral Society last night at the Town Hall, when the long-promised Pierrot…

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Empire Theatre Two First-rate Features Head the Bill for To-day

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 2

Squeals of delight from the kiddies accompanied by less audible sounds of satisfaction from the adults, were observed at the Empire…

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Choral Society Concert Large Attendance An Artistic Success, Friendly Criticism

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 1

The much-post poned concert of the Katoomba Choral Society took place at the Town Hall on Thursday night. It has often been said of…

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Loves of Pharaoh" With 112,000 Men and Women Taking Part in Battle Episodes it Ranks Foremost Among Pictures to Date

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 2

More persons are said to appear in "The Loves of Pharaoh" than in any other motion picture ever made. The spectator sees 112,000 persons…

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Choral Society "The Daily" Is Thanked for Its Fair' and Friendly' Criticism of the Concert

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 4

A representative of this journal interviewed Mr. J. N. Williams, conductor of the Katoomba Choral Society, on Saturday morning. Mr…

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A Tremedous Picture The World's Biggest Photoplay at the Empire Theatre, To-day Matinee and Evening

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 2

"The Loves of Pharaoh," a new Ernest Lubitsch production for Paramount, which was displayed at the Empire Theatre is a tremendous…

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Two Fine Pictures Mae Marsh and Pauline Frederick Are the Stars in To-day's Programme

The Katoomba Daily · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 2

"Daddies," the screen adaptation of John L. Hobble's play which is announced at the Empire Theatre to-day, matinee and evening, a…

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Town Band Chamber of Commerce See Information

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 2

Members of the Katoomba Chamber of Commerce are desirous knowing what progress has been made in the formation of a [?]…

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Blackheath Band Going Strong

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 8

If Katoomba cannot maintain a brass band, its younger sister, with but a fifth of the population, is doing so with credit…

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Ghost Band Spectre Again Raised

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 2

Mr. A. Marx, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, resuscitated the ghost of the town band on Monday night. He had heard something…

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Children's Party a Happy Band

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 6

Last Friday, young Katoomba flocked to the Town Hall in good numbers and with great appetites. inside, a party awaited them, and…

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Empire Theatre Midnight Start in New Picture

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 2

Maurice Tourneur, the famous French director, launched an innovation in the motion picture world when he gave a midnight start to…

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Empire Theatre a Tense and Vivid Picture Owen Moore in "Torment"

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 2

Maurice Tourneur has long enjoyed renown as a producer of beautiful and artistic pictures. But with the advent of "Torment," the…

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Empire Pictures Bill Hart and Clyde Cook Have Star Roles in To-day's Programme

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 28 July 1924 · page 2

In addition to two excellent features on to-day's Empire Theatre programme, there is also an excellent Clyde Cook comedy, "The Orphan."…

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