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Blue Mountains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1924

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Empire Programme Two Powerful Pictures Will Appeal to Movie Patrons To-day

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 18 August 1924 · page 2

The sheriff know of Ben Jordan's return to town, but the pleadings of Jane Crosby deferred the time of his detention. He was bound over and…

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Empire Theatre To-day's Programme Includes Two Fine Features

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 2

Age alone does not mark the veteran of the world of the theatre, it seems, for Joseph Depew, who plays the part of the famous sniffling boy…

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Empire Pictures All Star Cast Will Appear in One of To-day's Attractions

The Katoomba Daily · Wednesday 20 August 1924 · page 2

All those who persist in exploiting the old bromide, "there is nothing new under the sun," and especially not in motion pictures, will find a…

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Empire Pictures To-day's Programme Is Considered One of the Rest by Movie Fans

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 2

"If all, motion pictures were as good as "The Marriage Circle." I'd go to the movies every day of my life."…

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The "Strollers" Concert a Packed House

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 3

A crowded house greeted Miss Grace Stafford's Strollers last Saturday night at the Katoomba Town Hall; and the Misses Lovett, who so…

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Mac's Joy-Ride Swops Ford for Concertina

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 7

The personification of drollness is Const. McMillan of the Katoomba police. He has been known to butt into a scramble and advise the boys…

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Fine Pictures Richard Barthelmess and Herbert Rawlinson Are To-day's Stars

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 August 1924 · page 2

With "The Enchanted Cottage," Richard Barthelmess' newest production under the direction of John S. Robertson. Mr. Barthelmess adds…

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Special Programme Two Wonder Features at the Empire Theatre To-day Matinee and Evening

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 25 August 1924 · page 2

Zane Grey's great romance of the West, "The Heritage of the Desert," with Bebe Danies, Ernest Torrence, Noah Beery and Lloyd Hughes, is…

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Special Programme Two Fine Features at the Empire Theatre To-day Matinee and Evening

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 2

So narrow were the roads through the canyons leading to the locations for the filming of Zane Grey's "The Heritage of the Desert," that in…

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Empire Theatre J. Warren Kerrigan Races with Shark to Make Picture

The Katoomba Daily · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 2

In the filming of "The Man From Brodney's," a Vitagraph super-production, in which he will be seen here at the Empire Theatre to-day,…

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Special Pictures Fine American and Australian Productions on To-day's Hill at the Empire

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 2

Thousands of dollars' worth of valuable period furnishings were destroyed in staging the highly exciting fight scenes in "The Man From…

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Fine Pictures Two Wonderful Casts Ix Today's Features at the Empire Theatre

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 2

Coriune Griffith and Conway Tearle who, since their appearance in "Black Oxen," have been widely heralded as the screen's ideal lovers, are again…

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Empire Pictures Two Fine Features in Current Programe

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 3

A picture brilliant from the opening title to the final fadeout is "Lilies of the Field," First National picturization of William Hurlburt's…

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Empire Pictures a Couple of Powerful Dramatic Offerings on To-day's Programme

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 2

Touching four countries and dealing with three continents, the story told by Sam Wood's latest Paramount production. "The Next Corner." is…

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Empire Pictures "Beau Brummel" Is One of This Year's Best Features

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 2

John Barrymore, paragon of actors, an dthe last word in matinee idols, graces the screen to-day at the Empire Theatre in the starring role…

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Katoomba Band

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 1

When the matter of the Katoomba Band was mentioned at the last meeting of the Council the Mayor suggested that the Council should…

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For St. Luke's Big Ball at Lawson

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 2

"A great success," was the unanimous verdict regarding the second annual ball held in the Lawson Literary Institute of Friday last, under…

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Empire Theatre Realistic Battle Scenes Will Thousands Op Arabs and Senegalese Stage a Desert Fight

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 2

In producing the desert ba[?] scenes for the First National Picture, "A Son of the Sahara," which opens at the Empire Theatre to-day…

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Friday's Concert Star Violiniste Appears

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 7

The Katoomba Town Hall was well filled last Friday night, when a concert in aid of the funds of the R.C. New Year Fair was given. From all…

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Wireless Concert Grand Opera Is "Received" on Wednesday for Benefit of Soldiers

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 1

There was a large gathering at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening to listen in to "The Barber of Seville" with Toti Dal Monte at the head of…

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