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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1924

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Benefit Dance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 4

A euchre party ans dance was hold in the Katoomba Town Hall last Friday night, as a benefit to Mr. Bert Asties. The hall as packed and the…

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Band Assured to Start Immediately

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 4

Within a few months there should be a Municipal Band in Katoomba. Twenty-six volunteers are on the roll, a conductor has been appointed,…

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Wentworth Falls Ball Masks and Fancy Dress

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 5

Crowded with children in fancy costumes, supported by a good muster of those of the older set, Wentworth Falls School of Arts presented…

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Empire Theatre Rare Entertainment in [?] White Moth"

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 2

A motion picture of [?] strength and beauty is on view [?] Empire Theatre to-day. It is [?] rice Tourneur's "The White [?]…

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Picturesque Paper Ball at Mount St. Mary's a Record Attendance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 1

On Wednesday evening, there was more than a packed house at Mt. St. Mary's, when nearly 400 people crowded into the College Hall,…

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Empire Theatre Suicide Attempt Starts He to Fame

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 2

An attempt at suicide starts B[?]bara La Marr to fame and success on the Paris stage in her lata screen vehicle, "The White Mo[?]…

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Katoomba Decides to Form a Band! Citizens' Support Promised Instruments to Be Purchased Performance at Easter

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 1

In six months time Katoomba will have a band capable of rendering items with a fair amount of proficiency. In twelve months time it…

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Notes and Comments Katoomba's Long Promised Band

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 13 October 1924 · page 2

Several attempts have been made to provide Katoomba with a permanent band, but they all have been more or less a failure. These failures have been due in a smaller measure to the lack of support, on the part of the townspeople. An agitation has been…

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Empire Theatre Expressive Face Wins Position for Tal[?]nted Fox Star

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 13 October 1924 · page 2

"The Temple of Venus," the William Fox special production, which will appear at the Empire Theatre, commencing to-day is a veritable…

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Empire Pictures

The Katoomba Daily · Wednesday 15 October 1924 · page 2

The new programme, which [?] be presented at the Empire The[?] to-day, includes two very fine [?]tures. The first one is entitled [?]…

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Empire Theatre

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 2

"Call of Home," featuring Irene Rich, and "The Fire Patrol," featuring Anna Q. Nilsson, supply the chief feeatures in to-day's program…

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Empire Theatre "Perfect Flappers" Reverses Things

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 18 October 1924 · page 2

Ever hear of a fashionable debutante party where the waiters were served by the guests? This is the unusual situation that…

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Empire Pictures Gloria Swanson Heads Cast in a Wonderful Paramount Offering

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 20 October 1924 · page 2

One of the most unusual parties a screen heroine has ever given to her friends is given by Gloria Swanson in her new Paramount picture…

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Orchestral Concert

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 20 October 1924 · page 3

Sir,-The orchestral concert on rd October is in aid of hospital ds, and we hope to see a full use at the concert for such a…

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Empire Theatre Newspapers and Reporters Play Big Part in Picture

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 2

Although Gloria Swanson is the star of "A Society Scandal," her new Paramount picture, and Rod La Rocque and Ricardo Cortez have…

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Empire Pictures

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 2

All dressed up in the new title, "Gold Madness," the screen version of James Oliver Curwood's widely read magazine story, "The Man…

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To-night's Concert Orchestra Will Render Fine Programme in Aid of Proposed Hospital

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 1

My dears, you simply must go to the Town Hall to-night for the hospital concert which is being given by the Katoomba Concert Orchestra…

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Musical Success Katoomba Concert Orchestra Initial Production

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 5

Certainly the newly formed Katoomba Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. W. B. Lynam, achieved it decided success at the…

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Empire Pictures Norma's Latest and Greatess Role

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 2

Norma Talmadge's stage at the United Studios during the filming[?] one of the sequences of "Secrets which is now showing at the Empire…

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Successful Concert Orchestra Presents Fine Programme at Town Hall

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 25 October 1924 · page 1

The Town Hall was well filled on Thursday night, the occasion being the first concert given by the newly- formed Katoomba Concert…

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