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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1939

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Easter at Blackheath Theatre Sensational Programmes

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 2

Blackheath Theatre, over the Easter week, will present entertainment that is absolutely unsurpassed in Australia…

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Katoomba Golf Club Dance "Niagara" Dance—great Success RUMBLE-RAMON-McNIVEN Trio Promise Further Social Doings

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 2

Messrs. John Ramon, Don McNiven and Lin Stumble had good reason to be disappointed that their invitations, so…

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Basket-ball Popularising the Sport at Katoomba

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 3

Those who are of the opinion that basket-ball is a sport designed for school girls cannot have read an account of the…

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Blackheath Theatre Coming Attractions

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 2

Saturday and Monday, April 15-16: "Kentucky," In technicolor with Loretta Young and Richard Green; "Blondie," with Penny…

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Band at Echo Point

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 2

Weather permitting the Katoomba Boys' Band will play a programme at Echo Point on Sunday afternoon, commencing at 2.45 p.m…

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Popular Matinee Sessions Blackheath Theatre

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 2

Ever increasing in popularity are the special matinee sessions presented at this theatre every Saturday afternoon commencing at 2.15…

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High School School Dance

Blue Mountains Daily · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

On Wednesday, May 3, an end-of- term dance will be held in the ballroom of the "Sans Souci." The dances held so far this year have…

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"Pygmalion" Commences To-morrow at the Embassy Theatre Fourth Time in Katoomba

Blue Mountains Daily · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Commencing to-morrow at the Embassy Theatre, for the fourth time in Katoomba, is Bernard Shaw's streamlined comedy,…

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Boys' Band More Learners Wanted

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

To-morrow (Friday) night at the supper-room of the town hall, at 7.30 p.m., lads interested in joining the Katoomba Boys' Band will…

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Blackheath Theatre Coming Attractions

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 2

Wednesday and Thursday, April 26-27; "Newsboys' Home," with Jackie Cooper, Wendy Barry and the Dead End Kids; "Crime…

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Current Topics Caledonian Dance To-night

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

The usual fortnightly old time dance of the Caledonian Society will be held at the Masonic Hall to-night…

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The Katoomba Boys' Band (To the Editor)

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

Sir,—Kindly allow me a small space in your most popular paper to express a few appreciative remarks in reference to the progress…

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Gala Night at Embassy Theatre Ambulance Building Fund to Benefit

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

Mr. Dave Smith reports that the coming gala night at the Embassy is creating intense interest, and many inquiries have already been…

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Blue Mountains Anzac Commemoration "We Will Remember Them" Anzac Day Commemoration at Katoomba Three Important Ceremonies Solemn Scene at Embassy Theatre

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

Anzac Day at Katoomba was celebrated in a manner more impressive than in former years. The returned soldiers had the co-operation of many organisations of the district who joined whole-heartedly in the commemoration of the one day…

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Transport Ball Katoomba Busmen to Entertain

Blue Mountains Daily · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 1

A night of nights is promised at the Katoomba Town Hall on Wednesday evening, May 17, when the staff of the Blue…

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"Dawn Patrol" Back at the Embassy Theatre

Blue Mountains Daily · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 2

The Dawn Patrol is back again with Errol Flynn as its daring leader and with a squadron of aces including Basil Rathbone, David…

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Stars Cavort in Walt Disney's "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood" at the Savoy Theatre

Blue Mountains Daily · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 3

This film is a series of caricatures on film stars, presented as though in a Mother Goose Book, one page of which is…

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Boys' Band at Leura

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 6 May 1939 · page 3

To-morrow afternoon, at the band rotunda. Leura, the Katoomba Boys' Band will present a selected programme of varied musical numbers…

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School Holiday Programmes at Blackheath Theatre

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 6 May 1939 · page 2

To cater for the influx of family folk during the school holiday period which commences next week-end, Blackheath Theatre has…

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Blackheath Theatre Coming Attractions

Blue Mountains Daily · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 4

Wednesday and Thursday, May 10-11: "Honolulu," with Eleanor Powell and Robert Young. "On Trail," with Margaret Lindsay…

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