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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1917

381 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 20

Convent Ball. a Thorough Success

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 2

The annual Convent Ball was held at the School of Arts on Wednesday. There was a splendid attendance, and the function passed off without…

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Local and General. the Crown Pictures

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 2

The Crown pictures in the School of Arts on Saturday night last were viewed by a big crowd. The star picture, "The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell,"…

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Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 4

At the Don Pictures in the Theatre Royal to-night the principal feature in an excellent programme will be "Both Sides of Life.'' This photo-play tells…

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The Leaders of France Petain and Painleve. Talk with Castelnau. Graphic Pen Pictures. Paris, June 5

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 4

One of the curious contrasts that France presents is that she, alone among the belligerents, has not sought a Napoleon. The Prussian bureaucracy…

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The Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 4

Owing to the strike having disorganised the transport service, the management of the Don Pictures were not able to submit the programme as advertised on…

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Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 4

At the Don Pictures this evening the star picture is a Selig feature, in five parts, "Thou Shalt Not Covet," a story of the Tenth Commandment and of a true…

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Coffs Christ Ministrels. Successful Concert

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 2

The local Minstrels' concert, la aid of their costume food, attracted a good attendance to the School of Arts on Tuesday evening, when…

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Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 4

To-night, at the Theatre Royal a first-class mixed programme Trill be submitted--scenic pictures, comedies, dramas, and a Blue Bird feature, "Bettina Loves a…

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The Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 4

A very fine collection 01 pictures will be screened by "The Don" proprietary this evening. The Blue Bird attraction will be "Chalice of Sorrow," in five…

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The Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 4

The audience last Saturday at the Theatre Royal was the largest that has so far gretted Mr. Johnston's efforts in Grafton. The picture-loving public…

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Three Pictures. America

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 2

"The representatives of organised labor will confer at Minneapolis in September for the purpose of perfecting their plans to fight the war to a…

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Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 4

There was again a fine house at these pictures on Saturday night, and they are fast gaining in popularity. To-night, "A Queen's Double" is the star film, and it…

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Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

The programme at the Theatre. Royal to-night includes two star attractions -- "The Price," a four-part photo-play featuring Helen Ware, and which points a…

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Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 4

At the Theatre Royal to-night the star picture will be a sensational feature film, entitled "In the Shadow." Comedies, topicals and a dramatic will back…

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Lovemaking in Motion Pictures

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 4

Lovemaking in motion pictures is a new and difficult art, according to Mahlon Hamilton, leading man for Mme. Petrova in the Metro…

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Concert at Harwood

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 1

The concert arranged in aid of France's Day Fund took place in the Water Brigade Hall on Saturday night last, and was a great success, the…

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Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 4

The first instalment of "Peg o' the Ring". has arrived, and will be screened to-night at the Don Pictures. This famous film is a wide-awake circus story…

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Pictures at Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 4

The All -Nations Picture Company announce in our business columns that they will be showing a first-class programme of the latest films at Ulmarra to-night,…

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Concert at Coutts' Crossing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 5

A very successful Red Cross concert and social were held in the Coronation Hall on Friday evening, 31st ult., and was a pronounced success, the hall being…

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Don Pictures

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 4

Seldom, if ever, has the Theatre Royal held such a large audience as that which witnessed the screening of the first episode of that famous serial, "Peg o' the…

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