In Days When Flicks Were Pictures Veterans Of Cinema Indulge In Reminiscence
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 3
Once there were pictures too dumb to tell a story: They were projected in reels upon a screen and they flickered on a screen like spots before the eyes. They talked not neither, did they sing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gunning Park Tennis Club Dance
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 4
The Gunning Park Tennis Club concluded its social activities for the year 1938 when on Friday night, December 30, it staged its annual dance and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surgeon Fell in Theatre Patient Meets Tragic Death
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2
Lamentable results followed a mishap in the operating theatre at Salop Infirmary, Shrewsbury, England. The chair on which a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plans Drawn for New Talkie Theatre on Carpenter’s Corner “The Liberty” Modern Design
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1
Messrs. Guy Crick, A.R.A.I.A., and Bruce W. Furse, architects, Wingello House, Sydney, have completed the plans for Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ambulance Ball At Bungendore
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 2
BUNGENDORE: The Ambulance Ball, held in the Federal Hall recently was one of the most enjoyable functions held for some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ritz Theatre "There Goes My Heart"
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7
Supported by a powerful cast selected with infinite care by that ace judge of good comedians, Hal Roach, Frederic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Theatre Blaze £225 Damage At Gunning
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 4
GUNNING: Film worth £125 was destroyed and about £100 damage resulted to the talkie plant when a reel of film caught…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ritz Theatre "There Goes My Heart"
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 7
"There Goes My Heart" is another of those delightful comedy dramas that never fail to completely satisfy the most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Candid Criticisms Of New Pictures Wellman's Technicolour "Men With Wings" : Wellman Himself
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 3
"Men With Wings" (Paramount) is the first Technicolour with an aeronautical background. It is also the first picture with an aeronautical background that attempts to take…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Talkies Crown Theatre Saturday and Monday (January 14 AND 16) Topper
Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 7
"Topper," which will he screened at the Crown Theatre on Saturday and Monday next, is one of the top comedies of the season…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coronation Theatre
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 4
The damage sustained by fire at the Coronation Theatre has been rectified and the screening will take place on the afternoon and evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BOWNING Successful Catholic Ball
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 7
The Catholic Church Ball which was held in the Advance Hall, Bowning on Boxing night, proved a financial success, about £30 profit being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gunning Fire at Theatre Started in Operator’s Box
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 4
Damage estimated at about £250 was done by fire which occurred during the evening session at the Coronation Theatre,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Band Recital
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5
The City Band, under the baton of Bandmaster J. Cody, junior, gave its fortnightly recital in Belmore Park on Sunday evening last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lamp Falls in Theatre
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 7
During Saturday afternoon's matinee at Hoyts Ritz Theatre a glass ceiling lamp became detached and fell into the stalls. It crashed In the aisle,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seen Behind the Screens Candid Criticisms Of New Pictures Bob Burns Takes Up Where Will Rogers Left Off
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 3
"The Arkansas Traveller" (Paramount) carries a dedication, quoted from Life, to "William Allen White . . . a living symbol of small-town simplicity and kindliness and common sense." Unsentimental cinemaddicts, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Talkies Crown Theatre Saturday & Monday (January 21 & 22)
Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4
A spectacular drama that storms in epic sweep over half the world, "Slave Ship," showing at the Crown Theatre on Saturday and Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coronation Theatre
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4
At the Coronation Theatre, Gunning, on Saturday night, spencer Tracy will be featured in “Big City.” It affords him and his partner, Luise…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Former Yass Resident Stars at New Dance Craze
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 2
At a ball held recently at the Bondi Returned Soldiers’ Club, the guests were invited to show their ability in performing the newest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Dance Star
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 8
A Wimbledon mother was worried because her five-years-old daughter would not stop jumping and dancing about; she sent her…
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