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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Catholic Ball Outstanding Social Success Despite Inclement Weather

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 8

THE 1938 Annual Catholic Ball, held in the Royal Theatre, Windsor, on Thursday evening of last week, will go down on record as again being one of the most…

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Royal Theatre, Windsor "Rascals"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 3

There's no telling where Jane Withers will pop up next. America's effervescent Number One mischief maker comes to the Royal Theatre on Saturday and Monday in an…

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Royal Theatre, Windsor "Madame X'

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 12

Gladys George's insistence on realism turned one of her most dramatic scenes into slapstick comedy. -Required to dash into the hallway of a Paris home after having…

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Outstanding Success Riverstone Meat Company Ball Representative Attendance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 8

ESTABLISHED at its first bow to the public last year as one of the most important and enjoyable fixtures of the Hawkesbury social season, the Annual…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 2

Coming this 'Saturday and Monday to the Royal Theatre, Windsor, the curly-headed star, Shirley Temple, in 20th Century-Fox latest production, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Love Is a Headache"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 12

Franchot Tone, coming on Saturday t the Royal Theatre in "Love is a Headache," was born amid romance in sight of one of nature's greatest beauties, Niagara Falls…

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Splendid Success Windsor Younger Set Dance for Baby Health Centre'

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 5

THE recently-formed Windsor C.W.A. Younger Set made their debut as a band of social organisers in a most creditable manner on Thursday evening of last week…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The Perfect Specimen"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 8

"The Perfect (Specimen,'" a comedy-drama starring the immensely popular Errol Flynn and the no less well-liked Joan Blondell, is scheduled to open on Saturday and Monday…

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Royal Theatre, Windsor "Mannequin"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 3

Joan Crawford, who has romanced on the sereen with Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, Robert Montgomery, Gary Cooper and other famous: film heroes, adds rugged, two-fisted…

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Enjoyable Concert for Windsor Methodist Church Pleasing Talent Revealed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 6

PROOF that acting talent above the ordinary exists among the younger generation of Windsor was. provide on Thursday evening of last week, when the Windsor…

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Royal Theatre, Windsor "Three Blind Mice"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 3

Film fans have many favorites in Holly-wood. But it is a rare occasion when two stars appear together in one film—to whom the film fans are their favorite people…

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Enjoyable Concert for Salvation Army Funds Held at "Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 5

A MOST successful Gift Tree and Concert was held in the Windsor School of Arts on the evening of Saturday, 8th inst., and it was very gratifying to those who had…

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Royal Theatre, Windsor "Perfect Crime'

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 14

James Stephenson appears before the cameras for the first time in "Perfect Crime." So impressive was his performance that he has been signed on a long term contract…

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Pitt Town Successful Juvenile Ball Many Fine Costumes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 4

THE young folk of Pitt Town, together with a large number of visitors, had a "night out" on Friday week, when the eagerly awaited Juvenile Ball was held in the…

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Diggers' Dance Enjoyable Wiseman's Ferry Function in Aid of the B.n.a

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 3

Saturday evening last was a dark, damp, drizzly night, but nevertheless about 200 dancers found their way to Wiseman's. Ferry Memorial Hall, where the local branch of…

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Royal Theatre, Windsor "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 14

For the first time in more than thirty years on stage and screen Sophie Tucker plays a role in which she doesn't sing a note. She says it's a great thrill to turn straight…

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Splendid Success Freeman's Reach Helps Hospital with Annual Dance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 4

LAST Friday night the folk at Freeman's (Reach held their Annual Dance in aid of the Hawkesbury District Hospital, and a most successful effort was staged in the…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The Baroness and the Butler"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 10

Debonair William Powell—lovely Annabella! He's the perfect butler and she's the perfect lady. They're perfectly sensational, co-starred together in "The Baroness and…

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Royal Theatre Windsor "Dad and Dave Come to Town"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 November 1938 · page 2

A top hat, morning coat and faintly checked trousers—have transformed Bert Bailey into a very 1938 version of "Dad" in Cinesound's riotous comedy, "Dad and Dave…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Broadway Musketeers"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 4

"Broadway Musketeers," the Warner Bros picture, coming to the Royal Theatre on Saturday and Monday is concerned chiefly with the fortunes and misfortunes of a trio…

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