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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1939

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Four Daughters"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 10

A charming, heartbreakingly human comedy drama about life in a musical family of lovely daughters, occasionally ruffled by the masculine world outside, "Four…

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Splendid Effort Riverstone Meatworks Ball Triumph of Organisation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 8

PRECEDED by weeks of painstaking planning and preparation generally, meticulous care being given to even the smallest detail, the Annual Ball of the Riverstone…

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Fine Record of Effort in Cause of District Industry Kurrajong Dance Fine Effort for Church St. Gregory's Benefits

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 1

A LARGE gathering of patrons assembled at the Kurrajong Theatre on Wednesday, 13th instant, when the long-looked-for Dance and Euchre Party arranged by…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "East Side of Heaven"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 12

A remarkable talent for using his "dukes" improperly is largely responsible for Robert Kent becoming an actor. The same talent placed him in one of the important roles…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Young Mr. Lincoln

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 10

In preparation for more than a year, Darryl F. Zanacks production of "Young Mr. Lincoln" is a story that has never been told before. With simplicity; wit and power, the…

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Show Ball Riverstone Ladies' Fine Effort for Association Funds

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 10

A canopy in sunset tonings, with large chandeliers in the centre and each corner of the room, made an unusual decoration for the Annual Ball of the Riverstone A…

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Juvenile Concert Successful Windsor Effort

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 8

THE Parish Hall, Windsor, was the scene of a very successful effort on Friday, September 29, in the form of a juvenile concert jointly organised by Mesdames G P…

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Convent Ball Windsor Stages Brilliant Effort Outstanding Social Success

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 2

SELDOM has the close of the Hawkesbury social season been marked with such brilliance and scenes of gay revelry as that which prevailed on Thursday…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Vacation From Love"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 14

Florence Rice has her best-dressed role in "Vacation From Love," which comes to the Royal Theatre next Saturday and Monday. She portrays a wealthy young society…

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Missionary Concert Successful Pitt Town Effort

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 4

A VERY delightful concert was held in the St. James School Hall, Pitt Town, on Tuesday evening, October 17, the function being organised by the members of the…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Daughters Courageous"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 12

All the charm, all the humor, all the pathos, all the simple, human and folksy quality of last year's memorable "Four Daughters" have been recaptured by Warner…

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Kiddies' Night Sparkling Juvenile Ball Held at Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 12

THAT a fairy book had been opened and the creations of a dozen imaginative writers had suddenly danced forth into reality, was a pardonable impression gained…

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Royal Theatre Windsor 'Second Fiddle"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 12

Irving Berlin's new songs, Sonja Henie's. sunny brilliance, Tyrone Power's gay romancing, Rudy Vallee's singing- and Edna. May Oliver's fun—one of the greatest…

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Royal Theatre Windsor "Stanley and Livingstone'

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 13

"Find Livingstone!" Exactly 70 years ago, on October 16, James Gordon Bennett barked these words at his crack reporter, Henry M. Stanley. It was apparently the most…

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Royal Theatre, Windsor "Juarez"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 10

It is psychologically impossible for Paul Muni to get away from a role in a picture, during production or for several weeks thereafter. While the picture is in work…

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Royal Theatre Windsor "Ice Follies of 1939"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 14

One of the most beautiful effects ever achieved on the screen is chalked up to an accident. It happened on the set of "The Ice Follies of 1939," starring Joan Crawford with…

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Great Success Windsor Vaudeville Concert Diggers' Fine Effort

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 9

SUBMERGED in a programme replete with entertainment of a wide variety, rendered by well-known radio and local artists, the problems and perplexities of life were…

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Kurrajong Theatre Coming Attractions "The Great Waltz"

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 1

From the great score of Johann Strauss music, choice of the most popular of it all was one of the difficult musical assignments during the…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Within the Law"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 10

Retaining the tense emotional flavor of the original stage play by Bayard Veiller, the modernised screen version 'of "Within the Law" comes to the Royal Theatre on…

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Catholic Dance Fine Wiseman's Ferry Effort Big Crowd Attends

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 9

The annual Catholic Dance held in the Memorial Hall, Wiseman's Ferry, on Saturday evening last was a function of outstanding' merit, both socially and…

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