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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1940

67 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 3 of 4

Royal Theatre Windsor "Swanee River"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 10

The famous Hall Johnson Choir is featured in 20th Century-Fox's "Swanee Rivex," the story of Stephen C. Foster, the great American troubadour, coming to the…

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Juvenile Ball Excellent Windsor Effort for P. and C. Fund's

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 3

DESPITE the prevailing epidemic of sickness which precluded the attendance of quite a number of children, the Juvenile Ball held at the Royal Theatre, Windsor, on…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Lillian Russell"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 12

The name of Lillian Russell again is flashing across the theatres of the world—the name that thrilled the world as her glamorous, fabulous life unfolded on the front pages…

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Wiseman's Ferry Red Cross Branch Notes Pleasing Dance Success

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 10

FURTHER evidence of the enthusiasm of the members of the Wiseman's Ferry Red Cross branch is provided in the latest notes of the activities of that body…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "I Was an Adventuress"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 12

Glamorous romance and thoroughly absorbing entertainment result when exquisite Zorina meets handsome Richard Greene in "I Was An Adventuress," the 20th…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The House of the Seven Gables"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 11

A curse that persisted through the ages and a love that could not toe defeated by, misfortune and disaster are the outstanding dramatic features, of Universal's "The House…

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Royal Theatre Windsor "Balalaika"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 3

With war filling the front pages of news-papers, the dramatic recreation of a memorable incident of the last World War when Russian and Austrian soldiers faced each…

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Royal Theatre Windsor "Stronger Than Desire"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 September 1940 · page 12

Renting a streamlined club car from a railroad, photographing a woman's reflection in the eyeball of a man, fitting a screen heroine to twenty-one gowns, a total of 63…

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Burning Question Hospital Ball, or Not? Public to Decide

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 September 1940 · page 3

FOLLOWING a difference of opinion at the meeting of the board of directors of the Hawkesbury Benevolent Society and Hospital on 15th inst., apropos the advisability…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Girl From Avenue A"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 12

After dining in a New York restaurant, Jane (Jane Withers) oilers to pay for it by entertaining the diners. She crashes into a table, sending the place into an uproar, but…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "It's a Date"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 3

Hollywood's most famous singing Voice was assured fullest and most versatile range when Universal Studios prepared. Deanna Durbin's largest misical score for her…

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Happy Concert for Red Cross Funds Good Pitt Town Effort

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 12

A NOTHER excellent "house" greeted the performers at the enjoyable concert held at the Pitt Town School of Arts on Friday evening in aid of the funds of the senior and…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The Road to 'Frisco"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 11

Action, thrills and adventure packed together in a way that spells entertainment for everyone will be the cinematic order of the day when Warner Bros.' new film, "The Road…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The Man I Married"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 12

Does a woman ever really know the man she loves? 'That's one of the intriguing questions posed in the vital drama played by Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The Sea Hawk"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 12

All the flaming adventure of the thrill-swept Spanish Main lives again in Warner Bros.' magnificent new production of "The Sea Hawk," starring Errol Flynn as the…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Broadway Melody of 1940'

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 3

The girl who wishes to become a gay blossom that does not bloom by the wall at dances should shun as poison at least eight ballroom feminine faults. This is the opinion…

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Fine Success Lower Portland Concert for Patriotic Fund

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 4

THOSE privileged to be present at the Lover Portland Patriotic and War Fund committee's excellent concert held on Saturday, October 26, in the local hall must…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "It's in the Air"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 November 1940 · page 9

George Formby joins the R.A.F. and happiness is here again—in fact "It's in the Air." Typically topical,, the latest Formby film has as its background the Air Force…

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Royal Theatre Windsor "I Take This Woman"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 November 1940 · page 12

Spencer Tracy has had his revenge on Clark Gable Friendly fuedists since their Broadway stage days, their fued flared up again recently since Gable has been called…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Waterloo Bridge"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 4

A London black-out of to-day, one of the most amazing and thrilling scenes ever put on celluloid, is the spectacular opening of "Waterloo Bridge," dramatic new picture…

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