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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1941

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

Royal Theatre. Windsor "Escape'

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 12

Announcer: Who is Ethel Vance? Norma Shearer doesn't know. 'Robert Taylor does not know. Director Mervyn LeRoy doesn't know. Only the agent of Miss Vance and…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The Great Lie"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 3

"The Great Lie" is the name of Bette Davis' newest picture and great is the word for both the picture and its star. In one of the most magnificent love stories the screen has…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The Great American Broadcast"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 September 1941 · page 11

Jack Oakie has two people to thank for his sensational career as one of the screen's most popular and highest paid comedians, both of whom he insists "done him wrong."…

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Royal Theatre Windsor "Boom Town"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 September 1941 · page 3

The old adage that "a man must fight" descended upon Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy with a vengeance and a purpose in their latest picture, "Boom Town," action…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "One Night in Lisbon'

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 September 1941 · page 12

The fight between long- hair and bobbed hair which was supposedly settled years ago has been revived. Patricia Morison, the brunette with the blonde personality…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The Wild Man From Borneo"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 September 1941 · page 12

Hilarity runs rampant at the Royal Theatre where "The Wild Man From Borneo," presenting Frank Morgan in all manner of comical mixups as a medicine show speiler…

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Remarkable Effort Riverstone C.w.a. Younger Set £55 From Fete and Dance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 September 1941 · page 3

THE Riverstone branch of the C.W.A. Younger Set was responsible for raising the excellent sum of £55 by means of a fete and dance which was held in the…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Strike Up the Band"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 3

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, heading a frolicksome juvenile group, provide music with laughs in "Strike Up The Band," gay musical romance of youth, coming on…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "I Wanted Wings"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 October 1941 · page 8

Combining a story of adventure and romance with the exciting and fascinating chronicle of how America is training its young men for defence in the air, "I…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Flight Command"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 October 1941 · page 4

"Flight Command" takes Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeon through a whirl of dramatic episodes on land and in the clouds in a rapid-fire blend of…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "The Penalty"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 October 1941 · page 12

Edward Arnold, who has played characters of every type from Diamond Jim Brady to the gangster lawyer in "The Earl of Chicago," celebrated a notable event ,in his…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Dr. Kildare's Crisis"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 October 1941 · page 12

Laughter, tense drama, and thrills of the scientific world mingle in a rapid-fire plot in "Dr. Kildare's Crisis," newest in the medical-mystery series, coming on Saturday…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Love Crazy"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 December 1941 · page 10

William Powell pretends to be a lunatic to keep Myrna Loy from divorcing him in their newest "man and wife" adventure of the screen, "Love Crazy," hilarious adventure…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Free and Easy"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 12

"Free And Easy," combination of hilarious situations and a unique love story, brings Robert Cummings and Ruth Hussey to the screen in a laugh packed tale of society…

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Big Success Home for Infirm Concert by Visiting Artists

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 2

IN the presence of the usual large and representative attendance of Windsor and district residents, who thronged the verandahs and adjoining grounds of…

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School Concert Comleroy Road Function Pupils' Pleasing Effort

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 4

THE N.S.W. Public Schools War Service Auxiliary Third Term Special Appeal wall benefit to the extent of £1/5/9 as a result of a concert given by the pupils of…

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Juvenile Ball Happy Windsor Function Fancy Dress Prizes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 December 1941 · page 7

AS briefly mentioned in our last issue, the annual Juvenile Plain and Fancy Dress Ball staged by Mrs. O'Brien, in her usual generous manner, at the Royal…

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Royal Theatre. Windsor "Men of Boys Town"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 December 1941 · page 10

Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney have had the unusual experience of stepping back into roles that won them Academy Awards, with Tracy again seen in his…

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