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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1944

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Kurrajong Theatre

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 6

Film version of tl ie famous Bronte novel, "Jane Eyre" will be the chief offering at KurraTheatre on Saturday…

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Dance and Euchre for Anzac House

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 2

A dance and euchre party organised by the Richmond R.A.O.B. Lodge for the Rich-Fire Brigade Anzac House…

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Regent Theatre "Chip Off the Old Block"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 2

Donald O'Connor was going over the lines in his script for "Chip Off the Old Block," Universal comedydrama, coming on Friday and…

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Grose Wold Concert For Xmas Hampers

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 6

Organised by Grose Wold Progress Association, a concert in Grose Wold School recently made over £4/4/- which…

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Kurrajong Theatre

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 6

"Hostages," main offering at Kurrajong Theatre on Saturday, shows how tho "underground army" is paving the…

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Recent Theatre "Show Business"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 5

One of the nation's foremost comediennes, Joan Davis has a stellar role with Eddie Cantor and George Murphy in RKO-Radio's saga of…

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Cooling Operating Theatre Commission's Advice Sought

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 4

Hawkesbury District Hospital directors on Friday night dercided to obtain advice from the Hospitals Commission concern…

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MADE £18 for Red Cross Richmond Juvenile Dance

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 2

Arranged by Mesdames C. B. Sullivan, Brigg and McLean, a juvenile fancy dress dance in Richmond…

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Air Conditioning Tenders for Operating Theatre Considered by Board

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 4

TENTATIVE approval of one of the two tenders received for installation of air conditioning plant in the operating theatre…

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Regent Theatre "The Heavenly Body"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 2

James Craig has the most important role of his career as the third lead with Hedy Lamarr and William Powell in M-G-M's "The Heavenly…

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Regent Theatre "The Youngest Profession"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 November 1944 · page 2

The most valuable piece of property on the set of M-G-M's "The Youngest Profession," coming on Friday and Saturday to the Regent, was an…

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Kurrajong Theatre

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 15 November 1944 · page 6

"Purple Heart." main offering at Kurrajong Theatre on Saturday is a conjectured version, backed by unofficial reports, of…

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Regent Theatre "Her Primitive Man"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 November 1944 · page 3

Sylvia Field had no difficulty in attaining realism in portraying the role of Ernest Truex's wife in "Her Primitive Man," sophisticated Universal…

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Regent Theatre "Hit the Ice"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 November 1944 · page 4

"Hit the Ice," Universal's latest and most pretentious Abbott and Costello comedy production, coming on Friday and Saturday to the…

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Regent Theatre "The Crystal Ball"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1944 · page 2

Paulette Goddard almost, but not quite, got the role of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind." Currently co-starring" with Ray Milland in "The…

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Kurrajong Theatre

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 29 November 1944 · page 6

Fred MacMurray. Paulette Goddard, Edward Arnold, Hilary Brooks and Roland Young head the cast of "Standing Room…

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Kurrajong Theatre

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1944 · page 6

alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker and the king of swing— Benny Goodman and his orchestra—head the stellar…

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Regent Theatre "The Man in Grey"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1944 · page 4

A sword-swallower was required for the Epsom Downs Derby Day scene in "The Man in Grey,' coming to the Regent Theatre on Friday and…

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Regent Theatre "The Bridge of San Luis Re"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 2

Heralded as among the greatest films of the year, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," starring Lynn Bari, Ak[?] Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, with…

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Regent Theatre "The Eve of St. Mark"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 4

One of the most enthusiastically acclaimed stage hits ever produced on Broadway, Maxwell Anderson's, "The Eve of St. Mark," comes to the…

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