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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1924

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To-night's Strand Pictures

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 January 1924 · page 2

A fine Master Picture programme will be presented at the Strand to-night (Tuesday). There is, first, "My Wild Irish Rose," adapted from the world…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1924 · page 4

One of the biggest hotels in San Francisco was "rented" by Thomas H. Ince, for the filming of scenes in a Master Picture, "Bell Boy 1[?]", a…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 4

One of the biggest hotels in San Francisco was "rented" by Thomas H. Ince for the filming of scenes in a Master Picture, "Bell Boy 13," a…

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Policemen's Dance a Disgraceful Orgy

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 2

What was intended by the officers and men of the Melbourne special constabulary to be a supper dance, to celebrate the advent of the New Year and…

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Theatre Trouble. Alleged Evasion of Award. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 5

The trouble between the Hugh Ward and Fuller Theatre managements and their employees over alleged evasions of the award and…

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Palace Theatre and Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Alice Brady and her supporting company of Paramount players with Henry Kolker, director, and his technical staff, spent several weeks in the frozen…

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Public Orchestra

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

A meeting is to be held at Mr. F. B. Forward's residence, Hall Street, next Tuesday night for the purpose of organising a public orchestra for…

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Strand Pictures

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

Strong and virile is George Fitz mauriee's splendid Paramount production of "Kick la," a Paramount picturisation of the famous stage…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

To-night's programme at the Palace Theatre will be headed by "Men in the Raw," a thrilling tale of the frozen North, where men are…

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Muswellbrook Picture Theatre

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

The programme listed for screening at the Muswellbrook picture theatre on Saturday night is of the usual high standard. The main feature…

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Empire Theatre Humoresque Follies

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 10

This band of entertainers appeared at the new Empire Theatre on Tuesday night and presented a pleasingly diversified programme…

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Theatre Employees Preference to Unionists Desired

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 5

The question of preference to unionists in theatrical employment was considered at a meeting of the council of the Australian Theatrical…

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Benefit Concert for the Hospital Tuesday Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 1

Local musical devotees are delighted at the announcement that the talented Muswellbrook girl, Miss Freda Gilder, will give a concert in the…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre and Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 4

Alice Brady and her supporting company of Paramount players with Henry Kolker, director, and his technical staff, spent several weeks in the frozen…

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Taming a Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 11

Our dances undergo a strange conversion when we take them into our ball-rooms and turn them into instruments of civilised society. For they are all…

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To-night's Strand Pictures

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 6

Strand patrons to-night are well catered for with a splendid double feature programme. Romance, tragedy, and adventure were marked.features of…

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Pallid Girls. Work All Day and Dance All Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 11

There is no truer proverb in our language than the one which says that you cannot burn the candle at both ends, and at the same time,…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 2

A programme of special interest will be shown to-night at the Palace Theatre. The chief attraction will be Tom Mix in Zane Grey's popular story…

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Broadcasting. Successful Theatre Experiments. Remarkable Feature

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 6

Some remarkable experiments in regard to the transmission of programmes from theatres by wireless have been carried out in Sydney, and…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre and Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 4

"Grand Larceny," a Master picture, is the new offering coming to the Palace Theatre to-morrow (Wednesday). It is a story of two men and a…

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