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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1929

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The Pictures. "Home James." Popular Laura La Plante in Delightful Comedy

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 7

Laura La Plante's latest comedy success, "Home James," which will be screened at the Crown Theatre, Wollongong, to-morrow,…

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Popular Promenade Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 12

The popular Promenade Concert which was held at the South Beach Arena, Wollongong, last Sunday night, was a success, but owing to the…

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Kiama's Own Pictures

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 3

A stroll on the campus, mad pranks, moonlight romance, comedy stunts, a thrilling football game in which the hero dashes in at the last minute, and…

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Promenade Concert. Wollongong Town Band and Wollongong District Orchestra

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 15

A popular promenade concert was held at the South Wollongong Arena last Sunday evening in the presence of a large audience. Aid. W. J. Howarth…

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Band Matters

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 9

The bandsmen have returned home from the congest, in which they[?]peted in the C and B grade. Though they were unplaced, their…

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The Pictures. "The Cameraman." Buster Keaton's Latest Landslide of Laughter

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 20
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Buster Keaton has extracted comedy from steamships and prize fights, bicycles and locomotives, but now he has hit upon an entirely new idea…

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Kiama's Own Pictures

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 2

"So this is Love" is screening on Saturday night next. There are as many answers to the question, what is love ? as there are persons in the…

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Bulli Flannel Dance

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 17

With Mr. J. P. Alrich as organising secretary, several residents of Bulli district arranged and conducted a very nice evening, described as a "flannel…

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The Pictures. World's Greatest Dancing Combination

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 16

Coming to the South Coast. Razor-gangs and gun-men, hold-up bandits and other sensational denizens of a large city…

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Kiama's Own Pictures

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 2

Racy, radiant and ritzy are the terms applied to "The Little Snob" which is being shown next Saturday night. The setting is chiefly on Coney Island, a…

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The Pictures. Miracles of Motion. Deno and Rochefle World's Greatest Dancers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 15

From time to time the South Coast was seen many excellent dancing acts, but never such a world famed dancing combination as Deno and Rochelle, who…

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The Pictures. Miracles of Motion. Deno and Rochelle, World's Greatest Dancers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 13

At last! The eagerly a waited dancing combination, Deno and Rochelle have arrived on the South Coast. Brought to Australia by Union…

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Kiama's Own Pictures

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 2

May McAvoy is the star of to-night's picture. "The Little Snob," She is sent to a finishing school, and the place nearly finishes her off in reality. She…

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Kiama's Own Pictures

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 2

"A Woman's Way," screening on Saturday is a romance of love in Paris. A young American becomes enumoured of a dancing girl, known as "The…

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The Pictures. Cowardice. Man's Momentary Enemy

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 7

One of the weaknesses of human character that is hardest to climinate is momentary cowardice. The best instance of this was during…

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Re-lives Revolution. Russian Princess in "The Red Dance."

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 27
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A real Russian Princess recently lived over again the Menshevik revolution, which ravager the country, leaving an endless trail of wrecked lives…

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The Pictures. Laughted and Tears. a New William Haines in "Excess Baggage."

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 27

From out of a whirl of brilliant comedy emerges a new William Haines, a star who has succeeded in developing the most human personality on the…

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The Pictures. One of the World's Greatest. "Sorrell and Son" To Be Screened Again

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 14

Probably no picture has caused such widespread enthusiasm and touched the hearts of universal parenthood more than "Sorrell and Son," the…

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