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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1929

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Concert for Hospital

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 13

Broadcasting Station, 2BL, has offered to give a concert in aid of the Wollongong Hospital, at which the Illawarra Male Voice Choir, Winners of…

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Bulli Concert Event. Splendid Success

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 14

Mesdames M. Boland and J. McGoldrick organised a very successful euchre party and dance in aid of Bulli Convent, which was conducted in the…

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Kiama's Own Pictures

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 5

The atmosphere of Paris with its boulevards, cafes and dancing hall pervades the picture, "A Woman's Way," which is screening to-night. Margaret…

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Juleff's Pictures

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 2

Screening at Albion Park School of Arts on Saturday night is a vigorous picture by that romantic figure, Richard Dix. The title "Knock-out Reilly"…

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Kiama's Own Pictures

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 2

"My Official Wife," which screens on Saturday night, has for its setting the despotic Russia of pre-war days. Anarchy and revolution are threatening…

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Band Matters

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

The band now has some very fine soloists in the ranks of the young men and under the tuition of the bandmaster, Mr. E. Simons, should soon be able…

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Successful Dance. at Albion Park

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 13

The Albion Park Tennis Club held a very successful dance in the new School of Arts bull on Monday night. Dancing was both jazz and old-time…

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The Pictures. Mutiny Then. Thrilling Barthelmess Picture

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 24

Somewhere East of Suez! Drifters, wonders and adventures all being carried down a stream of waning life into the desolate heart of…

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The Pictures. Military Secrets. Women Used As Spies

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 7

A militaristic spirit encompassed. Europe in those hectic days preceding the Great War. Preparations for a conflict that was…

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Band of Hope Union. Visit of N.S.W. Secretary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 16

Mr. E. Trafford, Secretary of the N.S.W. Band of Hope union, will is it Wollongong this week-end. He will preach at the Congregational Church…

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Jacqueline Logan Performs Her Famous Ziegfeld Follies Dance Number in "Broadway Daddies."

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 24

Jacqueline Logan, who is featured with Alec B. Francis and Rex Lease in "Broadway Daddies." coming to the Royal Theatre, Bulli, and King's…

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The Pictures. Making People Laugh Is No Laughing Matter. Says Syd. Chaplin, Star of "The Better "Ole."

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 15

When it came to settling upon the man best suited to impersonate Bruce Bairnsfather's Old Bill for the screen, the star of "The Man on the Box,"…

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Kiama's Own Pictures

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 5

Conway Tearle stars in "My Official Wife" screening to-night: In order to escape from Russia a young aristocrat declares a beautiful girl is his official…

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Euchre Party and Dance

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 14

A euchre party and dance in aid of the Scout and Guide Hall Bazaar was held in the Memorial Hall, Port Kembla, on Tuesday, 5th inst. The euchre…

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The Pictures. Sensational Trial, Facing Murder Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 26

An unusual twist in a sensational murder trial furnishes the basis of the plot of "Name the Woman," which comes to the Crown Theatre…

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Wollongong Town Hall Theatre. Lease Arranged with Union Theatres

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 9

At a special meeting of the Wollongong Council on Tuesday, night tho tender of Union Theatres was accepted for the lease of tho Town…

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The Pictures. Fond of Gaol. Karl Dane and George K. Arthur

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 11

"Brotherly Love," one of the greatest comedies ever made, in which Karl Dane and George K. Arthur are costarred. "Brotherly Love" comes to…

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The Pictures. Masterly Picture an "Epic." Old South Transported to the Screen in Fine Film of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 14

The Old South that was, with its courtly gallants and charming belles, is literally transported to the screen in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the stupendous…

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Promenade Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 12

The popular Promenade Concert which was held at the South Wollongong Beach on Sunday, evening last, was an outstanding success, and…

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Dance Palais

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

Painters and decorators have been busy this week renovating the Oddfellows' Hall, Kiama, which is to be re-opened next Saturday night as a…

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