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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1937

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Unique Church Service Motion Pictures

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 2

For some considerable time now. Churchmen on the Continent have been experimenting with films for use in connection with Divine…

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Strand Theatre "The Road to Glory"

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 2

A great love drama of the great war. "The Road to Glory," opens at the Strand Theatre tonight for a 3-night season. Fainted against a…

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For Hospital Street Carnival and Dance Good Profit

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 1

Forbes District Hospital will benefit to the extent of nearly £100 as a result of the street carnival held on Christmas Eve and…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

"She Couldn't Take It," with Joan Bennett and George Raft. Joan Bennett and George Raft battle their boisterous way through…

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Huge Chinese Idol Watches Colorful Show Aussie Theatre, Condobolin, Wed. & THURS., 13th & 14th JAN

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

A Chinese idol, twenty feet high, on whose broad hands a man could stand, broods over one of the spectacular scenes in Paramount's "Anything…

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Strand Theatre "Robin Hood of El Dorado"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

Warner Baxter, as the dashing Joaquin Murrieta, gives the finest characterisation of his career on the screen. He portrays a character who left his…

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New Year's Party Successful Dance at Goolagong GOOLAGONG, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6

Quite a delightful New Year's party was held in the local hall on Thursday night, and all who attended report a most enjoyable time…

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The Talkies Royal Theatre, Tuesday, Wednesday &

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 4

"Orphan of the Wilderness," with Gwen Munro and Brian Abbot. Under the title of "Orphan of the Wilderness" Cinesound Productions…

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Strand Theatre "Sing, Baby, Sing"

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 2

Whooping with laughs, tingling with tunes, sizzling with swing and ablaze with names, "Sing, Baby, Sing" opens at the Strand Theatre to-night for a…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 3

"Kelly the Second," with Patsy Kelly and Charlie Chase. All-star hilarity cast of "Kelly the Second" provides gay fun feast…

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Strands Theatre "The Garden Murder Case"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

The inimitable Philo Vance, with his sauve polish masking that coldly analytical brain, holds sway on the screen of the Strand Theatre to-night…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre, Tuesday, Wednesday &

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 3

"Swing Time," with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Brilliant new-Astaire Rogers show, comes to local screen in "Swing Time."…

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Strand Theatre Shirley Scores Triumph

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

Last night at the Strand Theatre. Shirley Temple came to town in a new Fox hit that is by far and away the greatest film she. has ever made…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 2

"Star for a Night," with Jane. Darwell and Claire Trevor. There's a laugh, a lilt, a thrill, and a heart pang in the entrancing story…

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French Doll Dance Novelty Humorous Musical Spectacle in "The Gay Divorcee" Introduces Thirty-two Hand- Manipulated Puppets

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 1

One of the four or more remarkable dances in the Tenpsichorean carnival which evokes cheers in the course of the new Fred Astaire and Ginger…

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Strand Theatre "These Three"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 1

Fourteen of Hollywood's most gifted child actresses support Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea in Samuel Goldwyn's production;…

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Dance at Garema Successful Cricketers' Function GAREMA. Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

The Garema Cricket Club held a very successful dance, in aid of its funds, at the local hall last Friday night. About 70 pouples were present…

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Town Band Annual Meeting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above was held in the Band room on Friday evening last. Those present were Mr. J. V…

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The Talkies. Royal, Theatre, Tuesday, Wednesday &

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 2

"Piccadilly Jim," with Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans. A gay P. G. Wodehouse farce. A picture that is an uproarious laugh riot, will be…

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Diggers' Annual Ball

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 5

The ball committee reported to the annual meeting of Forbes Returned Soldiers' League on Friday night that the date of the annual diggers' ball…

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