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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1940

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Thrilling Air Story Four Great Stars Featured At Rio Theatre This Week

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore and Myrha Loy, have the principal parts in the thrilling air force story, "Test I ilot," to be…

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Dance at Night

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

The dance at night was also a success, splendid music being provided by George Hall's Dance Band. THE RESULTS…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre, Saturday

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 5

"Sins of Children," with Eric Lindon and Cecilia Parker. Those delightful, romantic young screen lovers, the handsome, boyish…

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Marathon Ball Puncher Collapses at Griffith

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 7

While attempting to break the world endurance record for ball punching. L. Ruenolf, the former champion, collapsed and was taken to…

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Drama in Life of Joe Pasternak. Hollywood's Producer of Great Pictures

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 1

Once there was a young man, 19 years old, who, as he waited at table, serving the sereen's prosperous stars and producers, thought: "It must be…

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Thrills and Chills Rio Theatre Talkies

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 1

What happens when a beautiful girl walks into a strange man's hotel suite, steals his bed, his pyjams his book, his breakfast and incidentally,…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre. Tuesday, Wednesday and

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 1

"The Sun Never Sets," with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Basil Rathbone, Virginia Field, Barbara O'Neil, C. Aubrey Smith and Lionel Atwill…

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Douglas Stores Staff Dance

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1

Douglas Stores staff dance, scheduled for tonight, in the Town Hall, has as its primary object the provision of a good time for patrons and the…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 1

"South Riding," with Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd. Making a screen comeback, Edna…

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Unique Entertainment Tuesday Night's Dance St. Laurence C.C. Benefits

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 6

Beneath a canopy of multi-coloured streamers and gally hued balloons, hundreds of youthful dance enthusasts swayed to the…

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New Policy at Strand Theatre Friday and Saturday Screenings Only

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 8

Bill Kennedy, Manager of the Studio and Strand Theatres, advises that as from next Saturday the screenings at the Strand…

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Far West Concert Party

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 1

Mr. C. J. Press, secretary of the local committee has been advised that the date of the visit of the Far West concert party has been altered from…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre. Tuesday, Wednesday and

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 3

"Sergeant Madden," with Wallace Beery. In "Sergeant Madden." coming to the screen of the Royal Theatre on Tuesday, Wednesday and…

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Younger Set To Stage Musical Revue Dance on February 20

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 1

The members of the local branch of the C.W.A. Younger Set are certainly a most emulative body of young ladles. Last year interest…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 1

"Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence," with Joan Rogers and Glenn Ford. Despair about "what Is our youth…

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Sports and Dance Blow Clear Next

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 1

The Popuar Girl competition, in aid of the Wyalong Parish of the Church of England, is now in full swing and the competition is getting…

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Band Sunday at Orange

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 4

Sunday, 18th February, should be a particularly bright day in Orange, when special programmes, will be given by the local band and five visiting bands…

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Far West Concert Party Date of Forbes Visit Altered Meeting of Local Committee

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 2

Forbes branch of the Far West Children's Health Scheme held its annual meeting in the Council Chambers on Monday night, when…

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Dance Band at Hospital

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 1

When the leader of the louring Paramount Dance Band, which eatermined patients and Nursing Staff at the Wyalotig and District Hospital on…

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The Talkies. Royal Theatre. Tuesday, Wednesday and

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 2

"first Love," with Deanna Durbin, Deanna Durbin sings the most difficult lyric soprano aria she has ever attempted In Universal's "First Love,"…

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