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Murray · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1940

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Majestic Pictures What Is Coming on

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

So successful did. M-G-M find the picture "Young" Dr. Kildare," screened locally a short time ago, that they decided to make a series of "Dr…

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Lyric Pictures Saturday, March 16 "Man About Town"

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 7

With Jack Benny providing comedy, Dorothy Lamour turning on the romance, Edward Arnold in an important role, and Binnie Barnes, Phil…

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Austral Pictures "Calling Or. Kildare" Easter Attractions Announced

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 1

Picturegoers will remember "Young Dr. Kildare" in which Lew Ayres was introduced as a young doctor with a bent for amateur detective…

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To-night’s Band Programme

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 2

The Town Band will play the following programme in [?] Square at [?] o’clock to-night: March. “Punchinello”: selection. “The G[?]don Age”:…

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Austral Pictures

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 1

Easter attractions are announced in this issue. Two specially chosen pictures will make up the programme for Easter…

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Annual Coreen Tennis Dance

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 2

The attention of readers is directed to the announcement that the Buraja District Tennis Association's annual dance and presentation of trophies…

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Majestic Pictures Saturday's Programme

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 1

"Marley was dead. As dead as a door nail . . . ." Practically everyone in the English-speaking world knows the opening lines of Dickens'…

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New Equipment To Be Installed at Majestic Theatre

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 2

Town and district residents will read with interest, that the proprietors of the Majestic Picture Theatre have decided to instal new equipment…

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The Pictures Coming Attractions

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 2

On Easter Monday, film patrons will have an opportunity of viewing Walt Desney's creative masterpiece, "Snow White arid the Seven Dwarfs."…

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Austral Pictures Attractive Easter Programmes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 1

The programmes booked for screening at Austral Pictures over the Easter holidays offer a wealth of enjoyable entertainment and amusement…

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Lyric Pictures Saturday, March 23 "What a Life"

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 5

A delightfully typical schoolboy with a super-agility for getting into trouble is the central figure of Paramount's scholastic comedy-drama, "What a…

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P. & C. Association Annual Meeting Children's Ball April 12

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Henty parents and Citizens' Association was held on Thursday evening, the president (Mr. H. K. Knox) in the chair…

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Banquet and Ball

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 5

About 200 sat down to the convention dinner in the Masonic Hall over which the Albury president (Apexian Jack Arnold)…

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Daring Safe Breaking Newcastle Theatre Entered £600 in Notes and Coin Taken Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 1

Drilling through a steel frame and into the lock mechanism of a safe in a strong-room of the Theatre Royal, cracksmen took nearly…

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The Narandera Band Contest Hay Citizens' Band Triumphs

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 2

The Hay Citizens' Band made history on Sunday when it annexed the three cups offered for competition—the Sylvia Meyer cup, the Paling, and…

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Majestic Pictures Robert Taylor and Myrna Loy in "Lucky Night."

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 2

The names of Robert Taylor and Myrna Loy, and the films they have Appeared in, are so well known that they need no introduction. But in…

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War News in Pictures From Overseas

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 6

Top Left: Mr. Sumner Welles sees the Premier—Left to right. Lord Halifax (the Foreign Secretary), Mr. Sumner Welles, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, and Mr. Joseph Kennedy (American Ambassador in London) at No. 10…

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Items of News Gold Cup Ball

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

The Albury Gold Cup ball will be held in the Theatre Royal on Friday, April 5. Music will be supplied by the Collegians’ Dance Band of six…

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Burglary at Theatre [?] Stolen From Safe Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 6

The safe at the Eclipse picture theatre. Crockford street. Port Melbourne. was blown open last night, and £200 stolen…

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Embassy Concert in America Washington. March 20

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

At the invitation of the Ambassador (Lord.Lothian), British artists, including John Brownlee. the Australian donated their services to a…

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