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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1926

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Marie Narelle Concerts at Central Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 7

Next Friday and Saturday evenings Madame Marie Narelle will give concerts at the Central Hall. It is some years since the singer first appeared…

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Mayfield Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 6

The management of Mayfield Pictures having secured Douglas Fairbanks' great spectacular production, "The Thief of Bagdad," announces afternoon and…

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Waratah Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 6

There will be afternoon and evening screenings at Waratah Premier Pictures to-day, when the leading attraction will be "Little Annie Rooney," Miss Mary…

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Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 6

At the Theatre Royal today there will be the opening screenings of "The Gold Rush," the picture to which the critics say Charles Chaplin has given the…

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Lyric Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 6

The leading features of the new programme to be shown at the Lyric Theatre to-day are "Waterfront Wolves" and "The Fighting Cup," a Universal Jewel…

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Union Pictures, Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 6

The new programme to be shown this evening at the Union Pictures has for its leading features "The Strange Woman" (Shirley Mason) and "The Ever-Open…

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Amusements Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 6

Mr. A. Brandon-Cremer's Comedy Company produced "What Happened to Jones," one of the best known modern comedies, at the Victoria Theatre on…

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Cessnock Theatre Fine Modern Structure

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 2

The building trade was brisk during 1925 in Cessnock, there being 954 applications received at an estimated cost of £330,000. While most of the…

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More Comedy What Happened to Jones! Victoria Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 8

"The coming of a guest is the death warrant of comfort!" Professor Ebenezer Goodley meant every word of it. The peace of his…

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Union Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 6

Prominence is given to the Fox special, "The Strange Woman," at the Union Pictures, Cook's Hill, or Wintergarden, which features Shirley Mason as a…

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Lyric Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 6

"Waterfront Wolves," at the Lyric Theatre, unfolds a story in the dark places about the docks of San Francisco. The main feature is Joe…

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Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 6

Charlie Chaplin continues to be an Irresistible lure to the people of all ages. The fact was established at the Theatre Royal yesterday, when the first…

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Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 6

One of the great attractions about "A Girl of the Limberlost," at the Strand Theatre, is its simplicity, It is an intensely human story, and is revealed by…

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Abermain Band for Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 5

Abermain Band has decided to enter for the Sydney band contests on January 23, and will play in B grade. The test piece is Lortzing's…

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Amusements Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 6

The comedy, "What Happened to Jones?" which is being worthily presented at the Victoria Theatre by the Brandon-Cremer Company, given promise of having…

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Through the Eye of a Camera News of the Hour in Topical Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 10

SIGNING THE LOCARNO PACT.—Left to right: Mrs. Baldwin, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Birkenhead, Mr. Vandervelde (Belgium), M. Briand (France), Lady Chamberlain, Herr Luther (Germany). At the back are: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Herr Stresemann (Germany), and Mr. Timston Churchill…

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Mayfield Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 8

The programme to be shown this evening at Mayfield Pictures includes "The Midnight Girl" (Lila Lee) and "The Way of the West" (Billy Sulivan)…

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Waratah Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 8

"The White Monkey," a dramatisation of John Galsworthy's famous novel, will be screened at Waratah Pictures this evening, in conjunction with "The…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 8

At the Victoria Theatre this evening, Mr. Brandon Cremer and his clever company again stage "What Happened to Jones," which promises to prove the most…

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Lyric Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 8

The features of the programme to be shown at the Lyric Theatre to-day are "Waterfront Wolves," and and "The Fighting Cub," Wesley Barry's latest…

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