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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1929

3,132 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 157

Phelan's Pictures, Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

The programme at Phelan’s and the Prince Edward Theatres. Wallsend, will have for its main feature this afternoon and to-night the Fox production “None…

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Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

At the Theatre Royal to-day there will be the final screenings of the programme which includes “Glorious Betsy” and “A Trick of Hearts.” On Monday that great…

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Mayfield-lambton Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

“The Heart of a Nation” and “Gentlemen Prefe Blondes are listed for Mayfield, and “The One Woman” and “Bruning Daylight” for Lambton this afternoon…

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Lyric Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

Buster Kearton in “The Cameraman” and Carmel Myers in “The Girl from Rio” provide the attraction at the Lyric. On Monday Dolores Costello will be seen…

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Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

“Zero” (Fay Compton) and “Prep and Pep” are the main features at the Strand Theatre, where Streeter and Shand expert dancers will to-day commence a…

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Union Pictures Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

“The Foreign Legion,” with Lewis Stone and star cast, and Vera Reynolds in “Almost Human” are the principal pictures for this afternoon and to-night…

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Wallsend Empire Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

“Only a Bride” (Esther Ralston and Gary Cooper) and “The Four-footed Ranger,” featuring Dynamite, the dog actor, are the leading pictures for this…

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Lyric Theatre Glorious Betsy

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

Glorious Betsy, the Master Picture, which opens at the Lyric Theatre on Monday, is a story of the love affairs of the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte…

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Kurri Wins B Grade Band Contest SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 4

Judging of the B grade division of the band competition was concluded last night. Kurri Brass Band, under Mr. R…

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Attempted Robbery at Daly's Theatre London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 5

An extraordinary incident occurred at Daly’s Theatre in Leicester Square. In the middle of the performance a man in evening dress, armed with a…

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Tangled Love Husbands For Rent Strand Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

A tangled skein of love affairs, in which strangers invade the domain of a young man and woo the girl he is to marry, and in which the young…

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Lon Chaney Laugh, Clown, Laugh Theatre Royal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

Inspired by the circus picture, He Who Gets Slapped. M.G..M. has produced its successor, Laugh, Clown, Laugh a much broader and more…

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MAGIC Thrills at Victoria Theatre Mystery Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

A mystery entertainment packed with thrills is George Edwards'a Magical Mysteries, which opened at the Victoria Theatre this afternoon at…

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Waratah Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 6

John Gilbert and Greta Garbo play the principal parts in "Auna Kavenina," which will be shown at Waratah Pictures this evening in conjunction with "Do…

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Canvas Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 3

Power of Love, which was produced by the Newton Carroll Dramatic Company at the Canvas Theatre on Saturday, is a story of military life in…

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Lyric Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 3
Also in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate

American life in the colonial days, interspersed with glimpses of Napoicon as Emperor of France, is the theme of Glorious Betsy, the Warner…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 6
Also in The Newcastle Sun

Illusions, smart conjuring, and spectacular scenic effects, were combined in the programme presented at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday, by a company headed…

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Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 6

"Husbands for Rent," which heads the new programme to be shown at the Strand Theatre to-day is described as an uprearious comedy drama based on the story…

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