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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1929

3,132 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 157

Lyric Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

To-day's programme at the Lyric comprises "Loves of Carmen," with the popular actress, Dolores Del Rio, in the leading role, and "Shadows of the Night."…

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Canvas Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 2

A four-act comedy drama, Whom Cud Hath Joined, the second presentation of the Newton Carroll Company, opened at the mantinee at the…

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Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

Billie Dove, with Donald Reed enacting the principal roles in "Love at Midnight," and Marjorie Beebe in "The Farmer's Daughter, are the current…

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Union Pictures Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

Tom Mix in "The Painted Post" and Bessie Love and Joseph Shildkraut in "A Harp in Hock" are the current attractions at the Union Pictures…

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Amusements Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

The final screenings of John Gilbert in "The Co[?]acks," and Mabel Poulton in "Not Quite a Lady," will take place at the Theatre Royal today. On the…

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Radio Pictures on Cylinder Records

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 15

Pictures sent by radio are played like phonograph records in a system of photo transmission and reception invented by Captain O. Fulton, and recently…

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The Cossacks Lyric Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 2

The Cossacks, which opens at the Lyric on Monday, is a dramatic tala of Russia. The production is packed with thrills and fighting, and typifies…

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VENGEANCE Forgotten Faces Theatre Royal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 2

Clive Brook is star in Forgotten Faces, the Paramount production, which begins at the Theatre Royal on Monday…

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Actress's Love Powder My Back Strand Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 2

The reform candidate for mayor ruined her show, so Fritzi Toy (Irene Rich), star of Powder My Back, which opens at the Strand Theatre on…

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Waratah Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 6

"The Foreign Legion," the big flaming picture of Morocco, will be shown at the Waratah Theatre to-night, in conjunction with "A Sister of Six" (Betty Balfour)…

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Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 6

"Forgotten Faces," which will be shown at the Theatre Royal for the first time to-day, is described as a melodrama of fear, with an intensely exciting climax,…

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Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 6

Irene Rich and Andrey Ferris play the leading roles in "Powder My Black," a comedy drama filled with laugh-provoking situations and complications, which will…

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Mayfield-lambton Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 6

"Four Sons," with Margaret Maine in the role of the mother, will be shown this evening at the Mayfield and Lambton Picture Theatres, in conjunction with…

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Phelan's Pictures. Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 6

"Dawn," the big British story of the days of the War, will be shown this evening at Phelan's Pictures, Wallsend…

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Union Pictures Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 6

The management of the Union Pictures announces the engagement of Graham and Butt, who will make their first appearance to-night. These well-known variety…

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Amusements Lyric Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 6

The main attraction at the Lyric Theatre to-day will be "The Cossacks," a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, with John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, and Ernest…

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Forgotten Faces Life-tenner's Trials Theatre Royal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 3

A life sentence prisoner, deprived of the love of his daughter, whom he was forced to abandon when she a child, is the, poignant plot of…

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Lyric Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6

John Gilbert is the central figure of a stupendously stirring story in "The Cossacks," which entered upon its three days' screenings yesterday, at the Lyric Theatre…

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Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6

There are some amazing contrasts in "Forgotten Faces," which headed the new programme yesterday at the Theatre Royal. Its interpretation is in the hands…

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Union Pictures, Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6

Pictorial element and stage presentation were admirably blended in the programme at the Union Pictures. Cook's Hill, last night the feature films being…

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