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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1930

3,019 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 151

This Week's Talkies Picture Shows & Theatres Victoria Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 8

Brilliancy is the keynote of the Broadway Scandals, showing at the Victoria Theatre. Every scene is a picture in itself…

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Union Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

"Forbidden Hours" and the "Exalted Flapper" are announced as the chief attractions of to-night's programme at the Union Pictures. Cook's Hill…

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Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

"Stark Mad" continues to win praise at the Theatre Royal. A "talkie" with an unusual theme, it is a gripping drama in which the well-known H. B. Warner…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

"Broadway Scandals," a "talkie" production, breathing the atmosphere of Broadway, is the current attraction at the Victoria Theatre. It is a picture with…

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Amusements Civic Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

The screening of "Four Devils" at the Civic Theatre has been, highly acclaimed. It is a Fox Movietone production by F. W. Murnan, in which Janet Gaynor…

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Union Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 8

"Forbidden Hours" and the "Exalted Flapper" are the chief attractions at the Union Pictures, Cook's Hill…

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Lyric Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7

In Light Fingers, the attraction at the Lyric Theatre this week, Ralph Theodore is one of the outstanding characters, and is woll-placed in the…

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Theatre Royal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7
Also in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate

Stark Mad. showing at the Theatre Royal, describes the adventures of an exploring party which comes from Central American jungles in search…

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Victoria Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7
Also in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate

The Broadway Scandals, showing at the Victoria Theatre, are attracting large audiences. This picture is one that has many…

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Strand Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7

Clive Brooks is the central figure in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, showing at the Strand Theatre.' He gives a wonderful interpretation…

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Amusements Civic Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 8

The screening of the Fox Movietone production, "Four Devils" at the Civic Theatre, has been received with enthusiasm. In the picture, Janet Gaynor, who…

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Picture Shows & Theatres Civic Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7

Swinging trapezes, and death-defying displays above a gasping audience in a French Hippodrome, are depicted in 4 Devils, which is being…

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Union Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 8

Mary Nolan has the principal part in an exciting picture. "Thoroughbreds," which will be exhibited at the Union Theatre, Cook's Hill, to-night. The other…

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Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 8

Weird happenings and terrifying experiences befall the members of an exploring party in "Stark Mad," the talkie, which is being shown at the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 8

Clever dancing, lavish dressing, and brilliant scenes are marked features of "Broadway Scandals," the talkie, which is very popular with Victoria Theatre…

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Amusements Civic Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 8

Janet Gaynor portrays the leading role of a daring circus acrobat in her first talking picture, "Four Devils," at the Civic Theatre. This dialogue finishes its…

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Madame Alda's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 9

New York, January 7.—Madame Frances Alda, the Australian soprano, when she sings over the radio for the first time here to-night, will give an…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

The brilliant musical show, "Broadway Scandals," finishes its run at the Victoria Theatre to-night. To-morrow Greta Garbo and John Gilbert will be seen in…

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