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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1942

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Monarch Theatre “Santa Fe Trail”

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 1

Errol Flynn, the most handsome of all the swashbuckling screen adventures, is waving sabres, firing pistols, flailing fists and galloping…

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Savoy Theatre Current Programmes “North-West Mounted Police”

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 3

The incontestable evidence that nothing short of a triumph would satisfy Cecil B. DeMille when it comes to judgment of his newest…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 3

On Tuesday and Wednesday next the popular star George Formby will be featured in "Come On George" a thrilling comedy…

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Roxy Theatre “Hurry, Charlie. Hurry”

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 3

When three full-blooded Indians leave their reservation and move into the dignified mansion of a banker whom they admire uproarious…

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Monarch Theatre “That Night in Rio”

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

The pulsating tempo of the Samba ushers in another 20th Century-Fox hit, “That Night in Rio,” at the Monarch Theatre to-morrow (Saturday)…

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Technicolor Musical at Monarch Theatre

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 2

Several attractive song hits feature "That Night in Rio," musical comedy of high order, which will head the programme of the Monarch Theatre this…

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Citizens’ Band in Park

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 3

Dubbo Citizens’ Band rendered a programme of music in Victoria Park last night. The rise in temperatures over the week-end was responsible for…

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Monarch Theatre “That Uncertain Feeling”

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 4

Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas are co-starred as the blissfully happy couple who discover they have no right to he happy in the light-hearted…

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Savoy Theatre Current Programmes “Boom Town”

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 8

Revealing the entire story of the thrilling drama of oil for the first time, with a story that is entirely one of action and with a…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

To-night (Friday) and to-morrow night (Saturday) the star attraction at the Wonderland pictures will be "Come On Geroge,"…

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Pictures To-night

The Western Herald · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

The management of the Wonderland Pictures announce that pictures will be screened to-night (Friday), and also to-morrow night…

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Euchre Party and Dance

The Western Herald · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

A euchre party and dance will be held in the Palais Royal on Tuesday, February 17th, in aid of Catholic Church Altar Society…

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Roxy Theatre “FINGERS”

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

“Fingers,” the new attraction coming to the Roxy Theatre to-morrow (Saturday), is an exciting story of a London underworld personality whose…

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Patriotic Dance

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

A patriotic dance which was organised by Mesdames Stapleton, Cardan and Locke, and held in Archer’s building on Saturday, was well…

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Monarch Theatre “SUNNY”

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 1

Stressing its delightful romance along with its gay Jerome Kern tunes and its spectacular dance numbers. Anna Neagle’s new “Sunny”, coming…

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Community Concerts Identify Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 6

Writing from the Middle East, Gunner Many McLaughian, of Auburn, says that while in a hospital bed alongside a Free Frenchman who…

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Savoy Theatre Current Programmes “Tin Pan Alley”

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 5

“Tin Pan Alley.” 20th Centurn-Fox film which stars Alice Faye and Betty Grable, will take patrons of the Savoy Theatre on…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 5

With Claire Trevor and John Wayne playing the top roles, Walter Wanger's new frontier drama, "Stagecoach" which will have its…

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Euchre Party and Dance

The Western Herald · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

The Euchre Party and Dance organised by Mrs. Hilty Kessey in aid of the Catholic Church Altar Fund was held in the Palais Royal…

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Roxy Theatre “Six Gun Gold”

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 3

Revolving about a young cowman[?] thrilling search for his vanished broker, “Six Gun Gold,” Tim Holt’s latest outdoor action vehicle, is said…

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