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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1942

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Monarch Theatre “SKYLARK”

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 3

The supposition that love is most tender when the two participants are far from the madding crowds is true, so far as Ray Milland is concerned…

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Old-time and Modern Dance

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

An old-time and modern dance will be held in the Royal Theatre on Wednesday next, 11th March, in aid of the Town candidate (Mr. E. L…

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St. Patrick's Day Euchre Party and Dance

The Western Herald · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 4

St. Patrick's Day will be celebrated in Bourke by the holding of a euchre party and dance in the Palais Royal on Thursday…

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Roxy Theatre Guilfoyle Is Model Criminal

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 1

Using knives guns blackjacks and daggers Paul Guilfoyle has managed to garner a very handsome living in Hollywood…

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A.r.p. Lecture Big Crowd at Roxy Theatre

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 4

The Roxy Theatre was well filled on Wednesday night, when Mr. H. J. Egan delivered a further lecture on A.R.P. work…

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Mugs’ Concert

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

Following upon a very successful “Mugs’ Concert” last year the organisers have been encouraged to again hold a similar evening in the…

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Monarch Theatre Ginger Rogers in “Tom, Dick and Harry.”

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 1

Weaving its delightfully gay story around the hectic romances of an impetuous girl engaged to three young men at the same time, “Tom, Dick and…

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Air Raid Precautions Important Lecture by Mr. R. C. Kershaw Big Crowd at Roxy Theatre

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 4

The Roxy Theatre was well filed on Friday night, when Mr. R. C. Kershaw, Iiason officer of the N.E.S. Department, delivered…

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Savoy Theatre Current Programmes “Pirates on Horseback”

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 4

Luck finds romance. Old California finds a fortune, and Hopalong hits on the toughest mystery that any gun-slinging man of the…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 3

A legal technicality by which a scrappily married young couple suddenly discover they're not married at all, forms the theme of the…

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Pictures Starting Earlier

The Western Herald · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4

Picture fans are notified that on and from tomorrow (Saturday) night the picture programme at the Wonderland Open Air Garden…

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Monarch Theatre “Billy the Kid”

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4

Demonstration his versatility Robert Taylor appears in a role, which is entirely different in a fine show coining to the Monarch Theatre to-morrow…

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Rosy Theatre “San Antonio Rose”

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

Tailored strictly for divertissement, and fitting he order like Adolphe Menjou’s dress suits, Universal’s “San Antonio Rose” is a time-filled…

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St. Patrick's Day Euchre Party and Dance

The Western Herald · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4

St. Patrick's Day will be celebrated in Bourke by the homing of a euchre party and dance in the Palais Royal on Thursday…

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Monarch Theatre Errol Flynn in “Footsteps in the Dark”

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 4

The swashbuckling swordsman of Robin Hood,” the fearless fighter of “The Sea Hawk,” the dashing daredevil of “Santa Be trail”—Erro!…

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Savoy Theatre Current Programmes “Flight Command”

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

“Flight command” takes Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeon through a whirl of dramatic episodes oh land and in the…

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Convent School Concert Performers Greeted by Packed House

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 1

All available seating accommodation was occupied at the Australian Hall on Thursday night last, when pupils of St…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 4

The star attraction at the Wonderland Pictures next Tuesday and Wednesday features Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison in "Major…

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Far West Benefit Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 4

The benefit picture entertainment held in the Wonderland Picture Garden on Thursday, March 12th was well attended. It is…

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C.w.a. Ball Debs

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 2

The Dubbo C.W.A. and Younger Set Ball on Monday, 11th May, will be one of the big social events of the year. Following the custom at…

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