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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1931

139 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 7

Talkie Attractions at the Star Theatre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 3

Greta Garbo and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have done right by each other and their public in “Romance”, which will open at the Star Theatre…

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Hall Tea Meeting and Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 2

On Wednesday evening, August 12, a tea meeting and concert was held in the School Hall at Wattle Park, in celebration of the S.S. Hall anniversary…

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Dog Actors in Motion Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 3

HOLLYWOOD’S great motion pictures activities during the past two decades have meant the rise and expansion of a number of unique businesses…

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Free Pictures Health and Cookery Talks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 3

Ladies are reminded of the last of the splendid health and cookery talks to be held to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon, at three o’clock, in the Triumph…

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Talkie Attractions at the Star Theatre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 August 1931 · page 2

“Brothers”, the successful stage play in which Bert Lytell captured Countless audiences, has been adapted for the talkies by Columbia Pictures. It is…

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Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 August 1931 · page 2

On the 19th instant, in the Federal Hall, the Community Singers gave the first of a series of concerts. It proved to be a highly successful entertainment,…

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Catholic Ball

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 August 1931 · page 2

The committee of the Catholic Ball are receiving most encouraging reports from every centre—patrons from everywhere sums it up. Jealous…

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Talkie Attractions at the Star Theatre “Way for a Sailor”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 August 1931 · page 2

Gyroscopic cameras, windproof microphones, stabilised sound equipment and engineering ingenuity played an important part in the filming of the…

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Movie News Special Service from Paramount Studios “The Queanbeyan Age”. “Skipfys” to Melbourne Paramount’s Capitol Theatre Invites Winners

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 4

As reported last week, Master Billy Reilly, of Randwick, Sydney, will receive holiday trip to Melbourne as his prize for winning the title of the Australian…

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Talkie Attractions at the Star Theatre “The Black Camel”

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 September 1931 · page 2

A world-famous film star is advised by her favorite fortune teller not to marry the man she loves—and four hours later she is found murdered in…

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Catholic Ball Brilliant Function

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 7

The old adage that nothing succeeds like success was again strikingly exemplified on Thursday night last, when the second annual…

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Municipal Band Successful Re-union

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 1

It was a happy suggestion made quite recently to organise a social re-union for bandsmen present and past, their families and supporters of the band…

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Municipal Band

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 2

The general meeting of the Band held last night, was well attended. In the past the financial year of the Band closed as at December each year, and…

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Charity Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 1

On Monday evening next, in the Triumph Hall, the Canberra male Choir will give a concert in aid of the funds of the Queanbeyan District…

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Institute Ball Successful Function

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 3

The ball promoted by the committee of the above institution in aid or its funds took place on Thursday night last, and attracted a good…

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No Rules for Success in Motion Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 4

Motion pictures hold no rules and regulations for its actors. A veterar of many years, a star who has won hi[?] spurs through successes in scores of…

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Delightful Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 2

Last night, in the Triumph Theatre the concert in aid of the funds of the Queanbeyan Hospital, and presented by the Canberra Male Choir and assisting…

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At the Star Theatre “Way of All Men”

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 2

Locked in a flood-swept biulding with the girl he once loved and then spurned, expecting death at any moment— that is one of . the many tense situations…

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At the Star Theatre “Hello Sister”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 1

How an aged millionaire “cured” his granddaughter of the petty vices that were undermining her naturally lovable disposition is the basic story premise…

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For the Children a Ball Game

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 3

All players form a large circle and play with a ball. This is thrown from one to the other, each player being careful to catch it. The players must…

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