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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1937

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 1

Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, and Jean. Parker, have leading roles in King Vidor's history-making epic of the early days of the Lone Star…

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150th Anniversary Band Contests

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

Entries for the N.S.W. Band Championship Contests have closed, and Mr. D. G. Macdougall, hon, organising secretary, announces that the…

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Young Australia League Boys Famous Band and Concert Party Here Soon

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 3

To give effect to their motto of "Education by Travel," a party of Young Australia League boys will set out from Sydney early in the new…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 7

Teeming with flesh-and-blood characters from all walks of life, swept up from the city streets into a cauldron, of dramatic circumstance—this…

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Roxy Theatre

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 6

The contrast of young romance and crafty gangsterdom is vividly presented in the film, “Sworn [?] which screens at the Roxy…

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Berry Brass Band Welcome Reappearance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 7

A scene reminiscent of the halcyon days of the Berry Brass Band was witnessed in Queen Street on Christmas Eve, when 22 players,…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8

Ned Sparks was born in Guelph, Ontario, and is therefore a British subject. He has tried several professions -- railroad, law, H.M. Navy,…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

In response to the cry of moviegoers the world over for that something different type of entertainment, Columbia Pictures scoops the world…

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Roxy Theatre

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 4

The mess that can be sti[?] up [?] the lives of a happily wedded pair a self-appointment love expert who was some original if not starling…

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Excellent ! Y.a.l. Boys’ Band

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 4

The Young Australia League received a hearty welcome to Berry on Friday last by the Mayor (Ald. T. A. Strong), when they were entertained…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 11

Slick Adolphe Menjou, he of the razor-edge trouser crease, the super-perfect fit and the plus ultra in the mode, comes to the screen as a…

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Y.a.l. Band. Stirring Performance

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 3

The Young Australia League Band came to Nowra with a flourish of trumpets as entertainers of great merit, and we have no hesitation in…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. Ken G. Hall, Cinesound's general manager and production director, has again given to Australia a production of which she can feel, justly…

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Junior Farmers’ Success Euchre Party and Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 5

The initial effort of the Berry branch of the Junior Farmers’ Club took place at the School of Arts last night, in the form of a euchre…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 8

One of the outstanding features of the picture "Can This Be Dixie?" in which Jane Withers is said to have scored the greatest success of her…

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Inter-state Band Contests. Over £100 in Prize Money

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 7

Even among ancient people there were attempts at band music, however primitive in form. These were used at festivals for expressing in…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 1

Paramount's "Straight From the Shoulder," which will 'be produced fit the Roxy Theatre next Monday night only, furnishes' far more than…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 1

Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy—all in one picture! There's a collection of outstanding film names, each of which…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

Joan Bennett and Cary Grant are co-starred in the comedy romance, "Wedding Present," which has its initial showing at the Roxy this Friday…

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Kangaroo Valley. Smoke Concert

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 4

The smoke concert, held at Kangaroo Valley on Friday night last in connection with the Light Horse Troop, was well attended, and all…

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