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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Nowra’s Celebrations Open To-day Bagpipe Band for Street Carnival

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 16

A bagpipe and drum band from Wollongong will play stirring Scottish airs in the main street next Friday night during the street carnival and…

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Roxv Theatre, Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 5

All the thrills of those adventurous days when men dared all for love live again in “Under the Red Robe,” an exciting, swashbuckling romance…

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Euchre Party & Dance

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

At night the euchre party and dance, held in the School of Arts, also received good patronage, and a very pleasant time was spent, particularly…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 10

With deft touches and a neat sensibility, Peter Lorre has created a host of unusual characters for the screen, each more realistically…

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Dance at Jervis Bay

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 2

A most successful dance, both socially and financially, was held on Tuesday last. Mr. Foley, of the Jervis Bay Hotel, graciously loaned his…

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Roxv Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 1

“First Lady,” a film version of the Broadway stage hit of the same name, is scheduled to have its local premiere to-night at the Roxy…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 12

Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man are back again in another uproarious comedy hit. This time the famous William Powell-Myrna Loy co-starring team…

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A Record Dance Attendance

The Nowra Leader · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 1

'The attendance at the "Queen" dance on Saturday night appeared to be a record. People poured into the Hall, and upper rooms, until it…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 15

Paul Muni, whose most recent film, “The Story of Louis Pasteur,” won for him the coveted gold statuette of the Motion Picture Academy as the…

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Roxy Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 5

Phantom killer on the loose Terror strikes the big top! Sensational mystery behind the circus’ thrill-packed scene as laughter turns to…

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We Enter Italy Pictures of II Duce and Soldiers Everywhere Modern Rome with Its Ancient Wonders

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 6

It is a sign of the times if you like, but Italy nowadays positively begs to be invaded. “Come into my country,” she cries, with a gesture…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 3

With a grand cast, headed by Clive Brook, [?] and Margaretta Scott, the long awaked attraction, "Action For Slander," comes to the…

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Roxy Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 2

Errol Flynn, that handsome young Irish actor who leaped to fame overnight in “Captain Blood” a couple of years ago, and then carried on…

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2nd Birthday Ball Enjoyable Social Function at Gerringong

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 5

The second birthday ball of the Gerringong Catholic Club, a function instituted to celebrate the second anniversary of the club’s foundation,…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 10

Because she is known as the most energetic little dynamo in filmdom, dietetic experts studied Jane Withers recently and estimated that for the…

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Sesqui-centenary Ball. the Event of the Season

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 4

On Friday night last, as predicted the Sesqui-Centenary ball held at the Tro[?]adero (I beg your pardon) the Milton School of Arts Hall, which was…

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A.m.p.-2be Concert

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 7

The A.M.P. Society and 2BE presentation social held in the Lyric. Theatre last week proved one of the high spots in social entertainment…

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Roxy Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 5

Rounding up a herd of 80 wild elephants to be run into a specially built enclosure proved the most difficult scene Robert Flaherty and…

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Popular Man Competition Successful Dance at Broughton Vale

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 6

The Broughton Vale Hall was overcrowded on Friday night last, when a very successful dance was held in aid of the candidature of Mr…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 13

Herry Sherman, most famous producer of Western films, had made, according to film critics, the finest picture of his career in “The Barrier,”…

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