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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

An elaborate set representing the saloon of a sailing ship and mounted on a steel rocker that can be swayed at any angle to simulate the motion…

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Rosy Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

She’s No Lady—but she knows her drawing room manners, does Ann Dvorak in “She’s. No Lady,” the gay Paramount comedy which screens at…

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Popular Man Competition Another Successful Dance

The South Coast Register · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 2

The organising committee of Mr. J. Couzens, candidate for the Popular Man Competition in connection with the Berry sports carnival, conducted…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 13

Edward G. Robinson is at his best in “The Last Gangster,” the thrill-packed, heart-rending, wallop-punching prison drama which comes to the…

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Benefit Dance Well Attended

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the Berry School of Arts last night at a [?] party and dance conducted by the members of the Berry…

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Roxy Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

Three guesses, moviegoers—who is the most photographed personality in all Hollywood? No, not Garbo, or Gable, or Lombard, but the dean…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 5

Over one thousand actors, headed by Fredric March, Franciska Gaal and Akim Tamiroff, six hundred technicians. five hundred rifles and a large…

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Nowra Catholic Ball

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 9

The committee of the Nowra Catholic Ball has decided, on Wednesday, June 1st, as the date of their bull and elected Miss Rae Basha as their…

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Anniversary Ball

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 16

Everybody will remember the very successful coronation ball organised by the Country Women’s Association on 12th May last year. Following this…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 14

If you’ve ever wondered why the stage coach has such a hold on the human imagination; if you want to know why the world never tires of…

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Crown Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 14

William Boyd, creator of the popular Hopalong Cassidy character proved his ability to stick on any kind of a cayuse years ago, but an…

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Nowra Catholic Ball

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 7

The committee of the Nowra annual Catholic ball have decided on Wednesday, June 1st, as the date of their ball, and elected Miss Rae Basha as…

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Concert at Cambewarra

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 6

A most enjoyable and successful concert, under the auspices of the local P. and C. Association, was held in the Cambewarra School of Arts on…

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Methodist Church Concert

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 16

What was claimed to be one of the best concerts ever heard in the Valley was staged by the Methodist Church at the School of Arts on Saturday,…

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Further Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

A further dance was held at Broughton Vale last night, when the residents again revealed their enthusiasm by turning up in force, and…

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Roxy Theatre, Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 5

Interception of an Eastbound treasure train of California gold by Confederate cavalry, one of the least known yet most dramatic…

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Berry Red Cross Ball

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 5

The Berry Red Cross ladies are out to give their patrons something especially, good at their annual ball this year. The popular function,…

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Nowra C.W.A. Anniversary Ball

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 5

Everybody will remember the very successful Coronation Ball organised by the Nowra branch of the Country Women’s Association in May of last…

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Anniversary Ball

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 5

EVERYBODY WILL REMEMBER the very successful Coronation Ball, organised by the Nowra branch of the Country Women's Association,…

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Theatre News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

"Report Wall Street bank set, 8.30 a.m.--you will be invisible." "Imagine," declared Cary Grant to an interviewer at the Roach studios,…

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