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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1940

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Lennon’s Revue Mammoth Canvas Theatre at Berry on Show Night

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 5

Acknowledged to be the greatest theatrical organisation to tour the Commonwealth for many years, Lennon’s Musical Revue Company…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

Drama, romance, thrills, chills and comedy are expertly blended to make “Four Girls in White” which opens at the King’s Theatre on Wednesday,…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 15

The diary kept by Queen Victoria during the whole of her long occupancy of the British throne proved a valuable source of information for…

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Roxy Theatre, Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 1

The magic lantern means nothing to the present generation, but there are folks around who remember it very well, not only as a parlour…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

A romance that blossomed into the greatest dancing team the world has ever known underlies “The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle,” opening at…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 2

The amusing difficulties of a dual role in a picture with [?]ap-dancing Eleanor Powell have now been encountered by Robert Young, and he…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 3

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hanly always provide genuine entertainment. Their latest effort, “The Flying Dueces” a feature comedy Which…

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District Tennis Association Annual White Dance — Presentation of Trophies

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 5

A large table, heavily laden with silver cups and other trophies, formed the centre piece of the stage of the Nowra School of Arts on Wednesday…

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Roxy Theatre, Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 6

Movie fans, here’s the picture for you, and we do mean you! it’s Dairyl F. Zanuck's production of “Hollywood Cavalcade,” starring…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 2

Robert Young is nice and handsome, Eleanor Powell dances cleverly, but Gracie Allan swings the show in “Honolulu,” the current feature…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 2

In the aviation thriller, “Stunt Pilot,” which comes to the King’s Theatre on Wednesday, John Trent, as Tailspin Tommy, plays a familiar…

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V.A.D. Concert (Contributed.)

The Bega District News · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 2

The third of a series of community concerts organised by Bega V.A.D. was held in the School of Arts on the 30th ultimo. There was a full…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 15

The Wizard of Oz, a wanderer for 38 years, has returned to his home in Hollywood. There in 1900, Lyman Frank Baum, a newspaper man,…

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Roxy Theatre, Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 6

Engineering and photographic problems never before encountered in a motion picture went into the filming of “The Wizard of Oz,”…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 2

The thrill-packed “Man of Conquest,” the life story of Sam Houston, soldier of fortune, statesman, adventurer beyond daring, has been…

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Local and General ST . Patrick’s Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 2

A preliminary notice appears in this issue of the “Register” drawing attention to the annual carnival dance and euchre party in the…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 14

Joe College and the debutante glamour girls hold forth in all their glory in “These Glamour Girls,” new comedy drama of collegiate life, with…

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Euchre Party and Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 2

Excellent patronage was extended the euchre party and dance at the residence of Mr. Reg Salway, Moeyan, on Tuesday evening last,…

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Roxy Theatre, Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 4

The screen find of 1939 appears to be Lana Turner. Unknown a year ago, without dramatic training, she has hopped, skipped and…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 2

Comedy in the continental manner, smart and sophisticated, “Good Girls Go To Paris” is the most original laugh feast of the year. The film,…

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