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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1940

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Successful Concert and Dance Berry Silver Band Benefits

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

The concert and dance, under the auspices of the Berry Silver Band, at Meroo on Saturday evening last, was well patronised, desnite the…

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Roxy Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 1

The season’s smartest get-together of romance and revelry with a top comedy cast in a story that’s as modern as the world the day…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2

He told his editor a ‘bedtime story’ over the telephone, and started a sensational series of curious occurrences that made him front page…

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Roxy Theatre “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 5

Magnificent, awe-inspiring, amazingly impressive and eye-dazzling, These words best describe “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” which is…

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Roxy Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 6

The year’s wildest, wittiest whirlwind of romance, according to ecstatic advance reports, screens on Friday, Saturday and Monday at the…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 2

With [?]cha Heifetz, the world’s most renowned violnist starred. “They Shall Have Music,” which will be shown at the King’s Theatre on…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 2

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy again leave behind them a trail of hilarious disaster. In “Block-Heads,” their new comedy, opening at the…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 2

The drama packed story of Harry Faversham, who is accused of cowardice by his closest friends when he resigns from his regiment on the…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 2

A particularly attractive programme is scheduled for the King’s Theatre next Wednesday night. It embraces two feature pictures. “The…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 2

Of all the possible ways there are of presenting action for the public’s entertainment, the screen has proved time and again its unrivalled power…

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Rosy Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 4

Darryl F. Zanuck’s production of “Drums Along the Mohawk” promises to be the highspot of the coming film season. Filmed in the…

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Local and General Dance and Euchre

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 2

The popular Bomaderry Hall will be the scene of another dance and euchre party on Saturday night next, when free novelties will be…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 2

Everyone, old and young, should see the programme now being screened at the King’s Theatre. “The Ice Follies of 1939” is a marvellous…

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Birthday Ball Gerringong Catholic Club’s Successful Function

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 6

Another splendid success was achieved on Tuesday of last week by St. Mary’s Literary, Debating and Social Society of Gerringong,…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 2

“Hitler, Beast of Berlin,” is a gruesome, record of the ruthless methods of the Nazi “stormstroops” in dealing with prisoners whose…

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Roxy Theatre

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 16

Kissing handsome movie actors (believe it or not) is just an ordeal to lovely little Sonja Henie. The reasons. Sonja hastens to explain, are (a) that…

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Roxv Theatre Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 4

Dorothy Lamour casts aside her sarong and steps into a major dramatic role in “Disputed Passage,” proving her oft contended thesis…

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Local and Geneva! Swimming Club Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 2

An invitation is extended to the dancers of Berry to attend the Swimming Club’s dance in the Nowra School of Aits hall, on…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 2

Something entirely new in spy films, “Clouds Over Europe,” co on Saturday, to the King's Theatre, combining thrilling action with…

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At the King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 3

“The Hardys Ride High” the l[?]est adventure of Judge Hardy and his family thoes how the likea[?] family react to a sudden acquisition…

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