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South Coast · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1950

167 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 9

Merimbula Ball

The Bega District News · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

The Old Year Out Ball on Saturday night, at Twyford Hall, was a very happy function, with the care-free spirit of holiday makers permeating the gathering…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 7

In the wild western mountain frontier of 1890, Whispering Smith (Alan Ladd), a soft-spoken, sure-shot, two gun special agent for a hold-up harrassed railroad,…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 5

The return of the forces from the European war centres and the vast numbers of missions that have over-run Europe since the cessation of hostilities,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 7

“The Paleface,” the film which starts at the King's, Bega, is a Bob Hope travesty of the old west epic which appears that have an avowed purpose of showing…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 5

Sinclair Lewis has been a reigning best-seller author in America for so long that when he completes a book that in itself is news. His winner "Cass…

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Fine Band Effort

The Bega District News · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

The secretary of the Bega District Band (Mr. Eddie Reeve), has forwarded a cheque for £29/0/8 to Mr. O. Welsh, secretary of the Constable Fund (the…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 7

"Hills of Home," the film which starts at the King's, Bega, on Saturday, is the story of life in a Highland glen, and doctor and his faithful collie who…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 5

Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton are co-starred in the Zane Grey western! “The Assassin,” one of the feature films which start at the King’s, Bega…

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£54/10/- at 3/ Door-takings at Footballers’ Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 1

The largest attendance at a dance at Berry for quite a long time demonstrated the popularity of the Berry Football Club,…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 9

Fighting—sheer slugging—can be accepted as a sport or shunned as an outlet for modern man's primitive instincts; depending on one's point of…

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Royal Family at the Pictures

The Bega District News · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

The Royal Command Film performance is held in London every year. It has now become the social highlight of the western film world, and artists and directors fly from Hollywood to attend. This year Their Majesties the King and Queen, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Princess Elizabeth and…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 5

The funny men, Abbott and Costello, will, be up to their antics at the King’s, Bega, in a new programme which starts to-night…

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Local & General Berry Silver Band

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Berry Silver Band will be held on Monday night next, to w[?] public are cordially invited…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 7

“THE THREE MUSKETEERS,” the film which starts at the King’s, Bega, on Saturday, brings a new group of stars to the famous roles created by…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 5

“Deep Valley” the film which starts at the King’s, Bega, on Wednesday, is a rugged story set in the mountain country near Monterey in California…

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Injured During Interval Youth Hit by Car Outside Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

As the last of the people were returning to the King's Theatre, Bega, after interval on Saturday night, Noel Joseph Sheehan, 17, of Double…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 7

“The Walls of Jericho,” the film which starts at the King’s, Bega, on Saturday, is a story of many sides of intense emotional conflict against the colourful…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 5

"The Unafraid," the film which starts at the Sing's, Bega, tomorrow evening is full of drama after the central male figure, Bill Saunders, played by Burt…

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Berry Silver Band

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Berry Silver Band was held on Monday evening last, when there was a good attendance. The…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 9

Now and again something different appears in the picture theatre to capture more than ordinary attention and this might be said of the film, “The…

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