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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1953

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 2

A tense plot has been used in the film of “Kangaroo,” which will be shown at the King’s, Bega, tomorrow and Monday, and opens…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 5

The war in Korea is used as the background for. the film “Retreat, Hell,” which starts at the King’s, Bega, tonight…

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Concert By Quaama School Children Performance Applauded And Appreciated

The Bega District News · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 4

Quaama Public School concert, held in the local School of Arts, produced rounds of loud applause, and chuckles followed each item of the long and varied programme on break-up night…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

Gary Cooper is back in the saddle as a frontier marshal in the Sim “High Noon,” which starts at the King’s, Begs,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 4

Greer Garson, as a housemaid posing as a member of the English nobility, fleeces her victims in the grand…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 5

Th producers of the Technicolor musicial “Texas Carnival,” which starts at the King’s Bega tomorrow, have endeavoured to…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

Bega cinema audiences are to be treated to a city release film tonight and tomorrow night, at the King’s Theatre…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

The lifting story of “Rich, Young and Pretty” as laid against Paris in Spring, than which there can be no more romantic setting,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 3

Realism, in its starkest degree, is used in the crime hunting film “The Turning Point,” which starts at the King’s, Bega, tomorrow…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 3

During World War II, the United States Navy fitted patrol craft with a steam turbine instead of a diesel engine for…

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King‘s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 3

When young Ohio school teacher Hazard Endicott, played by Howard Keel goes to Ta[?] to live on the plantation he has inherited from…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 9

Spencer Tracy has been with [?]ilm audiences so long as a per[?]onage of the screen that his ap[?]earances are eagerly awaited,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 3

The film “Thunder on the Hill,” which starts at the King’s, Bega, tonight, is a highly dramatic mystery story with one of the most…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 3

The fabulous Mario Lanza is the star in the grand scale musical “That Midnight Kiss,” which starts at the King’s Beget, to-night…

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Bega Band in Demand Has Record Number of Engagements

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

The Bega, District Band is in such demand in the district that it was called upon to fulfil a record number of…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 11

In the film “Boots Malone,” which starts at the King’s, Bega, tomorrow, the main factor in the story is the warm relationship between…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 2

The film “On Dangerous Ground,” which starts at the King’s, Bega, tonight, is the story of a tough and embittered…

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Local & General Berry Band

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 2

The Berry Silver Band will provide a programme of music in Queen Street on Saturday night next. These programmes…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 4

When Hattie O’Malley (Marjorie Main), the winner of a radio quiz contest, sets out for New York to collect her prizemoney,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

The film “Mara Maru,” which starts at the King’s, Bega, tomorrow, is a tale of violence and intrigue in post-war Manila…

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