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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1953

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King’s Theatre

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

Coming to the King’s Theatre on Wednesday next is “Derby Day,” a film telling four separate stories, with their themes woven…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 3

All the glamour of an American military academy comes out in the musical “About Face,” which starts at the King’s, Bega, tomorrow…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

“The Miracle of Fatima,” the film starting at the King’s, Bega, tomorrow, is the drama of the miracle that occurred in 1917…

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“Maytime” Ball at Wolumla

The Bega District News · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

Wolumla's “Maytime” Ball, held in the Wolumla Hall, on May 1, in aid of Hall funds, was enjoyed by all who…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 2

“Annie Get Your Gun,” Broadway’s fabulous hit which played to an audience of over one million, hundred thousand spectators,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 3

Prison is not usually considered an ideal place in which to invent anything other than the means whereby a prisoner may escape,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 9

Show business provides the complete background for the film “Lullaby of Broadway,” which starts at the King’s, Bega,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 2

The film “Rocking Horse Winner,” coming to the King’s Theatre on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights, is a powerful study of…

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Ball Dogged by Ill Fortune Kameruka C. of E. Ball A Pleasant Success

The Bega District News · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 7

Dogged by ill fortune because of torrential rain and the resultant greasy road surfaces, the Candelo-Kameruka Church of England Parish Ball had to be postponed from Wednesday, May 6, to the…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 11

Surging from the pages of the celebrated C. S. Forester novel, “Captain Horatto Hornblower,” the film with all the salty thrill…

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Empire Spirit at C. OF E. BALL Distinguished Guests From United Kingdom

The Bega District News · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 9

The Coronation, with the red, white and blue of the British Empire, was the spirit behind the arrangements for St. John’s Church of England Ball, in the Bega Show Pavilion, on Friday last…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 1

The producers of the film “Bugles in the Afternoon,” which starts at the King’s, Bega, tomorrow, have used the rivalry…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3

Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth are starred together in the swashbuckling drama “The World in His Arms,” which comes to the King’s,…

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F’ball Carnival for Schoolboys

The Bega District News · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 9

The annual schoolboys’ football carnival will take place tomorrow at Candelo with eight teams competing…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

Still showing in a leading Sydney theatre, “The Man Behind the Gun,” starring Randolph Scott, is a feature film coming to the King’s…

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Candelo Celebrates With Juvenile Ball

The Bega District News · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 8

A prominent event in Candelo’s Coronation Celebrations, was a Fancy Dress Juvenile Ball, held on Monday night last week, the Town Hall being suitably decorated with flags and pictures of Queen…

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Ball Completed Big Cobargo Event “Queen” Crowned Amid Great Enthusiasm

The Bega District News · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

The climax of die Coronation Day’s events at Cobargo was the well attended ball in the School of Arts, where the happy crowd danced to the music of the Narooma Orchestra…

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C.w.a. Ball at Gerringong

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 3

Mrs. Ken Balding, of Toolijooa, came in for much congratulations at the CWA Ball at Gerringong, when she presented…

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Fourteen Beautiful Debutantes Feature of Diggers’ Coronation Ball

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 1

The presentation of fourteen beautiful Berry girls to Commander and Mrs. Haines, of the HMAS Albatross, was a feature…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 3

With what is undoubtedly the greatest array of singing talent ever brought to the screen. M.G.M. “The Great Caruso”…

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