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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1953

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King’s Theatre

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

“Decision Before Dawn,” wartime adventure-drama featuring Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner and Hildegarde Neff,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 4

Chronicling a vivid page of history from the days of the early West, “Untamed Frontier,” which comes to the King’s Theatre on…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 October 1953 · page 10

Academy Award winner Dean Jagger and lovely comedy actress Irene Dunne add another successful comedy-[?]arce to their impressive…

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Governor to Attend Ball

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 October 1953 · page 6

The Festival Ball, which will mark the 75th Anniversary of St. John’s Church of England, and which will be held on the…

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Local & General Band Programme

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 2

Berry Silver Band will play a programme of music in Queen Street on Saturday night next. ADDRESS BY MR. GEDDES…

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Better Than Ever Berry P. and C. Fancy Dress Ball

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 1

The Berry Parents and Citizens’ Association staged a record-breaking plain and fancy dress ball at the School of Arts,…

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King’s Theatre

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

Marge and Gower Champion, who won overnight popularity as the result of their acting and dancing in “Shim Boat”…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 4

Gus Kahn, who ranks with George Gershwin Jerome Kern and Cole Porter as one of the great popular music writers joins…

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Tathra Dance For Bega Band

The Bega District News · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 6

The dance in the Tathra Hall last Friday night, organised to assist the building fund of the Bega District…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 5

Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe,” which has enthralled generations of readers throughout the world, has been brought to the screen…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 7

In “Springfield Rifle,” coming to the King’s Theatre on Wednesday night, Gary Cooper portrays the man behind the weapon of…

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Miniature Debs At St. John's Juvenile Ball

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 4

The St. John's Church of England Annual Juvenile Bail was held in the Bega. Show Pavilion towards the end of…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 5

John Wayne, recently voted top box-office attraction, has the leading role in Warner Bros. “Trouble Along the Way,” opening on…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 4

Alec Guinness commands an international following as a result of his brilliant comedy work in such films as "The Lavender Hill…

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Wolumla Enjoys Diggers’ Ball

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 2

The wolumla War Memorial HalI presented an attractive setting, on Friday October 30, for the annual…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 2

“April in Paris,” mew techinicolor musical, comes to the Kings Theatre on Saturday, with Doris Day and Ray…

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“The News Light” Interest In R.S.L. Cabaret Ball

The Bega District News · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 3

The interest being taken in the forthcoming visit of the Governor, Lieut-General Sir John Northcott, and Miss Elizabeth Northcott, to Bega, may be gauged by the bookings for the Bega Diggers Cabaret Ball in the new clubrooms, at…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 8

Among motion pictures which can be seen again and again with renewed enjoyment is “Blossoms in the Dust.”…

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Cars Collide Near Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 2

Two motor cars were slightly damaged when they collided near the King’s Theatre last Saturday afternoon, but the…

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Fairyland Unfolds At Bega School Of Arts Infants’ School Stages Annual Concert

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 5

Once again the mundane environs of the Bega School of Arts was transformed into a land of make believe with dainty fairy queens, spritely elfs, frightening witches,…

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