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Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1942

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Prisoners' of War Dance

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 2

The members of the Moss Vale Branch of the Red Cress Society once again lived up to their high reputation of conducting a successful dance…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Poison Pen and Juke Box Jenny

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 4

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Cabaret Dance

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 3

The Cabaret Dance in Bowral School of Arts on Friday, September 4th, promises to be the best dance of the season. Proceeds arc for the War…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Yokel Boy and Don't Get Personal

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 4

"Yokel Boy" is an unusual gangster film. It is full of humor. Based on a successful stage musical of the same name it loses nothing by transfer to…

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Cusa Dance

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 5

There was an attendance of over two hundred at the Euchre Party and Dance organised by CUSA in aid of the Soldiers Hut and the Catholic…

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Floral Dance

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 5

The Floral Dance organised by the Kangaloon Patriotic Society was most successful and the novelty was appreciated by a big gathering drawn from…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Black Eyes and Thundering Hoofs

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 6

A father's harmless deception of his daughter as to the true nature of his livelihood is the starting point of a strong domestic story in "Black…

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Australian Comforts Fund and Motion Pictures

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 2

Mr. E. C. Doepel, Australian Comforts Fund Commissioner in Northern Australia, writes a vivid note of the mobile motion picture…

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Soldiers' Dance

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 5

The dance organised by local soldiers to aid Bowral Soldiers Recreation Hut was one of the most successful of the season. If Mr. Curtin obtains…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Full Confession and Mr. Wise Guy

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 6

"Full Confession" has an interesting cast—Victor McLaglen, Sally Eilers, Joseph Calleia, Barry Fitzgerald. Elisabeth Risdon, Adele Pearce and…

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Successful Dance

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 September 1942 · page 3

The dance organised by Mrs. Luke to provide Christmas Hampers for the Forces was a great success. Miss Wright and Mr. Jackson, with a…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) the Smiling Ghost and Shepherd of the Ozarks

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 September 1942 · page 4

Roaring with laughter one minute and chilled by spine-tingling thrills the next is the experience of audiences as they watch the new…

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Pretty Decorations for Cabaret Dance

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 September 1942 · page 3

Bowral School of Arts was a happy rendezvous for many dancers last Friday night The hall was most attractively arranged as a cabaret,…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) a Close Call for Ellery Queen and Unseen Enemy

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 September 1942 · page 4

Ellery Queen. master of mystery, whose crime-hunting exploits have provided the material for a score of books, several dozen radio dramas,…

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Glenquarry Dance Prisoners of War Fund

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 3

A very successful dance was held at Glenquarry on Tuesday of last week in aid of the Prisoners of War Fund. Dancers came from all the…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Premiere, and Sing for Your Supper

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 4

Inspector Bonnard was taking an evening off at the first night of a new show when he was called backstage. The impresario had been shot…

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Six Hours Day Dance

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 2

The dance organized by Mfs. Flannery, Mrs. O'Sullivan and Mrs. Cummins on Six Hours Day to aid Out Lady of the Sacred Heart Convent…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Drums of the Congo, and Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 4

Throbbing with the beat ol jungle tom-toms, Universal's new adventure drama of the African interior, "Drums of the Congo," stars Peggy…

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Smith's Staff Dance

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 October 1942 · page 3

The dance arranged by the staff of j R. S. Smith and Co. Ply. Ltd. in aid' of the Lord Mayor's Christmas Hamper Fund, which was held on…

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Wednesday, Thursday Ball of Fire, Shorts, News, and March of Time

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 October 1942 · page 4

The hilarious romance of a college professor and a night-club queen is the theme of "Ball of Fire," Samuel Goldwyn's new, romantic comedy,…

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