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Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1943

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire Saturday and Monday Eagle Squadron and South of Santa Fe

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 3

The story of American fighter plots in the Royal Air Force is [?]aght to the screen for the first have in "Eagle Squadron."…

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A.I.F. Commandos in Timor. Small Band Holds Down Big Enemy Force

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

In the mountain wilderness of Portugese Timor, less than 450 miles from Australia's north west coastline, an A.I.F…

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A.I.P. Commandos in Timor. Small Band Holds Down Big Enemy Force. (Continued from last issue.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 2

The first surrender note reached Australian headquarters on March 12. Here it is, just, as the Japs…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) the Richest Man in Town and Strictly in the Groove

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 3

"The Richest Man in Town" is acclaimed as the season's biggest "little picture," Headed by Frank Craven, of "Our Town" fame, the cast…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Highways by Night and Hello, Annapolis

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 3

When a wealthy young business man accidentally intrudes on a gang-land murder he finds himself hunted by the police on one hand and marked…

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Band Honors Jack McRAE

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 2

Bowral Band members attended at the Railway Station on Monday evening of last week and played several tunes…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Syncopation and Citadel of Crime

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 3

"Syncopation" is a typical Yankee jazz-film making a strong appeal to young folk who like jazz orchestras and plenty of lively singing and…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire Friday—saturday—monday Mrs. Miniver

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

Tonight (Friday) and on Saturday and Monday, the five-night season of "Mrs. Miniver" will be continued. This film, which was fully described…

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The Band and the Soldiers

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 2

A number of Bowral residents are under a misapprehension concerning the part played by Bowral Bind in welcoming members of the forces on…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Adventures of Tom Sawyer and She's in the Army Now

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 3

Every boy in Bowral and thereabout will wish to be at the Empire Theatre to-night (Friday) when Mark Twain's great story of that real boy, Tom…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Journey Into Fear and Honolulu Lu

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 3

"Honolulu Lu" is a musical farce with plenty of high-stepping, featuring Lupe Velez and Leo Carrillo. Velez puts all she has into this…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Shut My Big Mouth and Scattergood Survives a Murder

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 4

Joe E. Brown returns to the screen in Columbia's "Shut My Big Mouth," a laugh-loaded comedy of the wide open faces. Hailsd by Hollywood as…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Home in Wyoming and Bandit Ranger

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 3

Gene Autry's latest singing western film has thrills, action and songs galore, moving swiftly and entrancingly along a rodeo background…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Escape From Hong Kong and Phantom Killer

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

The action which took place in Hong Kong the week before the city was captured by the Japanese, and the part the British and the Americans…

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Dance for Soldiers

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 3

On Tuesday next, Bowral Scottish Association will give a dance to welcome home soldiers on leave from, the fighting lines. The Scotties have…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Elephant Boy and Tight Shoes

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 3

"Elephant Boy" is another of the fine series of Kipling jungle stories featuring Sabu and the beasts of the jungle. The story is one that…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror and the Falcon's Brother

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 3

To-night (Friday) will be a great night for the boys, young and old, who delight in detective yarns. Sherlock Holmes, master detective,…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Counter Espionage and Let's Get Tough

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 3

It takes a thief to catch a thief, and advance reports indicate that it doesn't take the Lone Wolf, lone to brine spies to their knees have cons…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Lucky Legs and Police Bullets

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 3

Jinx Falkenburg. Columbia's lonelegged lovely who once was America's number one magazine-cover girl and to-day is one of filmdom's most…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Seven Miles From Alcatraz and Mummy Tomb

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 3

Said to be one of the most exciting current pictures, "Seven Miles from Alcatraz" presents a talented group of film favorites headed by James…

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