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Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1944

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire Saturday and Monday Hello, Beautiful! and Moon Over Las Vegas Hello, Beautiful!

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 3

A tribute to feminine fashion and loveliness, with music and songs to provide gaiety and lightness, the Charles E. Rogers musical…

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Patriotic Ball

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 2

Despite unfavorable weather conditions, the annual ball of Kangaloon Patriotic Society was largely attended and the committee appointed…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Third Night of Casablanca Casablanca

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 3

Those who did not see this great film on Wednesday or Thursday will have a third opportunity to see it to-night (Friday). "Casablanca" is one of the…

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Fuzzy-Wuzzy Dance

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 2

Miss Mona Workman scored a notable success in her initial dance on Thursday of last week to raise funds for amenities for the Fuzzy…

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Empire Pictures Interesting Programs

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 3

Owing to pressure on our space, we are unable to give our usual comment upon the week's pictures at The Empire Theatre…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire Saturday and Monday Cover Girl and Secret Enemies Cover Girl

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 3

Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Jinx Falkenburg and Cover Girls head the cast lot "Cover Girl," Columbia's newest…

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Concerted Effort Wanted. Prime Minister On Second Victory Loan Opening

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 August 1944 · page 4

The Second Victory Loan for 160,000,000 will open on September 26. It will close on October 31. This Loan will be a…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire Saturday and Monday the Sullivans Shorts and News the Sullivans

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 August 1944 · page 5

The most impressive picture of United States youth and United States patriotism yet produced is "The Sullivans."…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire Saturday and Monday the Human Comedy Short Subjects, News [?]E Human Comedy

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 August 1944 · page 3

Metre-Goldwyn-Mayer has brought William Saroyan's "The Human comedy" to the screen as a deeply moving picture of American life. In…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Casanova in Burlesque and Klondike Kate Casanova in Burlesque

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 3

Joe E. Brown, Hollywood's best-beloved comedian, plays a double life in "Casanova in Burlesque." So does Marjorie Gateson. Between the two…

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Bowral Scores Well Wins in Sydney Band Band Contests

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 2

Months of practice by the lads and coaching by Bandmaster Sweeney resulted in highly satisfactory performances by members of Bowral…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) My Best Gal and Curse of the Cat People My Best Gal

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 3

Jane Withers, Jimmy Lydon and Frank Craven give sterling performances in "My Best Gal," and so do those who fill the less important…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Dear Octopus Overland to Deadwood Saturday, Monday and Tuesday Johnny Come Lately Hi, Good Lookin'! Johnny Come Lately

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 3

A few years ago Louis Broomfield, famous novelist, wrote a magazine serial that was so widely acclaimed by critics that it became a best-seller…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Dear Octopus Overland to Deadwood Dear Octopus

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 3

A brilliant cast of names, famous in the stage and screen world, will be seen in Gainsborough's "Dear Octopus," the film version of the play…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire Four-Nights Season of Random Harvest

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 3

"Random Harvest," one of the greatest pictures of the year, will have a four-nights and matinee screening at the Empire Theatre, Bowral, commencing to-night (Friday). In any history of Hollywood, Ronald…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Rosie the Riveter Two-man Submarine Pretty Girls, Hit Tunes

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 3

Smart dialogue, pretty girls and hit tunes make Republic's new musical, "Rosie the Riveter," top-flight entertainment…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Third Night of My Favourite Blonde South of Dixie Shorts, Australasian News Saturday and Monday the Heavenly Body the Chinese Cat Fun with the Stars

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 3

The controversy between astronomy and astrology provides a hilarious theme for the gay screen comedy "The Heavenly Twins." co-starring…

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Robertson Diggers' Annual Ball Outstanding Success

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 October 1944 · page 2

The enthusiastic response to the recent Victory Girl Appeal in no wise diminished the support extended to Robertson Diggers' Ball, which was…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire Tonight (Friday) the Yellow Canary Slightly Terrific the Yellow Canary

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 October 1944 · page 4

Co-starring Anna Neagle and Richard Greene in romantic melodrama, "The Yellow Canary" gets off to a bang, with the first scene introducing the…

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Waratah Ball

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 3

Always one of the most enjoyable dances of the year, the Waratah Ball at Avoca again achieved an outstanding success. The attendance was too…

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