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Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1947

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire Saturday and Monday Holiday in Mexico Naughty Nanette. Holiday in Mexico

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 4

The new technicolor musical "Holiday in Mexico" is delightful entertainment. Beautifully photographed against a background of rich Mexican…

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Ex-Servicemen Meet Legion to Hold Annual Ball

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 3

At a meeting of Bowral branch of the Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women on Tuesday night it was decided that an annual bull be held…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Sunday Dinner for a Soldier. One Exciting Week. Sunday Dinner for a Soldier

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 4

Ann Baxter and John Hodiak are co-starred in "Sunday Dinner for a Soldier." which is a comedy-drama dealing with the Story of an…

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C.W.A. Ball at Robertson New Year Ushered in

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 4

The highlight of the district's New Year was a ball held at the School of Arts, Robertson, by Robertson branch of the Country Women's…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Too Young to Know. Slightly Scandalous. Too Young to Know

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

Starring the gay and lovable sweethearts of "Hollywood Canteen," Joan Leslie and Robert Hutton, "Too Young to Know" is a…

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Empire Theatre To-night Friday) Love, Honor and Good-bye. the Dark Horse. Love. Honor and Good-bye

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 5

Virginia Bruce, Edward Ashley and Victor McLaren head the cast of the comedy-romance "Love, Honor and Good-bye." Miss Bruce has the…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Time to Kill. Perilous Holiday. Time to Kill

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 4

Crackling with the same electric wit that sparkled through the preceding Michael Shaynel detective film, "Time to Kill" is a fast-moving…

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Bowral Band Annual Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

There was a particularly good attendance of members of Bowral Band at the annual meeting, held last week, and the thoroughness with…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Cinderella Jones. Dick Tracy v Cueball. Cinderella Jones

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

"Cinderella Jones," a comedy drama, which will be screened at the Empire to-night (Friday), has a strong cast headed by Robert Alda,…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) George Washington Slept Here Allotment Wives. George Washington Slept Here

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 6

Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan need the cast of the light comedy "George Washington Slept Here." No advance press sheet is available…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) the Jolson Story

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 4

"The Jolson Story" will be screened for is fourth and final night at the Empire Theatre to-night (Friday)…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Danger [?] Behind City Lights. Danger Signal

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 5

Zachary Scott has the [?] of a confidence man who tricks susceptible women into lending him money and then kills them in "Danger…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Midnight Manhunt Child of Divorce. Midnight Manhunt

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 5

Pine-Thomas has produced another ace murder thriller for Paramount, according to previewers who got a glimpse of William Gargan and Ann…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Strange Journey

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 4

Osa Mason, Paul Kelly and Hilary Brooks are starred in "Strange Journey," a thrilling story of love and violence. The film is set on a lonely…

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A.L.P. Dance at Moss Vale Successful Function

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2

Visitors from Mittagong, Bowral and Bundanoon, as well as a large number of local residents, attended the dance organised by Moss Vale…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Our Hearts Were Growing Up

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 4

"Our Hearts Were Growing Up," Faramount's new comedy, is an extremely lively affair, studded with amusing mix-ups and side-splitting…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) the Killers

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 5

Hailed by Sydney and Melbourne critics as one of the best thrillers to be screened, "The Killers" is a picture that lovers of that type of…

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Come to the Ball

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 5

[?] up to the Bundsmen's great [?] Ball. [?] held May the second in school of Arts Hall…

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Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Gone with the Wind

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 7

To-night concludes a four-nights season of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's masterpiece "Gone With the Wind."…

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Lesion Ball Splendid Success

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 2

The annual ball of Bowral branch of the Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women was held in the School of Arts on Friday night last. The hall…

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