Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Pictures, dances & concerts, all years

Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1947

67 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 4

Empire Theatre Saturday and Monday Suddenly It's Spring

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 5

The comedy romance "Suddenly It's Spring" futures Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard and Macdonald Carey. It tells the story of an…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Ex-Students' Ball Tantes Presented

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 5

[?] of the school colours, and white, were used to the School of Arts, Bowral, the night, when the ex-students…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Empire Theatre Saturday and Monday the Magic Bow

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 4

Brilliant violin solos hy Yehudi, Menuhin are a feature of "The Magic Bow," with Stewart Granger and Phyllis Calvert in the stellar roles…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Diggers' Ball Burrawang Function

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 6

There was a good attendance at the Diggers' ball held under the auspices of Robertson-Kangaloon Returned Soldiers' League in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Empire Theatre Saturday and Monday the Egg and I

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 7

The acreen adaptation of the book "The Egg and 1," which became a hest-seller, has Claudette Colbert as the bride who does not like chickens…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Empire Theatre Saturday and Monday Margie

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 4

Filmed in technicolor, "Margie" has Jeanne Crain in the stellar role, while Glenn Langan and Lynn Bari have important parts. The story is…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Tarzan and the Huntress the Gentleman Misbehaves

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 2

Johnny Weissmuller and Brenda Joyce head the cast of another of the popular Tarzan series, in which the ape-man protects the denizens of the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Dance at Berrima Help for Miss Australia

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 4

A large crowd attended a dance in the Berrima School of Arts on SAturday night, despite the cold, wet night. It was the largest gathering…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Dangerous Money

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

Sidney Toler plays his familiar role as Charlie Chan in "Dangerous Honey." The story revolves about a Government agent who is murdered…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

C.W.A. Younger Set Ball Colorful Decorations

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 6

Unusual decorations were a feature of the annual ball of the Bowral C.W.A. Younger Set, held in the School of Arts on Friday night. Short…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Variety Jubilee

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 4

Covering the Boer War and Great, War periods and ending in the present day, "Variety Jubilee" contains many of the popular tunes of those…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday), Saturday

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 2

Filmed in rainbow technicolor, "Till the Clouds Roll By" tells the life story of the composer Jerome Kern (portrayed in the film by…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Millie's Daughter

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 7

The film "Millie's Daughter" is a sequel to that of "Millie," in which Helen Twelvetrees played the part of the tempestuous heroine. Gay…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday), Saturday, Monday the Hucksters

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 October 1947 · page 6

Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr-head the cast of the romantic comedy drama "The Hucksters." The story is that of a young soldier who…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) Rainbow Over Texas

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 6

Roy Rogers and his hone Trigger are featured in "Rainbow over Texas," which also has George (Gabby) Hayes and Dale Evans in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday)

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 5

The story of a princess who falls in love with a bellboy at the hotel at which she is staying in America is told in "Her Highness and the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday) [?] the Night

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 5

The story of a young man who akes up from what be thought was nightmare, in which he dreamed. hat he killed a man, is told in "Fear…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Bright Concert Aid for Mittagong Children's Library

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 5

There was a large attendance at the concert organised by Hiss Joyce Hauber, of Bowral, in aid of the Mittagong Children's Library, held at…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Empire Theatre To-night (Friday)

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 4

A feud between homesteaders settling on a cattle ranch, and the owner of the ranch, form the basis of the story of "Wyoming." The…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

School Concert Excellent Production

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 3

Bowral Infants' School Club, which wu responsible for the organising of the children's concert held in the School of Arts on Thursday night of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →