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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1911

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Olympia Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 2

At the Olympia Theatre in Elizabeth-street, near the railway station, "Never Too Late to Mend" was presented last night as a drama-picture. This week's…

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Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 2

"Our Miss Gibbs" continues her marvellous money-making career at the Theatre Royal, and was again booming last, evening to capacity business. Big booking, long…

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Colonial Theatre

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 2

Mr. J. D. Williams unloaded a fine supply of films at the Colonial Theatre last night. The principal pictures were Cowboy and Bachelor Girl, Waiter No. 5, Curing…

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Southern Cross Pictures

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 2

Last evening the piece de resistance at this popular picture palace in Pitt-street, opposite the Railway Station, consisted of H. A. Forsyth's great 'bushranging film,…

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Thiele's Star Pictures

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 2

A bumper house repaid the management of Thiele's Star Pictures, Newtown, last night, their efforts in catering in an up-to-date manner for the amusement of their…

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5000 Pictures a Second

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 19

A new cinematograph camera for photographing the flight of bullets or any extremely rapid motion has been invented by Professor Marey, of Paris, and with it…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 2

The more you see of "The Whip" the more you like it, and the favorite melodrama looks like running "Our Miss Gibbs" a neck and neck gallop in the great race…

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Give Us a Snow King's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 2

Last evening saw the above popular resort en fete, when an entirely new programme was placed before patrons. There are some splendid dramatic views, scenes of…

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The Honduras Hubbub. Bonila and His Batting Band. Few Orleans

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 7

More excitement prevails at Honduras, owing to the approach of Bonilla and his horde of revolutionaries. The booning of hornet guns has been…

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Mr. Gehde's Sunday Concert

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 2

This afternoon Mr. N. J. Gehde will direct a concert at the Sydney Town Hall. M. Moskwin, the Russian basso, will be hoard in the aria "Prayer for the King"…

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Empire Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

A bright cinematograph show, interspersed with vaudeville items by well-known local artists has been it tracting large audienccs through the week. A change of programme is announced for to night…

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Championship Band Contest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

The ninth annual championship band content promoted by the Band Association of New South Wales will be carried out on the evenings of January 25, 26, 27, and 28. Seventeen of the leading bands of…

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Olympia Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

The evergreen drama, "It's Never Too Late to Mend," is excellently pictured at the Olympia Theatre, Haymarket. The star item is supported by a strong programme of bright, up-to-date films…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

The "house full" notice disappointed a large number of intended patrons of the Palace Theatre on Saturday night a considerable time before the curtain rose on the first net of "The Cirl from Rectors. The…

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Bijou Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

Large audiences filled the Bijou Theatre at both performances on Saturday when a splendid programme of cinematograph studies was presented.The films ineluded "Two Ways," "Waiter No. 5," "Scenic…

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Colonial Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

Business has been very brisk at the Colonial Theatre during the week The programme presented on catur day contained a series of dramatic, scenic, and humorous studies which entirely met with the…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5

"Our Miss Gibbs" remains a prominent attraction for theatregoers. It is now in its seventeenth week, and the houses are consistently crowded. A matinee will take place on…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

Five nights and a matinee on Wednesday are now all that remain to complete the revival performance of "The Arcadians." and, judging from the packed house on Saturday evening at the Criterion Theatre,…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

Long before the doors of Her Majesty's Theatre were opened on Saturday night numbers of people were waiting for admission; and at 8 o'clock only standing room was available. The Drury Lane melodrama "The…

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Selling Fake Pictures. French Nobleman's Nominal Sentence. London

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 1

After a month's trial at Tours, France, on a charge of swindling the Duchess Dechoiseul Praslin, formerly Mrs. Hamilton Paine, of Boston, of £40,000, by selling fake…

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