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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1913

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Brown's Australian Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

Recently the management has spe[?]ed in history, and the opening programme of this weeK. includes a continuation of the series, "in the Days of 0liver Cromwell. "A Florentine Tragedy," [?]…

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Empress Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

That a crime, will eventually come to light is the moral pointed by the star film entitled, "The Moving Finger," now showing at the Empress Theatre. The management announce for to-night a picture called "Like…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

Saturday night's performance of "Faust" concluded this company's season in Sydney. The members will leave this week for Perth, to appear there on February 22 in "Ben Hur," which will be followed by "Faust."…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

At the Tivoli Theatre Miss Claire Romaine is stilt filling the house nightly with her smart impersonations of bad boys. Mr. Wilton Welch and Miss Loiuse Carbaase. who appear, the former as a gay old man…

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Lyric Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

The principal picture at the Lyric Theatre on Saturday was "The Dance at Silver Gulch," a story of the rough conditions prevailing in the Western States in the sixties, at the time when law was dispensed by a…

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The Grand Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

The wonder picture, "Christopher Columbus," takes a further lease of life by opening at the Grand Theatre to-day. The living poster will not feature Columbus as this has already been done at the Town…

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The Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

"The Adventures of a Fortune" takes the, position of honour on the programme opening to-day at the Victoria Theatre. "Two Cinders" is a love story full of incident. There are also "An Unseen Enemy"…

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The Princess Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

West's are now the lessees of the Princess Theatre and Mr. J. C. Bain is manager. To herald in the new arrangement a strong list of artists his been engaged for the opening week Ruby Taunton song…

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The American Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

The American Theatre is embarking upon its secend year, with every confidence. Drama figures pro[?]ently on the screen to-day. "The Tell-tale Knife" depicts Western life; "Holding the Fort"…

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The Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

A highly [?]ensational drama, "The Black Mask," was the star [?]eature at spen[?]r's Lyccum Theatre on Saturday. Each week the spencer management seems to put on a film more seusational that the last. Seekers for…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

"The Sunshine Girl" has cmphatically "caught on" with the public, so that Her Majesty's Theatre was again brilliantly crowded on saturday night, when Miss Lonnen and Mr. Frank Greene, in the "Buzzing…

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Band Contest. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 5

The concluding session of the band contest promoted by a joint committee of the Federal Band and the West Maitland School of Arts, for the purpose of benefiting the funds of both bodies, was held last night. There…

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Stage Song and Show. William Anderson Season. New Adelphi Melodrama. "The Sunshine Girl" Current Vaudeville and Pictures

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

The re- occupation of the Palace boards by Mr. William Anderson's dramatic combination, with Miss Eugenie Duggan and Mr. Cyril Mackay as the principals, was a…

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Horrors of War. Famine and Misery. Southern Theatre Devastated. London, Sunday, 11.10 p.m

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 9

The Lord Mayor of London is appealing for funds to send a British Red Cross commission to Greece and the southern theatre of war…

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Miss Alice Currie's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

A farewell concert will be given by Miss Alice Currie at the Concordia Hall, on Thursday, 20th February, under the management of Mr. George S. Holburn. Miss Currie, who is going to Europe for…

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Pictures in Station

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 5

Fully understanding how slowly the time passes when waiting for a train par[?] for a train that is late, the railroad officials heaving to do with the equipment of the new…

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How to Putt. "Hit the Ball Truly."

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 12

"I believe that any golfer who is a bad or indifferent putter can improve himself by constant practice. The light grip, just sufficiently firm to make you feel that you have…

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Theatre Attendance Record. 21,000 See Panama Canal

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 3

The attendances at the Crystal Palace Theatre during last week numbered 21,400, an average of more than 3500 a day. This is easily an Australasian record for any kind…

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Sydney Hospital Fete. To-night's Big Concert

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 12

The Sydney Hospital Fete is to be held to-day at the Stadium. Ruebrytter's Bay After the opening [?] this afternoon by Lady [?] the hundred [?] in the…

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Spencer's Pictures

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 3

A two-thousand foot reproduction of the investiture of the Prince of Wales is the feature Kinemacolor subject in the programme now being presented at…

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