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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1921

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Concert and Dance

The St George Call · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 3

The Sans Souci Workmen's Institute will give a concert and dance this (Friday) night, at Clareville Hall, Sandringham, 8 till 12.30…

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Australian Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 11

The Australian Theatre, Hyde Park, reopens this afternoon as the first release house of all future Selznick, Fox, National, Republic, and Select features. There will be four sessions daily—at 11 a.m., 2.30…

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Temperance Hall Pictures

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

At the Temperance Hall Pictures this Saturday night a big two-star programme will be screened. H. B. Warner will be seen in a thrilling romance…

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Fuller's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 11

Changes on the vaudeville programme at Fuller's Theatre to-day at 2.30 and 8 p.m. will include the turns of Tilton and West, in song and patter; Jason, ventriloquist; Maggie Buckley, in ragtime songs; and…

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Open-air Band Music

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 11

The Eastern Suburbs United Band, under H. W. A. Wedd, will play at Taronga Park, to-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock, and at Bondi Beach at night, commencing at 8…

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Nepean Picture Theatre

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

This Friday (New Year's Eve) a special programme will be screened, as well as programmes on Saturday (Jan. 1st) and Monday (Jan. 3rd) which is…

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King's Cross Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 11

"Are All Men Alike?" and "Jinx" will be shown at the King's Cross to-day, Monday, and Tuesday. On Wednesday these pictures will be replaced by "The Yellow Typhoon," "Haunting Shadows," and…

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Palace Theatre.—"welcome Stranger."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 11

The new American play, "Welcome Stranger, will be produced for the first time in Australia this afternoon and evening at the Palace Theatre, when there will be a new character for John D. O'Hara as a…

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Liverpool. Miss Gladys Smith's Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

A large number of parents and friends assembled on December 22nd at the Town Hall, on the invitation of Miss Gladys Smith, to witness the presentation of…

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A Grand Concert

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

A grand concert in aid of the Soldiers' Memorial Fund was held in the Protestant Hall on Boxing night, and wus largely attended. The audience…

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New Year's Night Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 11

Scotchmen will foregather for "Auld Lang Syne" at the Town Hall to-night, when the Highland Society of New South Wales will wind up their festival day with a "nicht o' music." An attractive programme…

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Sunday Band Music

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1921 · page 16

Eastern Suburbs United, Taronga Park 3 p.m. Bondi Beach 3 p.m. Professional Musicians: Hyde Park, 7.30; Camperdown Park. 3: Moore Park, 3; Wynyard Park…

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Fullers' Theatre

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1921 · page 10

Fredo and Son, acrobatic violinists, were among the new arrivals at Pullers' Theatre yesterday, when the vaudeville programme submitted met with hearty…

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Haymarket Theatre

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1921 · page 10

Hobart Bosworth has already gained the admiration of Haymarket Theatre Paramount-Artcraft play. "Behind the…

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The New Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1921 · page 2

Hearty and generally wholesome entertainment is the rule at the big Fuller theatre in Castlereagh-street, and for that sort of show the Fullers have won the…

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Scottish Concert

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1921 · page 2

The Scotsman may on occasion be a dour sort and given to calculating the bawbees, but give him an occasion for some form of national expression and…

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Australian Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 2

A new order of things was instituted at the Australian Theatre, Liverpool-street, Hyde Park on Saturday, when the first programme of the Selznick- Fox combination was presented before crowded houses…

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Fullers' New Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 3

An attractive vaudeville programme was presented by Messrs. Ben and John Fuller at the New Theatre on Saturday evening. The horizontal bar performance by the…

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Ireland. Soldiers and Civilians Dance. London, January 2

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4

There was a remarkable scene at Carrick-on-Shannon on New Year's Eve. The local band, headed by a torchlight procession, halted in the square, where the East Yorkshires, who…

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Theatre Conditions. Employers' Viewpoint. Friendly Relations Prevail

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 2

Mr. John Fuller, of Messrs. B. and J. Fuller, of the Grand Opera House and National Theatre, last night repudiated Mr. Baker's declaration that "bad conditions and evil…

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