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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1922

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Sunday Band Music

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 3

Manly District, Ocean Beach, 2.45. Metropolitan Band, Botanic Gardens, 3 p.m. N.S.W. Tramway Band, Taronga Park, 8 p.m…

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Haymarket Theatre

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 11

Norma Talmadge headed the new programme at the Haymarket Theatre yesterday in "The Moth", a 6 act play which gave her the fullest scope for her…

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Fuller's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 9

The Smart Set Diggers are drawing packed houses at Fuller's Theatre. In the vaudeville section are Charie, the Mack Sennett Girl, and the Richardson…

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Pictures That Brighten the Screen

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 15

ROBERT McKIM AND FRITZI BRUNETTE IN THE DEVIL TO PAY (STRAND)…

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SOCIETY Latest News and Pictures of Social Events and Interests in Metropolis and Country

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 19

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Hospital Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 3

The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital dance organised by Mrs. J. C. Leete (president) Mrs. vincent M'Cauley (hon. treasurer), and Mr. Stan. Windon (hon. secretary), took place…

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Paramount Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

In order to discus ways and meats for the better exploitation of Paramount pictures in the Union Theatres throughout the city, Mr. John Hicks, j[?]n., gave an informal lunc[?]on, last Wednesday to…

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Motion Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

Charles Ray, in the football film, "Two Minutes to Go," is the feature at the Strand Theatre, where on Saturday It filled the house at each session. Ray as the here, who peddles…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

The Tivoli Theatre had capacity houses at both performances on Saturday', when a programme of general excellence alike from the standpoint of variety and quality, was…

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Fuller's Vaudeville Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

The popularity of the vaudeville presented by the Fullers was never better demonstrated than on Saturday, when both performances at the New National Theatre were attended by large…

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Theatres, Concerts, Movies Holiday Arrangements

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

To-day, being New Year's Day. special screening arrangements have been made for both city and suburban theatres. The Lyceum, Lyric. Crystal Palace. Strand. Empress,…

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Gum Leaves and Butterflies Wentworth Dinner Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

The very words "gum -leaves and butterflies" call up a haunting vision of the fragrant woods. I seem to see the tangled undergrowth looking cool and green with its…

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Madman Runs Amok Stabbing the Theatre Crowds LONDON

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 1

The Berlin Correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that Paul Betz a [?] ran [?] with a [?] in the [?] a crowds…

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Highland Concert Splendid New Year Gathering

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 9

[?] for wild weather. a large audience [?] at the Highland Socicty's New Year concert, at the Town Hall last nick and the brilliant scene…

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Concert at Town Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 8

The driving rain which, in the wordd of Thomson's "Seasons," "deformed the day delightless," continued to fail in torrents all the evening, yet a very large audience…

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Braw Bricht Nicht Highland Society's Concert Honoring Scottish Singer

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

Rain and tempest did not to any great extent diminish the size of the audience at last night's New Year concert of the Highland Society, nor did…

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New Year Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 7

When a Scotsman buys a ticket for his annual concert it requires some very strange influence to keep him away from it. Last night, although the rain poured down mercilessly at…

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The Dwindling Band Mr. Dooley and Sir G. Fuller

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 7

Mr. Dooley replied to-day to Sir George Fuller's statement regarding his conversations [?] the Governor in the recent crisis…

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The Theatre

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 21

Specially attractive plays are being staged at the Sydney theatres at present. At Her Majesty's Theatre, "The Boy," a delightful musical comedy, has been…

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Picture Theatre Afire Orderly Exit AUCKLAND

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 9

A fire occurred in a Onehunga picture theatre owing to the ignition of the film. Over 100 children were got out without difficulty. The fire…

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