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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1928

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Nepean Pictures

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

For to-night (Saturday) two s[?]ceials, viz., "Ladies Must Dre[?]" and "Home Made" will be screened. Virginia Valli and Lawrence Gray have the…

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Fullers' Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 14

Jim Gerald and his company at Fullers' Theatre will appear to-day in a new revue entitled "Don't Tell the Wife."…

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St. James Theatre—"archie."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 14

"Archie," which has drawn consistently large audiences to the St. James Theatre, will conclude its run in two weeks. Miss Elsie Prince, Mr. Jimmy Godden, and Mr. Charlton Morton are prominent is…

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Shakespeare Theatre. American Co-operation. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 17

The King has sent through Sir Austen Chamberlain the following message to the American Shakespeare Foundation expressing pleasure at its participation with the British…

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Changing Pictures

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 2

Get a piece of red glass and a piece of green, and with them you can make some interesting experiments. First, you must draw a number of pictures…

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Leap Year Dance

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 13

Mrs. David Hunter (Mayoress of Waverley) and Mrs. Hugh McMahon Holm, of 177 Bridge-road, Glebe, have arranged for a meeting of ladies and…

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Moth Ball Experiment

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 2

You will need a glass tumbler, full of water, with some sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), and four moth balls put in it. The moth balls, when dropped in, will go…

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Alliance Francaise Supper Dance

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 13

The committee of the Alliance Francaise announces that M. M. Borotra, Boussus, and Brugnon will be the guests of honor at the…

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On the Hip Girls Given Drink in Dance Halls Police View

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 16

INSPECTOR GIBSON, of North Sydney, has set his face against the hip-pocket dance hall brigade in his division, and when a young…

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Novelty Play Theatre or Court-room? "Trial of Mary Dugan"

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 5

You wander into the theatre--or the Court, to find the caretaker dusting it and putting the papers straight. Then come the judge, counsel, the…

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Six Centuries in Two Innings Give Cricket Fans an Eye-full Kangaroo Jack Finds His Hop Nicholls Needs No Bag For the Ball! Vic. All Out: 111 BEHIND

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 5

WOODFULL was unfortunate to miss the century, but his ill-fortune was made up by the remarkable share of it that went with the innings of Ryder…

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Staff Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

Blue and white streamers, and a profusion of paper decorations in the same colours, gave a gay appearance to the premises of Boyd Edkins, Ltd., in Phillip-street, on…

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Fullers' Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 6

Mr. Jim Gerald leads the cast of a bright new entertainment at Fullers' Theatre. The first part of the programme consists of nine scenes of mingled mirth and melody. There…

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Theatre Royal. "The Trial of Mary Dugan."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 6

Certainly many strange features occur in the judicial process of the American criminal court, as depicted in "The Trial of Mary Dugan," in which Mr. Leon Gordon and his…

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"Death Dance" Legation and Actor Astonishing Action London

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 1

Alleging mutilation and distortion, the Swedish Legation has attempted to stop, the production in London of "The Dance of Death," a work of the…

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Big Blaze Woollahra Theatre £8000 Damages "Looked Like Furnace"

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 9

The Woollahra Picture Show, corner Oxford and Leswell Streets, Woollahra, was destroyed by fire…

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Boussus, Idol of Tennis Flappers But Borotra Was Hero of the Stands Frenchmen Meticulous in Court Manners -- They Thanked Even Ball Boys Artist of Trio Was Brugnon

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 11

What with the amazing gymnastics of the "Bounding Basque, the uncanny placements of the polished Brugnon, and he crisp, finished drives of the shy youth, Boussus, France's "three racqueteers" provided tennis enthusiasts at White City…

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Leap Year Dance

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 10

The Mayoress of Waverley. Mrs. David Hunter, and Mrs. Hugh M'Mahon Holn have called a meeting to be held at Waverley Council Chambers to-morrow at…

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A Taffeta Dance Frock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 7

Primrose taffeta over primrose lace was used for this pretty frock, which has the new bodice with the deep V front. A huge red muslin rose…

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German Pictures for Kurri

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 13

KURRI KURRI, Monday.--The management committee of the Kurri School of Arts and Theatre has entered into negotiations with a producing…

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