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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1929

6,815 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Rainbow Air Beacon State Theatre and Block

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 7

A PROPOSAL is forthcoming from a big Sydney firm that the air beacon to he elected as the summit of the Statu Theatre and Shopping…

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Air Beacon Rainbow Type? for State Theatre

Evening News · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 9

A PROPOSAL is [?] from a [?] duty firm that the [?] and [?]…

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Dance Shoes

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 7

IF you want your dance shoes to wear well do not tree them. Trees are apt to stretch the fabric, so that it wears bare in places. it is better to…

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Radio Dance Night

Evening News · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 11

A special dance night has been arranged for to-night by broadcasting stat on [?]FC Ce[?] a dance and will play numbers [?] 8 o'clock and 1030 There with be…

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A Busy Band of Girls

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 20

TAMWORTH YOUNGER SET. Armidale Younger Set is a busy little band of girls, the members of which ply their needles for the benefit of the seaside home at Port Macquarie. Miss Marlon McArthur (inset) was elected president at the…

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The Pictures Filming the Eruption of Mount Etna

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 17

An interesting account of the enterprise of a Paramount News cameraman in securing a pictorial record of the recent Mount Etna…

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Glass Expert Arrives Massive Chandeliers Work at State Theatre

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 7

MR. F. HELZEL, a noted European glass expert, who has superintended many of the main installations in Continental palaces and theatres,…

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Our Band

The Biz · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 8

The band contests just finished in Sydney draws attention to the fact that Fairfield Band requires stirring up. We have at present the…

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Nepean Pictures

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 8

A fine programme is to be s[?]ned at Nepean Theatre [?] Saturday night. There will be the first screening in Australia of a special comedy-drama…

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Dungowan Pictures

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 8

A side-splitting comedy, coupled with spectaculac moments which would do[?] credit to the biggest dramatic productions, give Baster Keaton a picture…

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Younger Set Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 20

THE younger set of the Women's Country Club Will entertain the commander and officers of the French warship, "Cassiopee," also the…

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Playbox Theatre

The Sun · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 8

There will be no reading at the Playbox Theatre, 11 Rowe- street, Sydney, on Sunday evening, February 3. Owing to a change in the Playbox's…

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Recent Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 12

"Mother Knows Best." the Regent's principal "talky," will enter into its second week at this theatre to-day. Raquel M[?] Richard Bonelli, and Chi[?] Sale are on the same programme…

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Capitol Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 12

"The Docks of New York," a new Paramount picture to be shown at the Capitol, is said to provide congenial roles for George Bancroft, Olga B[?]nova, Betty Co[?]pson. Buster Keaton, in "The C[?]…

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Fuller's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 12

Mo and his Merrymakers, Tiki Carpenter, Verna Bain, Myrtle and Daphne, and the Charleston Symphonisis are the loading entertainers at Fuller's Theatre…

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Prince Edward Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 12

"Street Angel," with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in the leading characters, is still heading the programme of "talkies" at the Prince Edward Theatre…

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The Playbox Theatre

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 6

There will be no reading at the Playbox Theatre. It Rowe Street, city, on Sunday evening. Owing to a change in the Playbox policy and the preparations…

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St. John's Park Euchre and Dance

The Biz · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 5

On Saturday the School of Arts hold a most successful social evening. The euchre turnament was well patronised. It is noted that the…

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St. James Theatre.—"good News."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 12

Large audiences are entertained at the St. [?] Theatre by the brisk humour of "Good News," in which Miss Elsie Prince and Messrs. Jimmy Godden, Charlton Morton, and Stan Foley figure prominently…

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Theatre Royal—"hit the Deck."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 12

The new musical comedy, "Hit the Deck." is the present attraction at the Theatre Royal, where there will be matinees to-day and on Wednesday. Miss Annie Croft heads an effective cast. On Friday…

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