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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1937

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Military Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 9

THE officers of the 14th Field Brigade R.A.A. also held a New Year's Revel at the Military Barracks, at Marrickville last night. Palms, bunting, flags,…

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Boys' Band For Prince Edward

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 4

TWO HUNDRED young performers appear in the Adelaide Boys' Drum and Fife Band, booked for one week's exclusive…

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Public Opinion Of Best Pictures Of 1936

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 5

ENTRIES pouring in for the Best 12 Pictures of 1936 show that the public taste in entertainment is as varied as the pictures themselves. "Laburnum Grove" is proving…

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Huge Statue at Arts Ball New Year Revelry In London LONDON

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 7

The theme of the Chelsea Arts Bali this year "The Naked Truth," illustrated a huge statue of a nude woman rising from the hand of a…

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Band Music

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

Manly Wharf, Circular Quay,—Sunday, 1.45 p.m.: Metropolitan Band. Taronga Park.—Sunday, 2.45 p.m.: Westmead Old Boys' Band…

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Sunday Band Music

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 4

The Metropolitan Band, conducted by Mr. F. Philpott, will play on the Manly Wharf, Circular Quay, tomorrow, at 1.45 p.m…

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Adelaide Boys' Band

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

The saxophone section of the Adelaide Boys' Band of 200 performers appearing in an elaborate stage presentation commencing at the Prince Edward Theatre on Saturday, January 16…

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Kursaal Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

There will be no performance at the Kursaal Theatre (420 Kent-street) to-night. Mr. scott Alexander will reopen the theatre on January 16, when the Grand Guignol season will be continued…

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Tatler Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

At the Talter Theatre, Clive Brook and Victoria Hopper are showing in "Lonely Road," Other features include Zane Grey's "White Death," with Nola Warren and Alfred[?] Frith; and "March of…

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Civic Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

At the Civic Theatre "The Suicide Club," featuring Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell, and "We Went to College," with Una Merkel and Hugh Herbert, are the attractions. Episode 9 of…

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Repertory Theatre Players

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

A musical review by J. W. Fleming entitled "Stop Your Nonsense," will be performed by the Australian Repertory Theatre Players on January 19. The cast includes Gwynne Boughtwood, Marie…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

The second programme of Colonel de Basil's Monte Carlo Russian Ballet will be given at the Theatre Royal at 8 p.m. The programme will continue until next Saturday's matinee. Three…

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Readers On 12 Best Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 5

THE most popular film in 1936 was "Mutiny on the Bounty," according to yesterday's letters listing the 12 best…

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Theatre of the Air

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

To-morrow night at 8.45 the Theatre of the Air from 2GB will present as its New Year programme "The Best Laid Plans." a drama of modern Scotland…

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The Moving Picture Show Year Of Pictures

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 4

Peter Persnurkus, in all humility, chooses his 12 best pictures of 1936:-- "Rebellion," a Jack Lang production directed, more or less, by…

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Why Neglect The Theatre In Sydney?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 4

Sydney has a harbor and a bridge; Sydney has six racecourses for the amusement, and, I hope, the profit of its million and a quarter inhabitants; its has numberless palatial cinemas, luxury stores, and fine publications…

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Footballer Blind After Heading the Ball London

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 3

Alex. Finney, Bolton Wanderers' left back, has been the victim of one of the strangest accidents which ever occurred on a Soccer field…

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Scottish Concert. Record Attendance at Town Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 12

Several thousand people attended the Scottish concert in the Town Hall last night. The number was a record. The hall was comfortably crowded when…

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Pipes Skirl At Highland Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 5

Drumsticks whirling with military virtuosity to the skirl of the pipes saluted the New Year at the Highland Society's concert at the Town Hall last…

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"Here Comes the Band"

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 21

THE first actual booking of an American artist for the London appearances in May is that of Harry…

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