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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1939

5,184 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Concert at Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 21

Mrs. H. H. Palmer (Yvonne Deschamps) is arranging a concert to be held at the Albert Hall, Canberra, on Saturday, in aid of the Church of England, Canberra…

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Cyclists' Dance

Daily News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 14

League of N.S.W. Wheelmen is staging a supper dance at the State Assembly Ballroom on Wednesday, March 1. The function is to entertain the visiting…

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Théâtre

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Cantique des Cantiques, un acte de M. Jean Giraudoux Le jour ou M. Neville Chamberlain partit pour reucontrer a Berchtesgaden…

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Embassy Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 7

The screen and stage entertainment at the Embassy Theatre to-day comprises "A Man to Remember with Anne Shirley and Edward Ellis: "Annabel Takes a Tour," with Jack Oakle and…

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Returned Soldiers’ Band Contest

The St George Call · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

A final reminder to music enthusiasts that the band competition, under the auspices of the Kogarah Returned Soldiers, to be held on the Jubilee Oval,…

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Daily News In Pictures

Daily News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

BLAZE: Women yesterday formed a bucket brigade to save the Baptist Church. Ryde, when it was threatened by flames which gutted the adjoining Sunday School, shown above. GUARD: Police guarded the Adelaide Company's wharf yesterday when the steamer Bungaree berthed…

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Local Band on the Air

The St George Call · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

We are in receipt of information that the Rockdale Citadel (Salvation Army) Band will broadcast a full hour's programme from 3 till 4 p.m. this Sunday,…

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Hoyts Regent Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 7

Samuel Goldwyn's romantic comedy. "The Cowboy and the Lady," with Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon, will begin a season at Hoyts Regent Theatre to-day. Patsy Kelly and Walter Brennan are…

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Hoyts Plaza Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 7

Based on a Damon Runyon story. "Stra[?]an, Place and Show." a new Ritz Brothers comedy, opens at the Plaza Theatre to-day. The supporting feature is "Torchy in Chinatown." in which…

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Hoyts Century Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 7

Janet Gaynor, Douglas Falrbanks, Jun., Paulette Goddard, Billie Burke, and Roland Young head the cast of "The Young in Heart," which will be seen at Hoyts Century Theatre this morning. The…

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For Women at the Carl Thomas Club Birthday Dinner Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

MRS. HARRY HODSON, of London, who will leave by the Stratheden on Saturday to return to England, and MR. WALLACE ANDERSON, at the Carl Thomas Club birthday dinner dance last night…

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Celebrity Concert Dates Fixed

Daily News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 6

Dates for the A.B.C.'s celebrity orchestral concerts at the Town Hall were announced by the Chairman, Mr. Cleary yesterday as follow:…

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New Plans For Concerts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 10

Subscribers to the 1939 Celebrity Orchestral Concerts, beginning on March 3, will be able to attend the final…

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Band Contest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

A massed b[?]nds display and contest will be held on the Kogarah Oval to-morrow afternoon. Proceeds will be in aid of the Kogarah Returned Sailors and Soldiers'…

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Band Contest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

The band contest, arranged by the Kogarah subbranch, in an ende[?]our to raise funds to [?]date the deb[?] on the war memorial hall, will be held on Jubilee O[?]al, Kogarah, on Sunday afternoon, Good…

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Daily News In Pictures

Daily News · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 3

ART?: An actual page from a German schoolboy's drawing book, showing his idea of a typical Nazi youth beside that of a gross conception of the Jew. R. K.O. Time Marches On…

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Savoy Theatre Lecture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

An interesting lecture, entitled "Adep[?] Tea[?] Throughout the Ages," by Mr. Geoffrey Hodson, international lecturer and occu[?]st, will be given at the Savoy Theatre to-morrow…

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New Theatre League

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

The New Theatre League will give a repeat performance of the new Spanish play. "Senora C[?][?] Rifles." by Brech[?] the German dramstist and "Where's Th[?]: Bemb?: as their premises…

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National Theatre Movement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

Owing to the very large number of entries in The National Theatre Movement three-[?]t play competition, it is taking the [?]ges some time to [?] them. The [?] will be published at the earliest…

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Original Poetry Our Knight-Hood Band

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 5

Tune: "National Anthem." God bless our Knighthood Band, May each for honour stand With steadfast soul…

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