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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1941

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War Fund Effort. Chipping Norton Dance

Liverpool News · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2
Also in The Biz

Chipping Norton War Fund Committee held a successful dance on Saturday night last. There was a large crowd despite the rain. Darcy's orchestra were…

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Newsreel Theatre at Wynyard Station

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 9

Public demand for newsreels of the war is one of the reasons for the decision of Greater Union Theatres Pty., Ltd., to open a continuous…

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Dance at Lansdowne School of Arts Function

The Biz · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 1

The members of the committee of Lansdowne School of Arts were pleasantly surprised with the large attendance at the dance held by that institution in…

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Nepean Theatre Talkies "A Little Bit Op Heaven"

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 8

This picture, screening at the Nepcan this Saturday and Monday, Feb. 1 and 3, brings back that delightful little singer, Gloria Jean, in another…

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Leger and Post Pictures At Victoria Park at the Leger—hurdle Race, 1½ Miles

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 11

FINISH—HURDLE RACE, H Miles. AT THE LEGER—MAIDEN TWO-YEAR-OLD, 4½ Furs. (FOR FILLIES)—FIRST DIVISION. FINISH-MAIDEN TWO-YEAR-OLD, 4} Furs. (FOR FILLIES)-FIRST DIVISION. AT THE LEGER—MAIDEN TWO-YEAR-OLD, 4½ Furs.—FOR FILLIES)—SECOND DIVISION…

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Leger and Post Pictures At Victoria Park Finish—flying Handicap, 6½ Furs.—SECOND DIVISION

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 12

AT THE LEGER—MAIDEN TWO-YEAR-OLD, 4½ Furs. (FOR COLTS AND GELDINGS)—FIRST DIVISION. FINISH—MAIDEN TWO-YEAR-OLD, 4½ Furs. (FOR COLTS AND GELDINGS)—FIRST DIVISION. AT THE LEGER—MAIDEN TWO-YEAR-OLD, 4½ Furs. (FOR COLTS AND GELDINGS)—SECOND DIVISION. FINISH—MAIDEN TWO-YEAR-OLD, 4½ Furs. (FOR COLTS AND GELDINGS)—SECOND DIVISION…

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Red Cross Concert

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 4

A very bright programme was presented at the concert held in the) Dungowan Theatre on Tuesday evening in aid of Red Cross funds. There…

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La Belle France in Pictures

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 6

Le Courrier Australien is offering for salé special series of the artistic collection of diminutive pictures edited under the name of "Beautiful France…

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Fashions, Films, and Theatre Former Impressario

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 4

This may surprise you, but its the truth. When Joan Bonnett, currently co-starring with Louis Hayward in “The Son of Monte Cristo,” was of…

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BACK-STAGE With Rex Rienits Theatre's Revolt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 9

In my review last Monday of Theatre Royal's current "No Time for Comedy" I suggested that production and…

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Dance Music on Sinking Ship

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 1

PERTH Friday.--Five sailors left behind on a torpedoed merchantman stayed aboard the sinking vessel for 16 hours, listening to dance music on…

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News Pictures of Dead Soldier Son

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 5

An A.I.F. lieutenant officially reported killed in action at Bardia was later shown in a newspaper picture and in a newsreel celebrating the Bardia victory. This claim is made by Mrs. F…

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Women's News Young Hostesses Give Dance For Airmen Information Bureau Entertained Inquirers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 9

Fifty "lonely" airmen were last night entertained at a dance at the Overseas League club-rooms in…

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For Women. Dance for Men of R.A.A.F. Week-End Leave

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 9

FIFTY men of the R.A.A.F. who are staying at Air Force House on week-end leave were entertained at a dance at the Overseas…

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Music and Drama. Australian Composer's Success.— State of Theatre in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 10

That the work of Australian composers is being more widely recognised is evident by the inclusion of Australian compositions in the…

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Splendid playing of clarinet concerto

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 6

THE clarinet as a solo instrument has a fairly extensive repertory. But works in which it figures…

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She Will Dance Again

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 4

Bombed Ballerina Prudence Hyman (centre) was leading dancer in the Arts Theatre Ballet until, in an air raid, she was buried under the ruins of a bombed house. At first it was thought that face and leg injuries would end her career as a dancer but Prudence recovered and is shown being welcomed back by the corps de ballet…

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Bib and Bub Words & Pictures

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 8

Once two tramps with no homes or houses, Between them had only one pair of trousers. They wore them in turns; they didn't fret, They said to each other, "We'll share all we get."…

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She Has a "Leg-in" for the Pictures

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 16

LEE PATRICK doesn't believe in hiding her light under a bushel—or, for that matter, her legs under a…

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