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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1955

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Nepean Theatre This Friday Saturday, and

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 March 1955 · page 8

In "Knights of the Round Table," which screens at Nepean Theatre this Friday, Saturday, and Monday, M-G-M, has Chosen…

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Oversaas News in Pictures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 March 1955 · page 15

PRINCESS MARGARET IN THE NEWS— LEFT: The Princess waves to a huge London crowd from the balcony of the Mansion House after the Lord Mayor of London had entertained her to a welcome home luncheon on her return from her West Indies tour. RIGHT: Princess Margaret with Group Captain Peter Townsend in South Africa in 1947. On her return from the West Indies, Princess Margaret's name has aqain been linked with Townsend's in unconfirmed reports that they wish to marry…

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Yiddish Theatre Under-Jacob Weislitz Direction

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 18 March 1955 · page 5

The Yiddish Theatre public will be pleased to hear that the famous Yiddish actor, Jacob Weislitz, will…

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New Theatre revise opens on

Tribune · Wednesday 23 March 1955 · page 6

NEW THEATRE Invites you to a "party"--the party of the year-- Out of Commission, which opens this coming Saturday, March 26. Music, dancing, nautical costume and hilarious lampooning are features of this new satirical revue for which rehearsals are going…

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Penrith-St. Marys Brass Band

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 March 1955 · page 3

The band played in St. Marys shopping centres last Saturday, when a good programme was given to a very interested public…

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Nepean Theatre This Friday, Saturday, and

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 March 1955 · page 8

Lending Hollywood fun team, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, will be seen in their latest screen hit, "Living It Up," at the…

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Overseas New in Pictures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 15

"MUD-SLINGING": Indian President, Rajendra Prasad (right), and Indian Premier, Jawaharlal Nehru— the best of friends, really— were up early on March 9 to throw colored powders and colored waters at each other. It was all part of the Festival of Holi— marking the advent of summer— and all New Delhi was at it. The day closed with the traditional processions to the nearest rive for community bathing…

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Yiddish Theatre Season Opens

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 5

The Yiddish Theatre season will open tomorrow night, Saturday, 26th March, when Jacob Weislitz will…

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Out of Commission is well and truly in commission ..... New Theatre's saucy ship is a real beauty

Tribune · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 5

THE invitation extended by New Theatre to a party, Out of Commission, was widely accepted on Saturday…

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Concert for Flood Relief

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 6

The Merrylands-Greystanes commutes of Holroyd Council's Flood Belief Fund will hold a variety co[?]cert in Marylands…

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Penrith-St. Marys Brass Band

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 4

The band will play in Penrith shopping centres this Saturday morning, April 2, commencing at 10 a.m., when it is hoped there…

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Nepean Theatre This Friday, Saturday, and

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 8

Columbia's "On the Waterfront," a powerful drama of brass-knuckled love and terror, Aimed in all its stark realism in…

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Concert for Flood Relief Fund

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 3

Notwithstanding unfavourable weather 280 people attended a concert held in the Dungowan Theatre, Penrith, on 17th inst.,…

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The Studs' Selections In Pictures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 5

On these two pages, and elsewhere in this supplement, are photographs of representative yearlings from some of Australia's most famous thoroughbred studs…

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Yiddish Theatre— Best Yet

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 5

Sydney Yiddish Theatregoers acclaimed the performance of “Hershele Ostropolier” as the best ever…

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Notes sportives (III).FOOT-BALL

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 5

Quelle année fertile en coups de théâtre et en sensations. D'abord le 26 novembre, dans la grisaille londonienne 100.000 spectateurs assistent…

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Minister of Israel to attend Ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 5

His Excellency, Mr. Mordekhai Nurock, Minister of Israel, and Mrs. Nurock, will attend the ball being…

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The Lie The "Prince's Bride" started as a dance but ended as a tragedy for Annette and Lee Wong

The World's News · Saturday 2 April 1955 · page 10

LEE WONG was the Chinese leader of the troupe. He was a distinct oddity in Chinese. He stood six…

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They killed for Thrills This is the tragic story of a band of youths. They lived in Brooklyn (U.S.A.) but they could have been young Australians — could even be in your own family, or your neighbor's

The World's News · Saturday 2 April 1955 · page 4

EACH night, the lights go out at nine in a New York State jail suddenly and silently, when a man reading a book is in the middle of a paragraph. The disinfectant smells stronger…

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Home Ball Preparations

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 6 April 1955 · page 4

It has been recognised for a great number of years that the outstanding Social event for Sydney Jewry is…

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