"Seven weeks before I got that letter," she went on, a little less emotionally, "I seemed to be sitting in a cinema watching a scenic picture. Close up in the foreground, ...
Article : 1,626 words"Authors are born very untidily," complains Frank Swinnerton as he introduces us to "The Georgian Literary Scene." "They do their work unwinkingly regardless of the historian. ...
Article : 873 wordsA change of programme at the Criterion Theatre to-day will bring forward "Queer Cargo," by the South African playwright, Noel Langley. The author, who is still in ...
Article : 1,384 words"Queer-Cargo," a drama by Noel Langley, will be given its first Australian performance at the Criterion Theatre to-night at 8 o'clock. It will be enacted by members of J. C. Williamson's English ...
Article : 67 wordsOcean Beach, Manly: Sunday, 3.15 p.m., Manly Municipal Band. Petersham Park: Sunday, 3 p.m., Petersham-Dulwich Hill District Band. ...
Article : 47 words"The World of Laughs," a revue-tour of the world, will be staged at their own theatre by the Australian Repertory Theatre Players on Sunday night. The theatre is on the third floor of 305 ...
Article : 83 words"High Jinks" is proving popular at the Theatre Royal. In this musical comedy Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard are supported by Ethel Morrison, Marie Le Varre, Cecil Kellaway, Leo Franklyn, Frank ...
Article : 49 words"London Calling," is the title of the revue which is being presented twice daily at the Tivoli Theatre. The leading performers are Joey Porter, Jane Ayr, Alec Pleon, Eddie Leslie, and the Eastern Brothers. ...
Article : 51 wordsThe programme now at the Plaza Theatre consists of "One More Spring" end "George White's 1038 Scandals." Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter are the principals in the former, and Alice Faye, ...
Article : 50 wordsAt the Savoy Theatre on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights, of next week Phillip Lewis will present his second professional repertory production. "The Shining Hour," by Keith Winter. This ...
Article : 73 wordsCharles Laughton has the leading role in "Ruggles of Red Gap," which is to be shown at the Prince Edward from to-day. "Car 99," with Sir Guy Standing, is the second film. ...
Article : 37 wordsMaurice Chevalier and Merle Oberon appear in "Folles Bergere," a sparkling comedy at the State Theatre. "Dandy Dick," with Will Hay, is on the same bill. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe comedian, "Mo," is appearing in revue at the Civic Theatre twice daily with a company which includes Sadie Gale and Linn Smith and his band. ...
Article : 28 words"The Iron Duke," at the Embassy Theatre, presents George Arliss in the role of the Duke of Wellington. "Oh Doddy," with Frances Day, is the second film. ...
Article : 31 wordsDr. Raoul Cardamatis will again present Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at the Savoy Theatre on Wednesday. A cast of professionel players, including Len Budrick, Herbert Sheldredge, ...
Article : 93 words"Father Brown, Detective," and "Gigolette" are the new films at the Capitol and King's Cross Theatres. ...
Article : 24 words"Royal Cavalcade," made in celebration of the silver Jubilee, is being shown at the Lyceum Theatre together with "The Old Curiosity Shop." ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Mayfair is showing "Lilies of the Field," in which Winifred Shotter appears, and "The Queen's Affair." ...
Article : 19 wordsStatements on the jacket of a book are often open to question, but with this one can easily agree: "The biography of a place can be as fascinating as the biography of a person, and ...
Article : 370 words"One Night of Love," which is in its sixth month at the Liberty Theatre, has for support a film of the Dionne quintuplets and "La Cucaracha." ...
Article : 29 wordsMadame Muriel Brunskill's concerts at the Assembly Hall will take place on June 29, July 2, 4, 6, 9, and 11. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe St. James Theatre is presenting Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in "Forsaking All Others," and, with it, a programme of coloured pictures. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe third concert by the State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Edgar L. Hainton, will be held at the Town Hall on Wednesday, June 12. The programme will be: Overture, "Der Freischutz" ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Lyric Theatre is showing "College Rhythm" and "Murder on a Honeymoon." ...
Article : 15 words"Lives of a Bengal Lancer" and "A Night at the Ritz" are being presented at the Empress Theatre. ...
Article : 22 wordsTo-night, at the Savoy Theatre, the Independent Theatre will present a further performance or Frank Harvey's play, "False Colours." The play has been produced by William Rees under the ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Palace Theatre is presenting Myrna Loy and Warner Boxter in "Broadway Bill," and Patricia Ellis in "Night at the Ritz." ...
Article : 24 words"Broadway Bill" and "Behind the Evidence" are being shown at the Empire Theatre. ...
Article : 17 wordsOversea news in the current programme at the Newsreel Theatre includes the wedding of General Geering to a Berlin actress, a series of interviews with European diplomats, and the meeting of the ...
Article : 58 wordsTo-night, the Studio Theatre Club, at Emerson Hall, will present "The Little Accident." The play is produced by G. Gordon Forsyths; the cast includes Nellie Lamport, Diana Deering, Betty ...
Article : 80 wordsThis week Hoyts Regent and Plaza Theatres present a Fox Movietone News item showing intimate glimpses of the Royal family during the Jubilee celebrations. These pictures have been ...
Article : 61 wordsThe First Australian Ballet will present the ballets, "Autumn Leaves" (Chopin) and "Krishna and Rhada" (Rlmsky-Korsakov), at the Lightfoot-Burlakov Studio-Theatre, 5 Pitt-street, to-night, at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,911 wordsTo-night at the Kursaal Theatre, Mr. Scott Alexander will present a three-act Scottish play, "The Unwilling Bride." The cast includes Wilga Jackson, Dorothy Sykes, Gladys Hunt, Morla Corrigham, ...
Article : 70 wordsCommencing to-morrow, orchestral and vocal concerts will be given in the Town Hall under the auspices of the Professional Musicians' Union and the Municipal Council of Sydney. The first concert ...
Article : 60 wordsAt the annual meeting of members of the United Charities Fund on Thursday the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Chairman, Sir Albert Gould: vice-chairmen, Judge ...
Article : 91 wordsW. H. Hudson called himself a "field naturalist," but he also happens to be one of the finest—in the opinion of Galsworthy and Conrad, the "most valuable"—writers of modern ...
Article : 225 wordsThe Workers' Art Club, 36 Pitt-street, will give a performance of "Progress," a one-set play by St. John Irvine, on Sunday night, at 8 o'clock. ...
Article : 28 wordsTo-morrow night, at 8.45 o'clock, George Edwards and his players will broadcast from 2GB a drama based on the life of Lucrezia Borgia. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Marrickville Municipal Orchestra of 40 performers, conducted by Mr. A. H. Lamerton, will give its 58th performance to-morrow afternoon at Marrickville Town Hall, at 3 p.m., in aid of ...
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Advertising : 11 wordsOn Tuesday night at 8.30 o'clock Ellis Price and company will broadcast from 2UW a further instalment of Alexandre Dumas' "Camille." ...
Article : 25 wordsLionel Hale's comedy, "The Mocking Bird," will be presented again at Bryants' Playhouse next Wednesday night. The play has been produced by Beryl Bryant with a cast including Patricia Nail, ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Junior Theatre League's next studio evening will be held at its clubrooms. Scot Chambers, Hosklng-place, 86 Pitt-street, on June 6. when Miss Kathleen M. O'Brien will talk on "Some Young ...
Article : 61 wordsMr. Arthur Massey will give an organ recital at St. Matthew's Church, Manly, on Monday at 3 o'clock, and another next Thursday at the same hour. ...
Article : 29 wordsMuch has been done by the publishers of the "One-Act Plays" series to make the reading as well as the acting of drama general, especially as these little collections are ...
Article : 191 wordsThe Newcastle Music Club will hold its next musicale on June 4, at the home of Mr. L. Bradford, Church-street. The artists will be Miss Elsie Hall, pianist, who will play excerpts from Bach, Chopin, ...
Article : 47 wordsOf late years an extraordinary interest has been shown in the mutiny of the Bounty and Captain Bligh's subsequent long journey in an open boat. The standard biography by ...
Article : 435 wordsMiss Eunice Gardiner will be given a testimonial concert at the Town Hall on June 6, at 8.15 o'clock. She will play Mendelssohn's concerto in G Minor: the "Waldstein" sonata of Beethoven, ...
Article : 49 words"Mo" can always be depended upon for an entertainment combining equal parts of wit and audacity, and the new programme at the Civic Theatre, which commenced yesterday ...
Article : 153 wordsThe Auburn Musical Society will present "Hearts are Trumps" at the Auburn Town Hall on June 6. ...
Article : 20 wordsAn entertainment will be given at the Mayfair Theatre on June 9, at 7.40 o'clock, in honour of Mr. Don Finley. There will be a ballet, a play, and a pre-screening of "The Constant ...
Article : 49 wordsThe British and International Music Society will give a concert of works by British and continental composers at the Forum Club on June 10 at 8.15 o'clock. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Bankstown Opera Company will present the musical comedy, "Rose Marie." at the Capitol Theatre, Bankstown, on June 11, 12, and 13. ...
Article : 24 words"The Treaty of Versailles and After" consists of a collection of broadcast talks given by nine political authorities and revised for publication in book form. Lord Riddell gives ...
Article : 254 wordsThe Dajonian Repertory Society will present C. L. Anthony's play "Service" at St. James's Hall, on June 15. ...
Article : 21 wordsAt the Conservatorium Hall on Monday, June 17, in aid of the Par West Children's Scheme and the Tresillian Homes Movement, the Postal Institute Musical Society and the St. George District Choir, ...
Article : 67 wordsRalph Connor (the Rev. Dr. Charles Gordon) will give lectures at the Assembly Hall on June 15 and 18, before his return to Canada. The subject of the first lecture will be, "The ...
Article : 48 wordsThe final musicale of the season will be held by the Rose Bay Music Club on Tuesday, June 18, in Wesley Hall, Dover-road, Rose Bay, when a pianoforte recital win be given by Dr. Edgar L. ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Federal council of the Boy Scouts' Association decided yesterday, when its conference was continued, to hold the next conference at Brisbane towards the end of 1936. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe "Belles and Beaux" younger set will produce the musical comedy, "Blue Roses," in the Ashfield Town Hall on June 26 and 27. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe "Bright and Snappy" revue, which is being presented at the Savoy Theatre for a four-nights' season, commencing on July 8, is to aid the funds of the New South Wales Jewish War ...
Article : 75 wordsJohn o'London's Literary Circle: June 11. "Lucian, an Ancient Modern," by Miss Denise Dettman. Ingersoll Hall: Sunday, 8 p.m., "Cabbages and Kings," by Mr. A. S. Reardon. ...
Article : 33 wordsIce skating on stilts will be introduced to Australia by the arrival of Mr. Hermann Steinschaden, formerly champion ice skater of Bavaria, who arrived at Melbourne to-day ...
Article : 55 wordsThe next concert by students of the Conservatorium of Music will be held on Wednesday. The programme will include pianoforte, violin, and vocal solos and chamber music. Admission is free. ...
Article : 35 wordsElizabeth Craig's Family Cookery (Collins). Such is the Antarctic, Lars Christensen (Hodder and Stoughton). Rolling Down the Lachlan, F. Clune (Angus and ...
Article : 103 wordsOne would expect rather more from the title and the lithograph illustrations of Miss Pearl Binder's "Odd Jobs" than she actually gives. No doubt, apart from the illegal ...
Article : 369 wordsThe Conservatorium Students' Union will give a musical burlesque at the Conservatorium Hall on June 7. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe copies of the crown jewels, which were displayed in the Tower of London, are now exhibited at the south-eastern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and may be viewed to-day and to-morrow ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. L. Ward, in a letter to the Editor of the "Herald," protests against the increase in the fare from Doncaster-avenue to Darlinghurst, on the Ramsgate-city bus service, ...
Article : 45 wordsOn Sunday evening the regular harbour concert steamer, Kuttabul, of Sydney Ferries, Ltd., will leave No. 5 jetty, Circular Quay, at 7.30, returning at 10 p.m. The Kuttabul was recently fitted with ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 1 Jun 1935, Page 10
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