If Sir Charles Petrie's "The Four Georges: A Revaluation of the Period from 1714-1830" appears to invite comparison with Thackeray's famous biographical work of the same title, ...
Article : 525 wordsThe premiere of "Night Must Fall," a drama by Emlyn Williams, will take place at the Theatre Royal to-night. Ethel Morrison, L[?]d Lambie, and Elaine Hamill head the cast, while support ...
Article : 105 wordsTh[?] Broadcasting Commission has arranged for Dr. Malcolm Sargent to conduct five, or possibly six, orchestral concerts in Sydney, instead of confining him to two, as the ...
Article : 1,398 wordsTo-day, Hoyts Recent Theatre exhibits the 20th century musical production of "Thanks a Million." Produced on a lavish scale, it has a cast of several well-known screen and radio artists, headed by ...
Article : 98 wordsThe International Stars will appear at the Tivoli Theatre to-night, in their third and final revue —another London Palladium production. "Heading for Happiness" will be staged by Wallace R. ...
Article : 57 words"The Press and a Changing Civilisation" is Mr. A. J. Cummings' contribution to the Twentieth Century Library. As political editor of the London "News-Chronicle," and a ...
Article : 356 words"Mutiny on the Bounty" continues at St. James Theatre. The cast includes Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh, Clarke Gable as Christian, and Franchot Tone as Byam. In addition to this ...
Article : 50 wordsThis evening advanced students will give a concert at the Conservatorium of Music. The programme will include pianoforte, violin, and vocal so[?]os, and chamber music. The public is invited, ...
Article : 38 words"The Bride Comes Home" is the feature film at Prince Edward Theatre. Claudette Colbert is supported by Fred McMurray and Robert Young. Included in the programme, Alice White plays the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe [?]nd subscription concert by the Conservatorium Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Edgar [?] Bainton, will be given on Wednesday, April 1. The soloists will be Miss Helen Bainton (pianist) and ...
Article : 38 wordsAt the Liberty Theatre, Luise Rainer and William Powell are co-stars in "Escapade." The new "March of Time" is also included in the programme. ...
Article : 28 wordsNext Wednesday the Conservatorium String Quartet, Messrs. Gerald Walenn, Lloyd Davies, William Krasnik, and Gladstone Bell, will give the first of this year's chamber music concerts. The ...
Article : 84 wordsAt the Mayfair Theatre, "Street Singer's Serenade" is presented, with Anna Neagel in the leading role. The supporting picture is "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste." with Shirley Gray and ...
Article : 40 wordsThe programme at the Variety includes two revivals, "The Merry Widow" and "Should Ladies Behave?" ...
Article : 18 wordsThe fourth performance of "Touch Wood," by Dod[?]e Smith, will be given at the Savoy Theatre to-night, at 8. The cast will include Mollie Brown, Anne Gordon, Doris Fitton, Maisie ...
Article : 43 words"This is the Life," starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Brian Aherne, is the feature at the Capital and King's Cross Theatres. The supporting film is "Man Hunt," with Ricardo ...
Article : 42 wordsA. A. Milne's three-act comedy, "Where Sinners Meet," will again be presented by Scott Alexander at the Kursaal Theatre, 420 Kent-street, to-night, Special permission to stage the play has been ...
Article : 71 wordsAt the Lyric Theatre, "Metropolitan," with Lawrence Tibbett in the lead, and "Feather in Her Hat," featuring Wendy Barrie and Basil Rathbone, form an excellent programme. ...
Article : 31 words"East of Java," which has Charles Bickford in the lead, is the principal attraction at the Empress, where the support is "To Beat the Band." ...
Article : 31 wordsAt the Fmpire and Palace Theatres, Bette Davis and Franchot Tone are the principals in "Dangerous," a well-acted story, and in support, Patricia Ellis and Frank McHugh are to be seen ...
Article : 41 wordsTo-morrow evening, "The Woman and the Walnut Tree" will be presented by Miss Mabel Ga[?]chan at the Independent Theatre Club-rooms, 112 King-street at 8 o'clock. It will be played entirely by ...
Article : 41 wordsIn "Sylvia Scarlett" at the Lyceum, Katharine Hepburn, Brian Aherne, Cary Grant, and Edmund Gwe[?] are the stars. The associate feature "Two Hearts in Harmony" brings back Bernice Claire, ...
Article : 45 wordsEvery side-show and attraction will be free at Luna Park on Saturday morning, March 28, from 10 o'clock till 1.30 p.m. The admission charge is 1/ for children and 2/ for adults. The ...
Article : 82 wordsAt their best when together, Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, and Robertson Hare are reunited once more in a Ben Travers story "Foreign Affaires," which the Embassy features. Claude Rains, star of ...
Article : 71 wordsAlmost every name distinguished in contemporary literature is represented in the collection of John Freeman's letters, just issued Freeman, a poet, who died in 1929, knew ...
Article : 330 wordsAt the Savoy Theatre to-day Mr. Roland McCarty will present Mr. Augustus Neville, the popular Shakespearean actor, and [?] strong east, in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." There will be a ...
Article : 45 wordsThe opening of the winter Olympics by Herr Hitler is shown in the current State new[?] theatrette programme. The Palmer-Miler fight, the invention of an amazing new glass that ...
Article : 53 wordsThough Mr. F. S. Smythe's new book is called "The Spirit of the Hills," it inevitably takes the form of autobiography, since it is avowedly an attempt to set down "what I feel ...
Article : 339 words"Haunted Houses," by Geoffrey Whitworth, will be repeated at St. James's Hall, Phillip-street, to-night and next Saturday. ...
Article : 21 wordsOn Wednesday, March 25, the Wedgewood Playera will hold a play reading of Noel Coward's comedy, "Private Lives," at their clubroom, 6th floor. State Shopping Block. The public is invited. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe plot of "Pursuit," now showing at the Civic and Cameo Theatres, is unfolded at a fast tempo. Chester Morris and Sally E[?]lers are co-starred for the first time, whilst an addition to the cast is ...
Article : 82 wordsFor their next performance at the Emerson Hall Liverpool-street, the Junior Theatre League, and Tankstream Players, directed by Fay Hornby-Evans and Alfred Race, will present five one-act plays ...
Article : 41 wordsThe selection of the Olympic team to represent Australia at Berlin has aroused considerable controversy. The athletes, with little Pat Norton the only member of her sex are seen in action ...
Article : 116 wordsUnder the guidance of Frank Hatherley, Bobby and Betty Bluegum and Popeye, the Civic Theatre Children's Popeye Club, will hold another session this morning at 10 o'clock. Special ...
Article : 68 wordsMr. Eugene J. Young, in a book of some substance addressed to his own countrymen, considers the future of America in a world re-arming. Mr. Young, as editor and cable ...
Article : 415 wordsThs Insurance Musical and Dramatic Society is to stage a revue at the Savoy Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, March 25 and 26. The proceeds are to be handed to the Legacy Club. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Eastern Suburbs Musical and Dramatic Society will produce "Floradora" at the Masonic Hall, Bondi, on March 28, 30, and April 1. Edwin E. Den[?]s is the producer and musical director. ...
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Advertising : 705 wordsThe next musicale of the Lindfield Music Circle [?]ill be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Larke, 60 Treatt's-road, on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The artists will be [?]tric[?] Tange, David Barwell, and ...
Article : 45 wordsThe closing of all hotels on Anzac Day will be urged by a deputation, led by Mr. Bates, M.L.A., to be received by the Assistant Minister (Mr. Shand), at 4 p.m. ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. W. Gordon Lavera will give his final recital on the Town Hall organ to-morrow afternoon, at 3.15. The programme will include compositions by B[?]ch[?] Wol[?]holme[?] Charles Macpherson, ...
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Advertising : 302 wordsMr. Denzil Batchelor will lecture to the John o' London Literary Circle, 28 Martin-place, on Tuesday, on "Poems I Have Loved." Mr. V. Y. Chow will lecture on "Modern Chinese ...
Article : 52 wordsUnder the general editorship of Professor Morris Ginsberg and Mr. Farquharson, a series of short volumes on the life and scientific work of famous modern sociologists is ...
Article : 235 wordsThe Workers' Art Club Players are to present Bernard Shaw's three-act play, "Major Barbare," a satire on the role of charity in modern society[?] at the Savoy Theatre on Wednesday, April 1. At ...
Article : 54 words[?]yds Park: [?] 7.30 p.m., Professional Musiciens' Band (W. Leggo). Moore Park: Sunday, 7.45 p.m., Professional Musicians' Band (A. Tremain). ...
Article : 127 wordsThe reproduction of the Crown Jewels and the esmera obscura, by means of the [?]s of which a picture in natural colours is obtained of the surroundings of Sydney Harbour, are the two ...
Article : 81 wordsVernon Sellars, Cheries Lawrence, Amy Oatinga, Maggie Foster, George Brown, Bert Hanow, Roy, Glosheen, George Foster, Carlton Fay, and Vince Ryan comprise the two parties of entertainers who ...
Article : 148 wordsThe January number of "Public Administration," the [?]ournal of the British Institute of Public Administration, has an Australian connection, in that it includes the address ...
Article : 160 wordsA recital will be given on the University Carillon to-morrow at 3 15 p.m., when Mr. Know[?]a will play compositions by O'Connor-Morris, Mende[?], Schubert, Edward Purcell, Flora Woodman, ...
Article : 47 wordsThe official opening by the Prime Minister of the telephone-catle service between Australia and Tasmania will be broadcast on Wednesday at 9 p.m., through [?]FC. ...
Article : 56 wordsMessrs. Hodder and Stoughton have issued in the form of a small booklet the speech broadcast from London by the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) a few hours after the death ...
Article : 171 wordsThe Australian Repertory Theatre Players will stage "Stop Your Nonsense," a comedy farce by J. W. Heming, at Newington State Hospital on Wednesday, April 15. Produced by E[?] Th[?] ...
Article : 50 wordsWednesday next will be studio night at Bryant's Playhouse The time of meeting has been fixed for 3.15 p.m. ...
Article : 21 wordsA musicale and bridge party will be held at the Carlton Hotel on Wednesday evening, March 25, in aid of the Cinesound T[?]kie Fund for the Gladesville Mental Hospital. Contributors to a ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Petersham Musical Society will produce "Rio Rita" at the local Town Hall to-night. The proceed are in aid of the local benevolent society. ...
Article : 27 wordsTo-morrow night, at the open-air auditorium at Bondi Beach, the New Symphonic Troubadors will make their reappearance, Mr. Albert Baile conducting. A complete change of programme will ...
Article : 40 words"The chief traits of the moral character of the Abyssinians are indolence, drunkenness, irresponsibility, a high degree of dissoluteness, perfidy, a thieving tendency, ...
Article : 105 wordsThe principal attraction at the State Theatre is Lily Pons' screen debut in "I Dream Too Much." The singing numbers were specially composed by Jerome Kern, who created the successful "Roberta" ...
Article : 69 wordsAn amusing music-comedy. "In Person," written by the author of "It Happened One Night,' commences the second week of its season at Hoyt's Plaza Theatre to-day. Ginger Rogers is its star, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 21 Mar 1936, Page 12
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