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  2. Letters to the Editor ART WORLD AT VARIANCE

    Sir,—May I ask whether Mr. MacDonald as director of the Art Gallery is an officer owing duty to the trustees, or an independent and autocratic authority who is ...

    Article : 279 words
  3. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 595 words
  4. "ALWAYS MERRY AND BRIGHT"

    Thirty chequered years were rolled back for many members of the audience at His Majesty's on Saturday when "The Arcadians" ...

    Article : 401 words
  5. "CAPTAIN FURY" SPRINGS PLEASANT SURPRISE

    The surprise of the week's new films is "Captain Fury"— Hollywood's first picture with an Australian background —at Hoyts de Luxe. Contrary to expectations, neither the Australian scene nor the historical verities suffer very ...

    Article : 66 words
  6. CONVICT DAYS

    Polished melodrama of Australian convict days. Laugh, if you like, at little inaccuracies of detail, at the introduction of odds and ends of atmosphere that belong ...

    Article : 144 words
  7. A FAMOUS PLAY

    A pictu[?]sation of the famous stage play of the same name, performed by as capable a cast of players as one could wish for. As Mary Turner, the girl who sought to ...

    Article : 131 words
  8. LUMBERJACKS IN LOVE

    A film based on Jack London's story "The White Silence"—all about the strong rough men of the Pacific lumber camps; and the women who love them—typical ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. JUNGLE FAIRY TALE

    A plane crash delivers into the hands of Tarzan and his beautiful jungle bride a baby boy who they foster and rear to lord it over the jungle even as Tarzan; and ...

    Article : 158 words
  10. HIGH ART OR LOW?

    Sir,—Mr. J. S. MacDonald's manly rejection of the unpleasant in art is particularly meritorious in view of the powerful influences arrayed against him. There ...

    Article : 196 words
  11. ROMANTIC ADVENTURE

    Romantic adventure. What story the film has to tell is of the lives of the men who pilot the mail planes of South America. There are several interwoven ...

    Article : 145 words
  12. BING AND A BABY

    A merry musical with Bing Crosby and Sandy—Hollywood's new baby star—transferred from the Majestic. This is Bing at his best, for those who like Bing. But ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. STRIKE PLAY

    Galsworthy's strong and moving strike play. "Strife," was performed by the Art Theatre Players at the Old Playgoers' Hall on Saturday night. George Lomas, ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. TO THE DUSTBIN!

    Sir,—May I, a person of no importance, at least in the art world, say a real big "Thank you" to Mr. J. S. MacDonald for his comments in your paper of Saturday ...

    Article : 178 words
  15. LEHAR REVIVAL

    One of the favourites of Melbourne theatre-goers in the last war, Franz Lohar's ripe and tuneful comic opera, "Gipsy Love," drew a good house to the ...

    Article : 132 words
  16. NOT A "YES" MAN

    Sir,—Mr. J. S. MacDonald needs no support in any controversy in which he engages—least of all in one which has to do with judgments in art. But I am moved ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. INDEPENDENT THEATRES

    The early history of American railroads dramatised in the film "Union Pacific," a new Popeye adventure in colour, a film which features Robert Taylor, and the ...

    Article : 230 words
  18. SECOND A.I.F.

    Sir,—The bulk of the Second A.I.F. have only been in camp about one month, and I am at a loss to understand the violent hurry to embark in a few weeks' ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. EXAM, FEES

    Sir,—Having paid £2/5/ for the privilege of having my child pass—or fail— in the intermediate examination, I am now requested to pay a further 10/ for a ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. SUBURBAN THEATRES

    "The Hound of the Baskervilles," with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, and Pat O'Brien in "Devil on Wheels," form the programme at the Rialto Theatre, ...

    Article : 150 words
  21. A.I.F. NIGHTS

    Sir,—I wish to say how much my mates and I appreciate the homely welcome that always awaits us at the Y.M.C.A. pavilion here in camp. The committee of the ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. "THE ARGUS" CROSSWORD, No. 260

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 229 words
  23. OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS

    TIVOLI THEATRE.—Salici's Parisian Puppets continue as a popular attraction at the Tivoli Theatre. A number of vaudeville acts of a high standard, including E[?]mar (juggler), Edgar ...

    Article : 302 words
  24. DIET FOR TROOPS

    Sir,—L.J.D. struck the light note in advocating a properly balanced diet for men of the Second A.I.F. To keep them fit and well, and happy, give them a proper ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. HOSPITAL FINANCE

    Sir,—In view of the many pathetic appeals for financial assistance for all our hospitals, why does not the State Government pass a bill to establish a State lottery ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS

    Sir,—In the "regulations" gazetted on November 30 there are practically no alterations Maximum detention has been reduced by 15 minutes, and ...

    Article : 169 words
  27. TRAVELLERS' AID FUND

    Owing to the war the Travellers' Aid Society has had to suspend its appeal for £10,000, but it has arranged an entertainment on December 18 in the Theosophical ...

    Article : 70 words
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