Although Mr. Rudyard Kipling has occasionally poked fun at the French, as in the naval occasion recounted by Emanuel Pyecraft, the resourceful but unveracious marine, the stirring ...
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Article : 414 words"The Unexpected." Frank Pe[?]-Smith. (Jonathan Cape.) "Paris Front, A Diary, 1914-1918," Michel Corday. (Gollancz.) ...
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Article : 54 wordsThe season of Ella Shields and her revue company continues at the Tivoli Theatre, where a new show will be presented to-doy. Its title is "Ritz Revue." The cast includes Syd Beck and Mary ...
Article : 39 words"Musical Chairs," by Ronald Mackenzie, will be presented for the first time in Australia at the Savoy Theatre to-night, when it will be produced by Miss Doris Fitton for the Independent Theatre. ...
Article : 78 wordsAt the Mosman Town Hall to-night, and on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and next Saturday the Mosman Musical Society will present "The Belle of New York," a musical comedy. Mr. Spencer ...
Article : 39 wordsAt Bryant's Playhouse to-night and next Saturday the two final performances will be given of Alfred Sutro's "Uncle Anyhow." ...
Article : 22 wordsTo-night at the Repertory Theatre a novel programme will be presented to celebrate the second anniversary of the theatre. There will be musical items, a classical and modern ballet, and the story, ...
Article : 73 wordsA Jewish dramatic society will present "The Gold Diggers," a play in Yiddish, by Sholem Ale[?] at the Railway Institute to-night, at 7.30 o'clock. The play portrays the life of Jewish people living ...
Article : 46 wordsThe City Organist, Mr. Ernest Truman, will resume his Sunday organ recitals to-morrow afternoon at 3.15 o'clock. His programme will include an excerpt from Mascagni's "Cava[?]eria Rusticana," ...
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Article : 45 wordsMr. Duncan Macdougall will give a reading of Oscar Wilde's "The Ideal Husband," at the Tom Thumb Theatre, 117 King-street, to-morrow night, at 8 o'clock. There will also be a performance of ...
Article : 53 wordsA concert in aid of the Nurses' Welfare Club will be held at the Arcadia Theatre, Pitt-street, Sydney, at 8.15 p.m. to-morrow. The performers will be Clars Woolley, Hazel Morrell, Kath[?]een ...
Article : 46 wordsRecitals will be given at the Royal Empire Society's rooms on September 21 and October 25 by Mr. Warwick McKenzie (violinist) [?] Miss [?] McKenzie (planist). ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Killara Music [?] will hold its next musicale on Tuesday, in St. Martin's Hall, Killara. The assisting artists will be Cecily Adkins, Stanley Clarkson, George White, Robert Miller, William ...
Article : 40 wordsA second performance of "The Love Scent," a farce by Paul Furniss, will be given by members of the Four Arts Theatre next Wednesday, at 8 p.m. The leading parts are being taken by Althea Glasby, ...
Article : 44 wordsNext Wednesday a concert will be given by advanced students of the Conservatorium of Music. The programme will include items by the orchestra conducted by Mr. Alfred Hill, a planoforte and a ...
Article : 49 wordsA violin recital will be given by Professor Raimund Pechotsch on Wednesday, September 6. For his programme he has chosen, among others, a violin concerto in D minor ([?]empsi, ...
Article : 69 wordsAn entertainment, under the auspices of the Bertha McNamara Hostel Committee, entitled "A Bohemian Night," will be staged at the Workers' Art Club, 3[?] Pitt-street, on Thursday night. Among ...
Article : 83 wordsA new Eddie Cantor film, "The Kid from Spain," will begin a season at the State Theatre to-day. The second picture on the bill is "Ann Carver's Profession," with Fay Wray in the leading part. ...
Article : 41 words"The Face at the Window," a mystery play, will be the principal attraction at the Haymarket Theatre to-day. The second film will be "Renegades of the West." ...
Article : 30 wordsAt the Prince Edward Theatre. "The Working Man," in which George Arliss appears, is now in its second month. ...
Article : 22 wordsAmong the recent events that are being shown on the screen at the State Newsreel Theatre are the defeat of McGrath by Austin at Wimbledon, King Fe[?]sal of [?] inspecting the British Fleet, ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. Richard McClelland's Students' Choir, winner of the interstate choral championship, and other prize-winners from Mr. McClelland's studio, will sing at the Lyceum on Sunday, September 10. ...
Article : 30 wordsA Dominico Caruso benefit concert will be held at the Arts Club on Wednesday, September 20, at [?] o'clock. The programme has been arranged by Maestro Wando Aldrovandi. ...
Article : 30 wordsTaronga Park: 3p.m., Sunday, Mosman Municipal Band. ...
Article : 10 wordsThe chief attraction on the new programme at the Regent Theatre is "I Loved you Wednesday," with Elissa Landi and Warner Baxter in the principal roles. ...
Article : 30 words"The Rebel," at the Capitol Theatre, tells a story of war between Napoleon's troops and Tyrolese patriots. Luis Trenker, Vilma Banky, and Victor Varcon[?] are in the cast. Caesar, an ...
Article : 48 words"Love Me To-night" continues its exceptionally long season at the Mayfair Theatre. It is now in its fourth month. A new supporting attraction has been placed on the programme—"The ...
Article : 39 words"Radio Parade," a British film, in which leading vaudeville performers appear, continues its season at the Plaza Theatre, with "Hawley's of High Street," a comedy, on the same programme. ...
Article : 31 wordsMarlon Davies has the name part in "Peg o' My Heart," which is proving popular of the Lyceum Theatre. It will be followed at the end of its season by "Secrets," a new Mary Pickford film. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe chief attraction at the St. James Theatre is "Tugboat Annie," with Marie Dressier and Wallace Beery in the principal parts. There is an interesting supporting programme of short pictures. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Lyric Theatre's programme consists of "Hold Your Man," with Jean Harlow, and "Excess Baggage," with Claude Allister. ...
Article : 26 words"Forty-second Street" is in the third week of its revival at the Empress Theatre. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe new programme at the Empire Theatre includes "A Bedtime Story" and "Arizona to Broadway." ...
Article : 19 wordsChurcher's Cafe (Quidnuncs): Monday, 8 p.m., "Mechanical Entertainment." by Mr. Montgomery Stuart. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe "Orchestre des Concerts Poulet," of Paris, conducted by Gaston Poulet, plays an interesting suite in five parts from Serge Proko[?]effs "Love of the Three Oranges," which ...
Article : 743 wordsBeverley Nichols' play, "When the Crash Comes," will be presented at St. James' Hall, Phillip-street, by the Sydney Players' Club next Saturday, and on the two following Saturdays, with a cast including ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 2 Sep 1933, Page 8
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