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"WILDFLOWER" REVIVAL
Joyous Night At Theatre Royal

Joyous memories, of 14 years ago were recalled to a crowded house at the Theatre Royal last night by the revival of "Wildflower."

Marie Burke, the original star, was again in the lead, and Marie le Varre, another of the old cast, was highly popular as Lucrezia, the wife whom the lawyer could not get rid of. Melton Moore took the part of the lover who was successful in the end. George Dobbs was a "scream" as Gaston la Roche, the talkative lawyer, and Don Nicol had a hilarious time as Gabrielle, the lover who had an encounter with the donkey.

The old strains of "Bambalina" and "Wildflower" haunted the night, and Marie Burke's singing of "You Can't Blame a Girl For Dreaming" was particularly enjoyable. Another number that was loudly applauded was "The World's Worst Women," by Marie la Varre and Don Nicol. Specialty dances by Tamara Tchinarova and Valentin Zeglovsky were given in the ballroom, which had a beautiful outlook over a river.

"WILDFLOWER" REVIVAL (1939, August 23). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), p. 15 (LAST RACE ALL DETAILS). Retrieved August 11, 2022, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231407868

This was only days before Germany invaded Poland on 1 Sept 1939, in case anyone needed reminding!

They're outside the APA Building in Martin Place...on the south side of the block between Elizabeth/Phillip Sts...built 1936...still standing...

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what a great image and unique story. movie "material".

What a brilliant photo!

The zipper was invented in 1892, so that's an earliest date...

This chap looks like he's wearing a WW2 USAAF flying suit so my guess is he's a USAAF pilot/aircrew...from an aircraft that flew high altitudes...like a B29...

I don't think the USAAF units that operated out of Northern Australia during WW2 dressed in flying gear like this...this was the gear they wore during operations over Europe and Japan, where it was a good deal colder...

airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/boots-flying-type-a... - here's his boots...

One possibility...if this pic was taken in Australia...this chap might be the pilot or one of the aircrew from the USAAF B29 'Waltzing Matilda' that made a brief tour of Australia in October 1945 to drum up support the 4th Victory Loan...

www.awm.gov.au/collection/C351807 - brief details here...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56391948 - the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, 25th October, 1945...the names of the crew are mentioned here (see item at bottom of highlighted column)...

My next guess is that the pic might have been taken in the later 1940s or early 1950s...US B29s made several visits to Australia during this period...on joint training exercises...to gather data during the Woomera atomic bomb tests, etc...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27518350 - SMH, 17th June, 1954...pic of US B29 pilots/crew at Richmond RAAF Base...but they look to be wearing more modern gear...

yes - the date is interesting. it looks like a B3 jacket and these were replaced by the thinner B10 in 1943. Those boots look like they are for cold and high altitude but as cabin pressurisation improved in 1940s the need for this kind of gear decreased so could be early to mid 1940s?

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