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and water mains. The police ordered them to relocate to the Oxford Street public bomb-shelter four hundred yards distant, to where they ran while "chunks of spent shrapnel rained down". After three hours, the police allowed them and two other married couples living in the same building to return to their residences. When they reached the building, Dorothy, her husband and the two other women remained at ground level while the other two men ascended the six flights of stairs to "see how their flats were faring". While they were in the building "a time bomb exploded and they were killed by falling walls". After these incidents the
Dawsons abandoned their apartment and left London to live in a village in the countryside, where they found lodgings in an attic over the village shoe shop.
369:, described as "an American musical farce extravaganza", which opened in Adelaide at the Theatre Royal on 18 October 1910. She was cast as 'Elaine' (Mme. Woodbury's daughter) in the production. A critic commented that "she has an attractive personality, talent, and enthusiasm, and will succeed". Brunton's song in the musical, 'Baby Land', "with the pony ballet and the grotesque marionette dolls was thoroughly enjoyed". After her father's death, Dorothy Brunton's mother Cissy became her constant companion and mentor as she travelled across Australia with the New Comic Opera Company. Cissy Brunton remained an important supporter in her daughter's life and career until her death in 1933, "a loving but honest and helpful critic".
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Melbourne has always been too good to me and I belong to
Australia". For her farewell performance in Sydney on 21 October, every seat at the Theatre Royal was booked in advance, despite which crowds gathered "in the vain hope of securing a place". After the performance, Brunton "could not respond to enough encores to please her admirers". She was presented with a pearl necklace with a diamond clasp, "bouquets were showered upon her" and the audience rose and sang 'For She's a Jolly Good Fellow'. Brunton responded by saying, "she was sick at the thought of going away from her homeland again". After warmly thanking the audience and the company, she added, "Please, please don't forget me".
1490:'s Efftee Film Attractions. Brunton's role, as the title character, was her "talkie debut". The film was an adaptation of an English stage comedy. Clara, the lead role, is the straight-talking owner of a London dockland public-house who discovers she is the legitimate (but abandoned) daughter of the Earl of Drumoor and launches herself in society. In the process, "she manages to get home some clever thrusts against the shams and hypocrisy of the life of elegance that she had thought so wonderful". During the shooting of the film Brunton admitted she was "finding it a little difficult to accustom herself to the screen technique after the comparative freedom of the stage".
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items from the stage. At one point, she announced that her garters were to be auctioned. The initial bidding "rose rapidly to £4". As an added inducement, Miss
Brunton then took her garters off, "after discreetly turning her back to the spectators". Further bidding ensued "until the hammer fell at £6 6/". At the finale of the matinee, Brunton sang 'Your King and Country Want You' "with stirring effect" as "a long file of soldiers and sailors, representing Australia, Great Britain and all the Allies, marched through the stalls, on to the stage and into the wing". This was immediately followed by a theatrical representation of the
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Liverpool training camps in improvised theatres. She also organised concert parties at military hospitals, "which entertained war-broken men in the wards". Soldiers at the front "took her image with them to the battlefield, they sang her songs on the march and in the trenches". To the letters soldiers sent to her, Brunton replied with signed photographs, "her correspondence growing to as many as 60 or 70 letters a day".
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Producers to whom I am personally known". Permission was granted in
September 1919, and Brunton travelled from England to the United States of America, but remained in that country where he established himself in the motion picture business (in the process abandoning his wife in Australia). By about early 1921, Jack Brunton had begun working with his half-brother at Robert Brunton Studios in Los Angeles.
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927:, reporting on her appearance, suggested that London theatre managers were engaging Australian performers to take advantage of the thousands of Australian troops on leave "as it would ensure for them a good attendance of Australian soldiers". Nevertheless, the enthusiastic response to Brunton's appearance at Drury Lane was noted in the London press. The critic from
763:, was an adaption of a stage-play; "a comedy thriller about a practical joke played on a novelist at a lonely country inn". It was shot in Melbourne, at the Theatre Royal and J.C. Williamson's studio in Exhibition Street, over about three weeks from late November to early December 1915. Brunton and the male lead in the film, Fred Maguire, were both appearing in
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Lonsdale Street. The marriage was a private ceremony, with the actress' mother one of the few people who attended. Late in the afternoon, before the ceremony, Brunton had told a newspaper reporter "there was nothing in the rumour about her intended marriage". To get to the church unobserved they
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opened at the Grand Opera House in Sydney on 1 March 1924, by which time the play had been transformed into a musical comedy by the inclusion of songs by
Brunton, Heslop and another cast member, Andrew Higginson. During the Melbourne season Ward had "observed a general feeling amongst playgoers that
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in Sydney, the evening was brought to a close by a military band playing the
National Anthem. Afterwards, the band and groups of soldiers gathered in Market Street, giving "three cheers" and playing the song 'So Long, Betty' as "Miss Brunton leaned out of her dressing-room window and blew the boys a
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theatrical management company sought to find a replacement with a similar appeal to audiences. Grace Ward brought her protégé, Dorothy
Brunton, under the notice of her husband, who was then a managing director with J. C. Williamson Ltd. Brunton was tried in roles formerly played by Dango, the first
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Rhodes). He married Anna Holdenson in August 1911 at Hawthorn, Victoria. Anna was the daughter of Povl Jorgen Holdenson, the Danish Vice-Consul in Melbourne and managing director of butter manufacturers, Holdenson and Neilson Fresh Food Pty. Ltd. At the time of his marriage, Dawson was manager of
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had left their hotel by the service lift and via "the servants' entrance in a back street". The next day the married couple travelled by motor-car to "a country golf-house" 40 miles from Melbourne, where they stayed for three nights, before returning to the city for Dorothy to attend a rehearsal of
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district of Los Angeles, its prime purpose being for the leasing of facilities to motion picture companies that did not possess their own studios. Jack Brunton, Dorothy's 35-year-old brother, was working for his half-brother at that time as "the producing manager" for the business. The actress and
948:, a critic remarked: "Miss Dorothy Brunton, so enthusiastically received by her Australian admirers, was only permitted to reveal on a small scale the vivacity she would seem to have at command". In October 1918, it was reported that Brunton and Ivy Shilling, an Australian dancer also in the cast of
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On 30 July 1915, a "combined theatrical matinee" was held at Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre to raise money for Australia's wounded soldiers. The programme was made up of "the pick of the items from the city theatres". Between the various performances, Dorothy Brunton auctioned a number of donated
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After the war ended, Brunton lived in London and the United States, occasionally returning to Australia where she was acclaimed as a much-beloved performer. After a nine-month tour of South Africa in 1926-7 and a couple of moderately-successful plays in London, Brunton returned to Australia in 1930
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who induced him to join the Myer Department Stores business. Dawson was made a director and given charge of the fourth floor of the Myer Emporium in Melbourne. His assets accumulated, and in 1927, he was reported to be holding twenty-six thousand shares in Myer Melbourne Pty. Ltd. In March 1928,
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they were sheltering in the cellar below their building when a bomb hit the adjacent roadway, shattering the cellar wall. Although they were "terribly shaken", the couple escaped injury. Several days later, the Dawsons were once again sheltering in the cellar when a bomb explosion ruptured the gas
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After the death of her half-brother, Dorothy returned to the United States and spent time with her brother Jack in Florida. Her brother had relocated to Florida after the sale and transfer of the Brunton Studios to United Studios Inc. By July 1922, Jack Brunton had taken over the general management
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In London, Brunton was not able to secure an engagement "on the strength of her Australian reputation". She arrived "without either letters of introduction or influence". As she later described, she "walked the streets looking for work". However, during this period she "aimed high", always seeking
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range of celebrities who were members of the "Rexona Club". Dorothy Brunton ("the idol of Musical Comedy lovers") began to appear in Rexona advertisements from December 1916, beginning a longstanding association with the company. She was featured in national advertising for Rexona soaps until 1929.
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camp, on Melbourne's outskirts, calling themselves "the Dorothy Brunton Boys". The actress proudly recounted receiving a letter from a soldier at Gallipoli which read: "It is girls like you we went out to fight for". Brunton and her company presented entertainments for the soldiers at the Randwick
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Dot Brunton became a favourite with Australian soldiers. Parties of soldiers, stationed in training camps prior to overseas deployment, attended her performances into which patriotic songs and displays were incorporated. At each performance Brunton received requests to sing 'We Don't Want to Lose
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In the 1912 interview, Dorothy recalled that her father "was at first inclined" to keep her on at school. However, "owing to the solicitations" of Bland Holt's wife Florence, her father "was persuaded to allow me to accompany him to New Zealand where I was soon smuggled into small parts". With her
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Paul Dufault (1872 – 1930; born Wilbrod Dufault) was one of the most popular of Canada's lyric tenors; he specialised in romantic songs which formed a large part of his repertoire. Dufault made successful tours of Australia, China, Japan, the United States and Canada. He recorded prolifically in
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after a four years' absence from Australia. She had come to spend Christmas with her mother, who she had not seen for two years, and told journalists that she intended returning to London in March 1931. In late December 1930, it was reported that J. C. Williamson Ltd. had secured her services for
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in Melbourne in late July 1921, Brunton "was very warmly acclaimed by admirers". Each of her songs were "greatly applauded, the gallery being particularly demonstrative". After insistent demands for a speech after the final curtain, Miss Brunton declared to the audience: "I cannot say good-bye.
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In London, Brunton expressed a degree of disquiet about her role, early in the war, in assisting the recruitment of Australian soldiers. In April 1919, she was reported to have said: "I do not know, by the way, whether all the recruits have been grateful to me for my assistance in sending them to
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spousal union, as Brunton had been married to Sarah Hotchkis in 1870 at Plymouth. John and Sarah Brunton had three children (born from 1872 to 1881). Brunton's wife Sarah lived until January 1910 and there is no record of a divorce (nor is there a record of any marriage between Brunton and Cecily
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in early-June 1917, Brunton's last performance in Melbourne before her overseas departure. The second act was "considerably altered" to include renditions by the company of "many old favorites" (songs from previous productions in which Brunton had featured). At the finale "paper streamers were
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had its inaugural Australian performance at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, on 6 February 1915, with Brunton in the role of 'Sylvia Dale'. J. C. Williamson's production, described as a "musical jollity" with "plenty of dash and sparkle", opened in Melbourne in late-March, Adelaide in late-May and
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Dorothy Brunton and her mother travelled to America to visit with family members. Robert Brunton, Dorothy's 51 year-old half-brother, had been living in Los Angeles for many years where his Robert Brunton Film Studios was "amongst the most important in the city". His studios were located on a
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When the war ended Jack Brunton had applied for permission to return to Australia via the United States for business purposes. In his letter of application, he explained that he owned and controlled two picture theatres in Melbourne, and intended to "visit Los Angeles, and meet the Independent
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was described as "an emotional comedy" and represented a departure for Brunton from her usual musical comedy roles. Her "capacity for serious stage-work" was confirmed by Post who remarked on opening night in Sydney: "the heroine of the evening had been called upon to show youth and gaiety, a
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commented that Brunton was "most fully qualified to get the adulation usually reserved for imported artists". The critic remarked on "her pretty appearance, with singing to match" and added: "she is already a graceful actress, who plays an emotional part as though she felt it". Brunton later
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known for his spectacular touring productions of melodramas and pantomimes. In an interview in 1912, Brunton recalled: "The stage has always had a fascination over me, and as you know, my father's vocation as scenic artist with Mr. Bland Holt's Company, brought me into contact with actors and
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In London, Brunton and her mother lived in a flat in Regent Street which became known as a haven of hospitality for Australian soldiers on leave. The flat was called 'The Digger's Rest' where the two women "dispensed cheery hospitality of the true Australian brand" to soldiers of all ranks.
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at Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney. Her performance on opening night was lauded as "a distinct triumph", the critic remarking that "she filled every requirement of an exacting role". Her role in the musical comedy required the "interpretation of several personages... first as the General's
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1016:. At her first appearance in the role of the young widow, 'Mabel Mannering', the audience "insisted on holding up the comedy while they applauded and coo-eed to their favorite actress". At the end of the night, Brunton "voiced her appreciation of the wonderful reception accorded her".
829:. However, Brunton ended up declining the role "owing to the absolute need for more rest after years of continuous work in Australia". Brunton and her mother then travelled to New York by easy stages, where "her Australian reputation led to several offers", but she finally decided on
1734:, a pioneer of film-making in Los Angeles. In 1917 the company Paralta Plays Inc. was formed and engaged Brunton as production manager. The company constructed the Paralta Studios on 10-acres of an 80-acre tract of land north of Melrose Avenue (where it crosses Van Ness Avenue) in the
1093:. Robert had planned a holiday with his "little sister" and together they toured Europe, visiting Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany "and other countries in a leisurely way". After arriving in London, they "followed this by motoring in their own car all over England and Scotland".
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for theatrical engagements by J. C. Williamson Ltd. She married in 1931. In 1934, she retired from the stage and returned to London with her husband. After the death of her husband, Brunton returned to Australia in 1947 and lived in Sydney until her death in 1977, aged 86.
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landing, featuring khaki-clad men "landing from naval boats on a rugged shore" amidst "the crackle of rifle fire", described as "a realistic picture of a feat that makes the heart of every Australian beat with pride". The total receipts from the event amounted to £1,650.
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was revived by J. C. Williamson Ltd. at Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney on 10 December 1916, with Brunton cast as 'Frances' (or 'Franzi'), the leader of the ladies' orchestra. Later in the month the production commenced a tour of New Zealand, opening in Wellington on 26
1312:. During the tour, it was reported that Brunton had decided to give up musical comedy roles, "feeling there was nothing more to learn in that direction", in favour of "going in for the heavier work". Brunton toured South Africa for nine months playing opposite Post in
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Robert Brunton had been engaged in the process of selling the Brunton Studios and the sale of his holdings was finalised at about the time Dot and 'Cissy' Brunton's arrival in November 1921. The new owners were a New York-based syndicate headed by
1352:, she experienced a recurring cough, compelling her to be often unavailable for performances. "Theatres in England are experiencing bad times as a result of competition from the talkies"; "Successful shows are chiefly of light comic opera type".
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in May 1916 at Prahan in Melbourne. As a young man, Jack Brunton had travelled extensively, spending periods of time in England, West Africa, Mexico and the United States. In America, he found a job travelling with motion pictures along the
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daughter, then as the 'Vioscope' author's messenger; subsequently as the drummer boy, and as the miller's daughter, vocally and otherwise she was put to a test that would have severely tried a performer of more matured and wider experience".
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opened at the New Princess Theatre in Melbourne in August 1924, with Brunton in the role of 'Rosie' ("in which she is transposed from a poor waterside girl to a millionaire's mansion"). The production was brought to Sydney in December
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Brunton arrived back in Australia in early September 1920 under a year-long engagement to J. C. Williamson Ltd. She made her reappearance on the Australian stage at Sydney's Her Majesty's Theatre on 2 October 1920 in the production of
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remarked: "For the first time in my life I heard the Australian bush cry of 'Coo-ee!' in a London theatre... little Miss Dorothy Brunton, our latest Australian ingénue, appeared upon the stage". Of Brunton's relatively minor role in
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was also staged in Perth in June 1915. It was initially advertised as having the same cast as the Melbourne production, but Brunton's role in the performances was played by another actress (to the annoyance of a writer for the local
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Dawson and his family relocated to England, living in a lavish flat in Queen Anne's Mansions, St. James. In 1929, Dawson lost "practically the whole of his fortune" in "the Hatry crash", a financial scandal which resulted in
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had been running to crowded houses at the London's Aldwych Theatre and towards the end of its run, Ward arranged for Brunton and Heslop to appear in the leading character roles as a prelude to their Australian performances.
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By January 1912, Brunton was back with J. C. Williamson's New Comic Opera Company, under the management of which she was to remain for the next five years. The following are early roles she played with the company:
1277:, who also played the lead male role in the play. The play was the third offering from the Guy Bates Post Company, concluding a successful season in Perth. It was reported that Post had only consented to produce
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in Sydney. The musical comedy star was photographed at the maternity hospital in various poses with children, including bathing a baby. Photographs from the session were used in subsequent advertisements for
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and Cecily Christina Neilsen. Her father was an artist born in Edinburgh and her mother (known as 'Cissy') had been a Shakespearean actress in Edinburgh. John Brunton's relationship with Cecily Neilsen was a
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and his associates being charged with forgery and fraud. Hatry was convicted and sent to gaol for fourteen years. In 1929, Anna Dawson returned to Melbourne and initiated divorce proceedings against her
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Brunton was given opportunities to extend her skills as the understudy for more experienced actresses. Early in her engagement with the New Comic Opera Company, she had been the appointed understudy for
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on 2 November 1921 and arrived at San Francisco on 22 November where they were met by Jack Brunton. The three family members then travelled to Los Angeles to stay with Robert Brunton.
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the Front". She added: "Not long ago I heard of an Australian who, waist deep in Flanders mud, remarked to a comrade: 'I wonder when I shall meet the girl who sang me into this?'".
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critic as an "irresistible medley of religion, bellow-drama and eroticism", the play was performed at the Theatre Royal in Sydney with Brunton in the dramatic role of 'Stephanus'.
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district of Los Angeles. In 1918 the company changed hands. In 1918 Brunton purchased the Paralta studios in Los Angeles and renamed it Robert Brunton Studios Inc. In 1926
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of Miami Studios Inc. in Miami Florida, where he "purchased a beautiful estate". By July 1923, Australian newspapers were reporting that Dorothy Brunton had been engaged by
1184:. She disembarked at Fremantle and travelled by rail to Melbourne via Adelaide. For her return to the Australian stage Brunton had been engaged by Hugh Ward to perform in
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at the Little Theatre in London. The English critics were generally complimentary towards the players but disparaged the "complaining sentimentalism" of the play itself.
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newspaper said of Brunton's role: "She keeps the ball of fun rolling without the smallest apparent effort, and in the most trying situations preserves her native charm".
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in Australia after Dorothy Brunton agreed to play the female lead character, 'Adelina von Hagen'. The play opened at the Palace Theatre in Sydney in early July 1926.
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and Zoel Parenteau, premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in Philadelphia on New Year's Eve 1917. Reviews of the show were "liberal and favorable". Brunton played in
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on 8 September 1917 and arrived at San Francisco on 27 September. They proceeded to Los Angeles where Dorothy had intended to "rehearse the principal part in
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was a departure from her usual musical comedy roles. Brunton herself described the play as "a farce-comedy with witty dialogue and many happy situations".
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in late-August 1915 at Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney, with Brunton playing 'Suzanne', "the pleasure-loving wife" of 'Pomeral', scent manufacturer of
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got me my chance"; the group of soldiers who attended the performance "nearly pulled the theatre down with their applause". An article in
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was screened at The Hub cinema in Newtown and was occasionally shown in country cinemas, but in general it was "ignored by reviewers".
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opened in July 1916 at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne; Brunton played the role of 'June', the fiancée of "a fickle aristocrat".
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In 1940, during World War II, Dorothy and her husband were living in central London, in a ninth-floor penthouse flat overlooking
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flung from all parts of the house to Miss Brunton, and scores of bouquets and floral baskets quickly lined the stage".
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feeling for romance, a sense of tragedy, and charm as a singer, and had surmounted in turn all those difficulties".
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After the death of her husband, Dorothy Dawson returned to Australia. She arrived at Sydney aboard the
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music should be introduced", prompting the change. In May 1924, towards the end of the Sydney season of
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for J. C. Williamson Films, cast in the role of the lady reporter 'Mary Norton'. The film, directed by
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French and English for Columbia, HMV, Starr, and for Edison on cylinders as well as Diamond Discs.
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newspaper who wrote that "evidently she is considered too good for a one-horse town like Perth").
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L-1274 (1918); accompanied by the Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra (conductor: Maurice Jacobi).
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2863:'Your King & Country Want You' (sheet music), Chappell & Co., Ltd., 1914.
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Dorothy Brunton & Paul Dufault (side B only) – 'God Send You Back to Me'
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was taken to Melbourne, commencing on 3 July 1915 at Her Majesty's Theatre.
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in New York as a scenic artist. In August 1905, he married Clara Flash at
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4208:(New York), March–April 1923 (3 March 1923), Vol. XXVII No. 9, page 1378.
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Mr. Humphrey Bishop's New Venture: Dot Brunton and Alfred Frith in London
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Brunton's is Now United Studios, Inc; Michael C. Levee Becomes President
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Dorothy Brunton & Paul Dufault – 'It Was a Lover and His Lass'
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at Grand Opera House, Sydney, during September and November 1925.
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for a fortnight in Philadelphia before she began rehearsals for
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The cover of the sheet music of 'In Monterey' (from the musical
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Ralph Marsden (2008), 'The Old Tin Shed in Exhibition Street',
3092:(New York), Vol. 14 No. 14 (September–October 1916), page 2210.
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People educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne
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Weddings: Mr. Benjamin Dawson to Miss Anna Margrethe Holdenson
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The Idol of Her Majesty's Can Only Reflect on Her Former Glory
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premiered at the Mayfair cinema in Melbourne in October 1934.
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in late-April 1914 in Adelaide, with Brunton playing 'Mascha'.
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Robert Brunton (1872 – 1923), Dorothy's half-brother (from
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Theatrical Matinee: Miss Dorothy Brunton Sells Her Garters
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Paramount Pictures Stars at the Forefront of 'The Offer'
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under the management of Klaw and Erlanger in New York.
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in August 1913 in Brisbane (with Brunton as 'Chrysea').
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in late-July 1913 at His Majesty's Theatre in Brisbane.
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2649:(Sydney), Vol. 33 No. 1683 (16 May 1912), pages 10-11.
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when it played at His Majesty's Theatre in Brisbane.
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The Brunton Studios in Los Angeles, Covering 65 Acres
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was performed in Melbourne from late February 1921.
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in Western Australia. On 11 July 1908, they staged
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Plays and Players: From Her Majesty's to Drury Lane
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4537:Entertainments: Guy Bates Post and Dorothy Brunton
4501:Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton washing a baby
3880:Miss Dorothy Brunton: Reappearance in "Yes, Uncle"
2322:"Australia Dancing – Brenan, Jennie (1877 – 1964)"
5153:Stage Favourite Dorothy Brunton Living in England
4300:Miss Dorothy Brunton: To Reappear in Farce Comedy
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2659:Ambitious Young Australian: Miss Dorothy Brunton
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2370:Amusements: Theatre Royal: "A Knight for a Day"
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2239:The John Brunton Memorial Fund (advertisement)
2039:Amusements: Theatre Royal: "The White Heather"
1891:"Brunton, Christine Dorothy (Dot) (1890–1977)"
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5359:(Marble Bar, W.A.), 28 October 1910, page 2;
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5237:Discography of American Historical Recordings
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3321:Beautiful Miss Dorothy Brunton Praises Rexona
3313:Beautiful Miss Dorothy Brunton Praises Rexona
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5454:Motography: The Motion Picture Trade Journal
3743:'The Playhouses: "Shanghai" at Drury Lane',
3544:Trials and Triumphs: Dorothy Brunton Returns
3134:Goodbye to Dorothy Brunton, "The Anzac Girl"
2386:Interview: Five Minutes With Dorothy Brunton
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5121:Dorothy Brunton Has Second Escape in Raids
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4155:Miss Dorothy Brunton: Tour Through Europe
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4078:(Los Angeles), 26 November 1921, page 17.
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5064:(Melbourne), 27 September 1934, page 37.
3936:Her Majesty's Theatre: "Oh Lady! Lady!!"
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3204:(Melbourne), 15 September 1921, page 41.
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2007:Stage Gossip: When Dorothy Brunton Began
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5351:(Melbourne), 13 October 1910, page 24;
5335:(Melbourne), 5 September 1907, page 20.
4754:(Melbourne), 27 December 1930, page 16.
4666:(Adelaide), 22 September 1927, page 13.
4569:"The Climax": Dorothy Brunton's Success
4418:(Melbourne), 27 December 1924, page 39.
4338:(Melbourne), 3 November 1923, page 42;
4129:(New York), 26 November 1921, page 400.
3854:(Melbourne), 29 November 1919, page 12.
3756:'Music & Drama: Greenroom Gossip',
3635:Dorothy Brunton: Engaged for Drury Lane
3625:(Melbourne), 9 September 1920, page 12.
3497:(New York), 28 December 1917, page 48;
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5127:(Adelaide), 20 September 1940, page 4.
5108:(Adelaide), 19 September 1940, page 1.
5092:(Melbourne), 22 October 1940, page 12.
5000:(Melbourne), 16 February 1934, page 7.
4984:(Melbourne), 6 November 1933, page 12.
4919:(Melbourne), 31 October 1931, page 24.
4346:(Melbourne), 3 November 1923, page 16.
4306:(Melbourne), 23 October 1923, page 10.
4145:(Chicago), 24 December 1921, page 120.
3926:(Melbourne), 28 February 1921, page 8.
3920:Baby Bunting: Dorothy Brunton's Return
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3057:(Melbourne), 31 October 1914, page 37.
2474:(Brisbane), 24 September 1911, page 8.
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2013:(Melbourne), 3 November 1923, page 13.
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5650:20th-century Australian women singers
5557:(Melbourne), 27 August 1931, page 10.
5517:(Melbourne), 10 August 1911, page 6;
5493:(New York), 3 December 1920, page 2;
5327:(Melbourne), 31 August 1907, page 2;
5102:Dorothy Brunton Narrowly Escapes Bomb
5032:(Sydney), 27 September 1934, page 15.
4960:(Melbourne), 12 August 1933, page 28.
4895:(Melbourne), 25 August 1931, page 12.
4634:(Melbourne), 3 November 1930, page 6.
4591:(Melbourne), 21 August 1926, page 3;
4484:Grand Opera House – "Music Box Revue"
4322:(Melbourne), 23 October 1923, page 9.
4239:(Adelaide), 10 October 1923, page 23.
4113:(Melbourne), 7 January 1922, page 16.
3902:(Sydney), 19 December 1920, page 22;
3385:Her Majesty's Theatre: Canary Cottage
3337:For Health and Beauty (advertisement)
2811:Her Majesty's: "The Girl in the Film"
2801:(Melbourne), 19 October 1914, page 2.
2665:(Sydney), 24 September 1913, page 24.
2490:(Brisbane), 18 October 1911, page 11.
1884:
1882:
1880:
1878:
1876:
1681:, and James, born in Carlton in 1888.
1575:(side B only) – 'The Goblin's Glide'
1253:in a professional publicity shoot at
1157:in Sydney in a publicity shoot for a
882:in Australia and the United Kingdom.
7:
5670:Australian people of English descent
5640:Australian musical theatre actresses
5501:(Melbourne), 11 August 1921, page 8.
5400:"Paralta Studios, Los Angeles, 1918"
5367:(Sydney), 30 November 1910, page 10.
5048:(Melbourne), 15 March 1934, page 28.
4970:Miss Dorothy Brunton in "Road House"
4738:(Adelaide), 1 November 1930, page 3.
4732:English Stage: Bad Times Experienced
4692:"White Camellia": Dot Brunton's Role
4615:(Adelaide), 13 January 1927, page 3.
4474:(Sydney), 12 September 1925, page 6.
4458:(Sydney), 14 September 1925, page 2.
4372:Melbourne Shows: Mr. Battling Butler
4255:(New York), 18 August 1922, page 43.
4139:Who Said Hard Times? (advertisement)
3870:(Sydney), 5 September 1920, page 26.
3784:(Melbourne), 26 April 1919, page 10.
3673:(Sydney), 19 September 1920, page 3.
3550:(Sydney), 18 September 1920, page 5.
3523:Concerning Miss Dorothy Brunton's...
3391:(Melbourne), 26 March 1917, page 9;
3319:(Sydney), 17 December 1916, page 8;
3276:(Wagga Wagga), 31 May 1916, page 2;
3124:(Sydney), 13 December 1916, page 14.
2998:(Melbourne), 31 July 1915, page 12;
2990:(Melbourne), 14 July 1915, page 11;
2968:The Girl on the Film (advertisement)
2926:(Melbourne), 15 March 1915, page 7;
2910:(Sydney), 10 February 1915, page 44.
2793:(Brisbane), 22 August 1914, page 4;
2376:(Adelaide), 19 October 1910, page 8.
2165:(Broken Hill), 20 June 1908, page 6.
1990:Stars of Australian Stage and Screen
1922:(Brisbane), 7 August 1897, page 274.
908:, to commence in late-August at the
5535:Man With the 1,000,000 Dollar Smile
5525:(Melbourne), 12 April 1948, page 5.
5222:website, accessed 17 November 2022.
5203:(Sydney), 18 October 1953, page 18.
5137:'Dot' Brunton Tells of Raid Horrors
4935:(Sydney), 24 December 1931, page 8.
4706:(Brisbane), 27 April 1929, page 14.
4650:(Adelaide), 27 August 1927, page 3.
4599:(Brisbane), 21 August 1926, page 7.
4585:Dorothy Brunton – "Bird of Passage"
4511:website; accessed 28 December 2023.
4177:(Sydney), 24 January 1923, page 15.
3982:(Sydney), 22 October 1921, page 6;
3966:(Melbourne), 28 July 1921, page 16.
3942:(Melbourne), 16 June 1921, page 21.
3359:(Sydney), 7 February 1917, page 14.
3140:(Sydney), 1 September 1917, page 5.
3022:(Brisbane), 25 August 1915, page 3.
3016:Amusements: "The Belle of New York"
3006:(Melbourne), 5 August 1915, page 9.
2942:(Brisbane), 17 August 1915, page 6.
2908:Australian Town and Country Journal
2894:(Sydney), 23 January 1916, page 13.
2833:(Sydney), 28 December 1914, page 9.
2827:Amusements: Rousing Recruiting Song
2817:(Sydney), 21 December 1914, page 9.
2755:Amusements: "The Chocolate Soldier"
2745:(Brisbane), 18 August 1913, page 5.
2545:(Sydney), 17 January 1912, page 4;
2458:(Sydney), 8 September 1917, page 3.
2297:"Jennie Frances Brenan (1877–1964)"
2269:(Sydney), 5 September 1909, page 3.
2071:Amusements: "The Great Millionaire"
1974:(Sydney), 30 October 1912, page 21.
1972:Australian Town and Country Journal
1614:'Love's Own Kiss' (both songs from
1432:was in September 1931, followed by
610:at the start of the war in 1914 by
214:in the eastern Melbourne suburb of
5404:Chapman University Digital Commons
5159:(Brisbane), 10 March 1942, page 7.
4822:(Adelaide), 23 June 1931, page 13.
4029:(Sydney), 1 February 1926, page 5.
4007:Dorothy Brunton: Returns to Sydney
3990:(Sydney), 22 October 1921, page 2.
3822:(Melbourne), 26 June 1933, page 8.
3760:(London), 13 October 1918, page 2.
3734:(Sydney), 12 October 1927, page 3.
3529:(Bendigo), 11 April 1918, page 28.
3465:(Sydney), 10 January 1918, page 5.
3415:(Melbourne), 28 May 1917, page 6;
3375:(Sydney), 29 August 1917, page 14.
3343:(Launceston), 5 June 1929, page 6.
3327:(Sydney), 23 January 1917, page 3.
3300:Australian Variety Theatre Archive
2974:(Melbourne), 3 July 1915, page 35.
2761:(Adelaide), 30 April 1914, page 3.
2585:(Melbourne), 23 May 1912, page 38.
2360:(Sydney), 14 October 1911, page 4.
2301:Australian Dictionary of Biography
2045:(Adelaide), 20 April 1908, page 6.
1938:Australian Dictionary of Biography
1895:Australian Dictionary of Biography
952:, "have arranged to present every
347:at her dance studio in Melbourne.
25:
5665:20th-century Australian actresses
5598:Stars of Early Australian Theatre
4879:(Sydney), 17 August 1931, page 1.
4860:(Sydney), 17 August 1931, page 1.
4841:(Burnie), 17 August 1931, page 2.
4789:(Adelaide), 18 June 1931, page 2.
4682:(Sydney), 25 March 1928, page 11.
4402:(Sydney), 24 August 1924, page 5.
4340:Pays and Players: "Tons of Money"
3958:(Sydney), 31 July 1921, page 23;
3886:(Sydney), 4 October 1920, page 5.
3838:(Adelaide), 18 July 1919, page 8.
3803:(Sydney), 16 March 1919, page 10.
3718:(London), 30 August 1918, page 6.
3705:(London), 29 August 1918, page 8.
3686:Musical Notes: Australians Abroad
3657:(Sydney), 31 August 1918, page 6.
3459:Dorothy Brunton: Her U.S.A. Debut
3439:(Melbourne), 8 June 1917, page 8.
3423:(Melbourne), 4 June 1917, page 7.
3284:(Orange), 14 August 1916, page 2.
3220:(Sydney), 11 April 1914, page 16.
2934:(Adelaide), 31 May 1915, page 3;
2729:(Brisbane), 26 July 1913, page 6.
2633:(Brisbane), 25 May 1912, page 16.
2392:(Adelaide), 26 May 1915, page 20.
2109:(Adelaide), 26 May 1908, page 3;
1859:Civil Registration Marriage Index
825:'s latest musical comedy" called
5450:Paralta Chiefs "Step on the Gas"
4770:(Brisbane), 11 May 1931, page 3.
4698:(Sydney), 11 June 1928, page 1;
4553:A Post Masterpiece: "The Climax"
4509:State Library of New South Wales
4428:First Night: Little Jessie James
4378:(Sydney), 4 June 1924, page 14;
4271:(Chicago), 8 July 1922, page 25.
4053:(Sydney), 25 March 1921, page 5.
3589:Columbia Records (advertisement)
3433:Farewell to Miss Dorothy Brunton
3268:(Sydney), 21 May 1916, page 23;
3108:(Sydney), 12 July 1916, page 14.
2852:Sydney Stock and Station Journal
2713:(Brisbane), 3 May 1913, page 25.
2563:"Girl in the Train" at Newcastle
2285:(Sydney), 17 June 1917, page 17.
2229:(Sydney), 28 July 1909, page 15.
2213:(Sydney), 23 July 1909, page 12.
2149:(Adelaide), 8 June 1908, page 8.
2133:(Adelaide), 1 June 1908, page 9.
2117:(Adelaide), 27 May 1908, page 9.
2093:(Adelaide), 18 May 1908, page 9.
2077:(Adelaide), 11 May 1908, page 7.
1968:A Chat With Miss Dorothy Brunton
1621:Dorothy Brunton – 'In Monterey'
1166:
1146:
871:, in the belief she "had played
5465:Lindsay Blake (21 June 2022), '
4806:(Perth), 18 July 1931, page 11.
4543:(Perth), 24 June 1926, page 14.
4386:(Sydney), 1 March 1925, page 5.
4362:(Sydney), 17 May 1924, page 16.
4287:(Sydney), 14 July 1923, page 7.
4161:(Sydney), 1 March 1922, page 6.
3770:Dorothy Brunton: London Success
2429:(Sydney), 26 June 1911, page 9.
2413:(Sydney), 23 June 1933, page 9.
2197:(Sydney), 9 June 1909, page 12.
2061:(Adelaide), 5 May 1908, page 2.
1643:(side B only) – 'Married Life'
1610:Dorothy Brunton – 'The Bubble'
1579:'In Shanghai' (both songs from
4854:"Dot" Brunton Secretly Married
4559:(Perth), 26 June 1926, page 7.
4356:Dorothy Brunton: Souvenir Week
3797:Dorothy Brunton in Soldier Boy
3161:National Archives of Australia
2181:(Perth), 13 July 1908, page 3.
1940:. National Centre of Biography
1897:. National Centre of Biography
1249:, Brunton was photographed by
1188:, alongside the British actor
596:Your King and Country Want You
1:
5541:(Sydney), 9 May 1931, page 7.
5178:(Sydney), 3 May 1947, page 8.
5086:London People Come Up Smiling
4976:, 6 September 1933, page 13;
4889:Theatre Royal (advertisement)
4873:"Little Fib": "Dot's" Apology
4316:Miss Dorothy Brunton's Return
2958:(Perth), 6 June 1915, page 2.
1833:Family records, Ancestry.com.
1647:'Supposing' (both songs from
1520:, a village near the town of
1508:. In September 1940 during a
90:Darlinghurst, New South Wales
27:Australian singer and actress
5519:Obituary: Mr P. J. Holdenson
5487:Brunton's Brother in America
4835:Miss Dorothy Brunton Married
4490:, 14 November 1925, page 10.
4332:Miss Dorothy Brunton Returns
4094:, 26 November 1921, page 97.
4013:, 20 February 1924, page 13.
3747:, 7 September 1918, page 18.
3714:'To-Day's Gossip: Coo-ee!',
3303:; accessed 27 December 2023.
3154:World War I service record:
2569:, 15 February 1912, page 10.
2111:The Stage: Adelaide Theatres
1726:. Brunton later worked for
1714:a theatrical company led by
1039:At the final performance of
212:Presbyterian Ladies' College
5477:; accessed 21 October 2023.
5016:, 2 February 1989, page 12.
4722:, 4 February 1931, page 18.
4521:Rexona soap (advertisement)
3910:, 25 December 1920, page 8.
3353:Dorothy Brunton for America
3073:, 28 December 1915, page 8.
2984:Combined Theatrical Matinee
915:At her first appearance in
311:The Breaking of the Drought
266:The Breaking of the Drought
5686:
5568:"Paul Dufault (1872-1930)"
5280:. University of California
5239:. University of California
5172:Dorothy Brunton Comes Home
4954:Dorothy Brunton for Comedy
4816:Delightful Dorothy Brunton
3776:, 8 January 1919, page 2;
3692:, 9 November 1918, page 6.
3667:Dorothy Brunton Home Again
3567:. University of California
3505:, 4 January 1918, page 10.
3481:, 14 January 1918, page 8.
3270:Amusements: Strand Theatre
2705:, 22 March 1913, page 11;
2601:, 14 October 1912, page 3.
2191:Royal – "The Great Rescue"
1463:newspaper, 5 October 1933.
1247:The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly
1223:The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly
937:. A columnist in London's
900:an engagement in London's
843:, a new musical comedy by
624:Brisbane in August 1915.
570:The war years in Australia
372:Brunton's performances in
5600:, (n.p.): Leann Richards.
5456:, 1 June 1918, page 1041.
5058:"Clara Gibbings" Premiere
4396:Dorothy Brunton's Success
3521:, 6 March 1918, page 12;
3409:Amusements: Her Majesty's
3038:, 30 August 1915, page 4.
3000:Dorothy Brunton's Garters
2932:The Express and Telegraph
2854:, 25 April 1919, page 11.
2848:We Don't Want to Lose You
2723:"The Count of Luxembourg"
2681:, 21 June 1913, page 19;
2553:, 5 February 1912, page 4
2334:: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
2253:, 12 August 1909, page 8.
2247:The Brunton Memorial Fund
2245:, 7 August 1909, page 2;
2223:Death of Mr. John Brunton
2143:Amusements: Theatre Royal
2127:Amusements: Theatre Royal
2107:The Express and Telegraph
2103:Amusements: Theatre Royal
2087:Amusements: Theatre Royal
1932:Dennis Shoesmith (1972).
1005:Brief return to Australia
359:of which was 'Elaine' in
240:. Following her debut in
136:Christine Dorothy Brunton
58:Christine Dorothy Brunton
41:
5475:Penske Media Corporation
5010:Australian Film Classics
4527:, 8 April 1925, page 30.
4450:, 19 June 1925, page 7;
4434:, 30 March 1925, page 6.
3399:, 13 June 1917, page 33.
2928:Amusements: "High Jinks"
2777:, 17 June 1914, page 14.
2452:Dorothy Brunton's Career
1889:Martha Rutledge (1993).
1849:, 23 June 1933, page 15.
1720:the Shubert Organization
606:, had been published in
407:Miss Dorothy Brunton in
236:at the Theatre Royal in
5596:Leann Richards (n.d.),
5357:Pilbarra Goldfield News
5302:"; reg. no. 15040/1886.
4820:Advertiser and Register
4628:Dorothy Brunton Returns
3960:Miss Brunton's Farewell
3745:Illustrated London News
3641:, 17 July 1918, page 5.
3619:Dorothy Brunton Returns
3262:The Hub (advertisement)
3188:, 8 March 1913, page 6.
2689:, 30 June 1913, page 3.
2617:, 10 June 1912, page 5.
2611:"The Girl in the Train"
2529:, 28 July 1917, page 6.
2279:Dorothy Brunton, Singer
2263:Bland Holt's Sensations
2029:, 30 June 1942, page 7.
1916:Mr. Bland Holt's Season
1379:, a musical written by
1290:South Africa and London
1255:St. Margaret's Hospital
1155:St. Margaret's Hospital
530:The Count of Luxembourg
126:Cecily Neilsen (mother)
5385:Tommy Dangcil (2002),
5042:Breezy Dorothy Brunton
5030:The Farmer and Settler
4575:, 5 July 1926, page 7.
4412:Performances in Sydney
3515:Mr. Hugh Ward's Return
3236:, 13 May 1916, page 5.
3032:"The Girl in the Taxi"
2707:Evening Entertainments
1992:, Adelaide: Rigby Ltd.
1571:Dorothy Brunton &
1464:
1365:
1061:
769:Seven Keys to Baldpate
756:Seven Keys to Baldpate
660:
591:
416:
415:magazine, August 1913.
5660:Actresses from Sydney
4720:Sydney Morning Herald
4573:Sydney Morning Herald
4488:Sydney Morning Herald
4468:"The Music Box Revue"
4452:"Little Jessie James"
4448:Sydney Morning Herald
4107:Footlights and Screen
4011:Sydney Morning Herald
3908:Sydney Morning Herald
3519:Sydney Morning Herald
3479:Sydney Morning Herald
3071:Sydney Morning Herald
3036:Sydney Morning Herald
2703:Sydney Morning Herald
2699:The Belle of New York
2687:Sydney Morning Herald
2679:Sydney Morning Herald
2615:Sydney Morning Herald
2599:Sydney Morning Herald
2567:Sydney Morning Herald
2551:Sydney Morning Herald
2468:"The Balkan Princess"
2251:Sydney Morning Herald
2243:Sydney Morning Herald
2207:Death of John Brunton
2027:Sydney Morning Herald
1847:Sydney Morning Herald
1600:The Tales of Hoffmann
1583:) (shellac 10-inch);
1544:in about April 1947.
1458:
1426:The Duchess of Danzig
1397:The Duchess of Danzig
1363:
1345:from September 1928.
1058:Wid's Year Book: 1921
1055:
857:Madame and her Godson
774:From about 1913, the
669:The Belle of New York
659:), published in 1915.
654:
585:
546:The Chocolate Soldier
522:The Belle of New York
493:The Girl in the Train
485:The Girl in the Train
435:The Girl in the Train
406:
393:The Sign of the Cross
255:The Great Millionaire
183:, the third child of
5495:Growth of the Cinema
5353:Approaching Marriage
4716:Miss Dorothy Brunton
4609:Miss Dorothy Brunton
4444:Miss Dorothy Brunton
4127:Moving Picture World
3864:Dorothy Brunton Back
3832:Miss Dorothy Brunton
3475:Miss Dorothy Brunton
3051:The Girl in the Taxi
1639:(side A only) &
1065:65-acre site in the
765:The Girl in the Taxi
707:To-night's the Night
686:The Girl in the Taxi
677:The Girl in the Taxi
657:To-night's the Night
637:The Girl on the Film
600:The Girl on the Film
576:The Girl in the Film
396:. Described by the
335:Musical comedy roles
5361:Fanny Dango Married
4978:King's – Road House
4929:"Florodora" Revived
4748:The Theatre in 1931
4700:Gossip Confidential
4541:The West Australian
4206:Motion Picture News
4202:Pictures and People
3102:Tonight's the Night
3090:Motion Picture News
2683:"Autumn Manoeuvres"
2675:"Autumn Manoeuvres"
2179:The West Australian
1988:Hal Porter (1965),
1549:Parkinson's disease
1239:The Music Box Revue
1232:Little Jessie James
1229:The musical comedy
1221:The musical comedy
1216:Mr. Battling Butler
1138:Return to Australia
992:The musical comedy
590:magazine, May 1915.
476:The Dollar Princess
440:The Balkan Princess
384:The Balkan Princess
379:The Balkan Princess
277:, an adaptation of
158:By the outbreak of
5574:. 13 February 2016
4913:A Very Merry Widow
4249:Coast Picture News
4023:Paramount Pictures
3976:"Don't Forget Me!"
3491:"Girl" Title Final
3214:Alaska and Siberia
2787:"Princess Caprice"
1740:Paramount Pictures
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1350:The White Camellia
1335:The White Camellia
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1048:America and Europe
661:
617:The musical farce
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374:A Knight for a Day
367:A Knight for a Day
362:A Knight for a Day
204:theatrical manager
153:J. C. Williamson's
5572:Mahler Foundation
5551:Cabbage and Kings
5199:by Claude McKay,
4780:"Jazz Show Doomed
4704:Queensland Figaro
4269:Exhibitors Herald
4143:Exhibitors Herald
3774:The Newcastle Sun
3690:The Newcastle Sun
3186:Prahran Telegraph
2952:Where is Dorothy?
2407:Mrs. Brunton Dies
2295:McCalman, Janet,
1635:Dorothy Brunton,
1420:Duchess of Danzig
1373:the lead role in
925:The Newcastle Sun
514:Autumn Manoeuvres
506:Autumn Manoeuvres
479:and as 'Fifi' in
438:(two nights) and
409:Autumn Manoeuvres
242:The White Heather
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