AMUSEMENTS. THE ULTIMATE IN MODERN MOTION PICTURE ENTERTAINMENT! All the wonders of the silver screen! All the magic of modern motion pictures! All the attainments of 50 amazing years of progress . . . lavish spectacle, stars, sougs, and the full glory of Technicolour . .- everything that the worlds greatest studio, finest technicians and most talented artists can produce ! j. EMBASSY J. C. Williamson's Intimate Theatre. Telephone — 32-660. TO-DAY AT 11 A.M.. 2.15 AND 8 P.M. METRO-GOLD WYN-MAYER'S MAGNIFICENT MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA. IN GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOUR! "THE WIZARD OF OZ" "THE WIZARD OF OZ" "THE WIZARD OF OZ" "THE WIZARD OF OZ " "THE WIZARD OF OZ" "THE WIZARD OF OZ" "THE WIZARD OF OZ" With JUDY GARLAND . . . FRANK MORGAN RAY BOLGBR . . . JACK HALEY BERT LAHR . . . BILLIB BURKE AND A CAST OF THOUSANDS! EVERYBODY. IN EVERY FAMILY EVERYWHERE. WILL BE OFF TO SHE THE WIZARD. THE WONDERFUL "WIZARD OF OZ." M.G.M. Featurettes Include— A ROBERT BENCHLEY COMEDY— "HOME MOVIES." AN OUR GANG COMEDY— "DAD FOR A DAY." Also Pictures of the Front Line . . German 'Plane Brought Down in France by N.Z. Pilot . . . Dominion > Ministers see the Army ... Farr v. Abrew Fight, etc. THERE WILL BE ONE PERFORMANCE AT 8 P.M. ON XMAS DAY. BOOKING (FOR MATINEES AND EVENINGS) IS NOW OPEN AT THE THEATRE. Telephone — 32-660. Approved lor Universal Exhibition. ! | —FULLER'S— | 1 SUBURBAN THEATRES I I PRINCE EDWARD I gTSSSI I | 7.30 NIGHTLY | I SAT.. 2 P.M. and 7.30 P.M. I | MON.. 7.30 P.M. . 1 H A "singing bandit''—who loved a §j H honey-haired beauty as desperately g | as he fought the robber barons oi g § his time! g jg Nelson Eddy, Virginia Bruce 1 g in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's = § "SONG OF THE PLAINS." g jg Approved for Universal Exhibition, g 1 Also: jg g J. Edgar Hoover's crackling expose g i g of the man of medicine who turns g - his back on his profession and g §} makes a racket out of human life! g | "UNDERCOVER DOCTOR." g g Lloyd Nolan — Heather Angel, g s Recommended by Censor for Adults. = g "LONB RANGER," Chapter 6. m I BRITANNIA I SSTSSL f | TO-NIGHT AT 7.30 AND MONDAY 8 | (XMAS NIGHT) AT 7.30. | | The Greatest Musical Triumph In 1 g Screen History. g | " THE GREAT WALTZ." I | With Luise Rainer. Miliza Korjus 1 g and Fern and Gravet. g 1 CHARLIE RUGGLES and I | MARY BOLAND In I | "NIGHT WORK." [ g Both Approved for Universal = =, Exhibition. g § N()TE—No Matinee Boxing Day = I (Tuesday). Change of Programme = a Tuesday Night (Boxing Day). I I VICTORIA I devonport. ■ • = \ Phone 22-683. 1 i To-night at 7.30. g | "THE CITADEL."' | I Starring 1 | Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell, i g Recommended by Censor for Adults. | | Also: g m Fay Balnter. Ida Lupino and g 1 Lee Bowman In g | "THE LADY AND THE MOB." 1 I Approved for Universal Exhibition. 1 (SPECIAL XMAS SESSION! g MONDAY (CHRISTMAS DAY) I 1 at 7.45 P.M. | | "THE CITADEL." | jg Starring \g | Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell. I | Recommended by Censor for Adults. 1 I^Also —Good Supporting Programme I g of Short Subjects. g I CINEMA I GEBI LYNN. 1 I -Cj ivi A I p hone 26-406. § I AT 7.30 ■ g„XMAS NIGHT AT 7.30 1 1 HOLIDAY ATTRACTION. I g NELSON EDDY with- ' = | VIRGINIA BRUCE In I |"SONG OF THE PLAINS" 1 I Vn A V . e l Bal Exhibition, i | ISA MIRANDA, RAY MILLAND In 1 | "HOTEL IMPERIAL." ■ v Recommended by Censor for Adults 3 immmwl - "The Show Place of Auckland." I BERKELEY I and _ ——— —I CAFE LOUNGE. M o 8 ®"-j . At Mission Bay ! M (Only 8 minutes from Queen Street.) Reserves — Phone 17-377. M . This Evening at Eight o'clock _ Also Christmas Night (Monday), ti Ire ®f Dunne. Charles Boyer. M Maria Ouspenskaya in M " NEAREST THING TO HEAVEN." M A Brilliant, Delightful Romance M Recommended by Censor for Adults ]Vf Specially Selected Featurettes. --THE CAFE LOUNGE "J Open to the Public Noon tiU 1 a m « P Monday" 8 Di " Der 'and - Open Xmas Day. Noon till 1 a. m . | CAPITOL 1 BALMORAL. J Phone 12-199. M * t,a Q«"ter to Eight M PTTQADPwf (Monday). M ELISABET H BERGNER M "STOLEN LIFE" fo r r j SOUTHERN CROSS I J . ellerslib. S TO-NIGHT AT 7.45— 5 « iti „ CHAIILBS RUGGLES In S HIS EXCITING NIGHT." S JAMES GLEASON In I bm Y A RELATIVES." S *** pprove<i f° r Universal Exhibition. g MONDAY (XMAS NIGHT) q IDA. LUPINO In | " THE LADY & THE MOB.' - Approved for Universal Exhibition.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 16
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