CITY THEATRES
PROGRAMMES AT A GLANCE Avon: “Letter from an Unknown Woman” (romance, Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan. State: “Sitting Pretty” (comedy, with Clifton Webb and Maureen O’Hara). Mayfair: “The October Man” (mystery, with John Mills and Joan Greenwood; “The Royal Wedding Presents” (Newsreel). Civic Theatre: “Puss in Boots" (pantomime, locally produced). Empire: “Young Widow” (romance, comedy, and drama, with Jane Russell, Louis Hayward, Kent Taylor) • “Mother Wore Tights” (vaudeville to big time, with Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman); latest Pathe Overseas News; N.Z. Review. Plaza: “The Lives of a Bengal Lancer” (adventure, with Gary Cooper and Franchot Tone). Crystal Palace: “Captain from Castile” (Tyrone Power and Jean Peters in an adventure film); Warner Pathe News (Olympic Games events). St. James’: “Variety Show” (George Tollerton’s overseas vaudeville). Commencing on Monday; “Dangerous Moonlight” (Anton Walbrook, Sally Gray, and the Warsaw Concerto). Liberty: “The Courtneys of Curzon Street” (family history, starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding). Majestic: “Green Dolphin Street” (art in Hollywood depicts life in early New Zealand, with the aid of Lana Turner and Van Heflin); “The Invisible Mouse” (Tom and Jerry colour cartoon) :
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25590, 3 September 1948, Page 9
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