CITY THEATRES
PROGRAMMES AT A GLANCE Crystal Palace: “Anthony Adverse” (adventure and romance with Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland). Mayfair: “The Hills of Donegal” (musical with James Etherington and Dinah. Sheridan). Statfe: “Gentleman’s Agreement” (romance with Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire). Liberty: “Great Day” (drama with Eric Portman and Flora Robson); “Isle of the Dead” (horror with Boris Karloff and Ellen Drew). Plaza: “Kiss the Bride Good-bye” (Jean Simmons and Claude Allister in a romantic comedy). Avon: “A Girl in a Million” (comedy with Basil "Radford, Naunton Wayne, and Joan Greenwood). St. James: “Bitter Sweet” (musical romance with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald). Tivoli: “The Great Waltz” (musical with Meliza Korjus and Louise Rainer). Theatre Royal: “Salome, Where She Danced” (adventure with Yvonne de Carlo and Rod Cameron); “The Woman in Green” (thriler with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce). Majestic: “Homecoming” (romance with Clark Gable and Lana Turner). Regent: “Beyond Glory” (adventure with Alan Ladd and Donna Reed). Grand: “You Can’t Escape Forever” (comedy with George Brent and Brenda Marshall); “Smooth as Silk” (drama with Kent Taylor and Virginia Grey). Empire (Papanui): “Swiss Family Robinson” (comedy, adventure and drama with Freddie Bartholomew, Edna Best, Tim Holt) “Piccadilly Incident” (humour, drama, music, and dancing with Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding. Michael Lawrence). Century Theatre: “Black Narcissus (startling drama starring Deborah Kerr, Sabu. David Farrar, Flora Robson); entertaining featurettes.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25738, 25 February 1949, Page 3
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