CITY THEATRES

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25994, 23 December 1949, Page 3

CITY THEATRES

PROGRAMMES AT A GLANCE Avon: “Silent Dust” (varied, with Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Derek Farr, and Nigel Patrick). Plaza: “The Great Flamarion” (action and romance, with Erich von Stroheim) and “Heldorado” (Western, with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and George “Gabby” Hayes). Majestic: “The Wizard of Oz” (musical in Technicolour, with Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, and Billie Burke). Regent: “Top o’ the Morning” (musical, with Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, and Ann Blyth). Supports include “Fairway Champions” (golf short). State: “A is Born” (musical in Technicolour, with Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey). Crystal Palace: “The Count of Monte Cristo” (adventure and romance, with Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, and Louis Calhern). Liberty: “The Unknown Island” (varied, in Cinecolour) and “The Last Ride” (crime detection).

Mayfair: “Quartet” (screen version of four plays by Somerset Maugham, with Hermione Baddeley, Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford, Susan Shaw, Mervyn Johns, Cecil Parker, Francoise Rosay, and Linden Travers). St. James’: “This is the Army” (musical in Technicolour, with George Murphy, Joan Leslie, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, Kate Smith, and Irving Berlin).

. Tivoli: “Esther Waters” (varied, with Kathleen Ryan, Dirk Bogard, and Fay Compton). Rex (Riccarton): “Deep Waters” (drama, with Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, and Ann Revere) and “Blondie in the Dough” (comedy). Grand: “Keeper of the Bees” (varied, with Michael Duane and Jane Darwell) and “Little lodene” (varied, with Jo Ann Marlowe).

Theatre Royal: “Frontier Badmen” (Western, with Robert Paige and Anne Gwynne) and “San Diego, I Love You” (comedy, with Jon Hall. Louise Allbritton, Edward Horton, and Eric Blore).

Metro: “The Yearling” (Jane Wyman, Gregory Peck) and “Banjo” (Sharyn Moffett). Century (St. Albans): “Till the Clouds Roll By” (musical in Technicolour, with Gene Kelly. Kathleen Grayson, and Judy Garland). Empire (Papanui): “Undercover Girl” (varied, with Ann Sothern and Barry Nelson) and “Family Honeymoon” (comedy, with Claudette Colbert and Fred Mac Murray).