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AMUSEMENTS Kerridge-Odeon AVON D 6O-062 - Reserve at Theatre Service Bureau—lo a.m. to 9 pan? Daily 4 Sessions Daily : 11, 2,5, 8 LAST 2 DAYS TODAY AND THURSDAY ONLY AT 11, 2, 5 AND 8 The Feature “dial M for Murder” A Warner Brothers Picture Ittecommended by Censor for Adults.) The Cast Ray Milland : Grace Kelly Robert Cummings JOHN WILLIAMS. ANTHONY DAWSON Directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK From the Internationally Famous Stage Thriller by FREDERICK KNOTT PhotographyW ARNERCOLOR Plus: “DUTCH TREAT IN SPORTS” Cartoon—“TßEE FOR TWO” —both in Colour LATEST NEWS ooo The Reviewers Report on Friday’s Avon Attraction and its Famous Player— Auckland “STAR”: “N.Z. HERALD”: “This is one of Guinness's most "The highest honbrilliantly realised ours go to Guinness impersonations, the in one of his very centre of a delight- best screen porful and thoroughly trayals. . . civilised film.” The Man of Many Parts—ln the Part of his Life! ALEC GUINNESS —Amazingly Versatile Star of "Kind Hearts and Coronets,” “Man in the White Suit,” “Lavender Hill Mob,” “Captain’s Paradise,” and many more successes—adds another gem to his collection of brilliant characterisations—as “Father BROWN, Detective” Co-Starring JOAN GREENWOOD / PETER FINCH CECIL PARKER G. K. Chesterton’s Lovable Character—the Hero of the Famous “Father Brown Stories"—comes to the Screen in a Delightfully Different kind of Movie, compounded of clever comedy and the drama of a relentless manhunt, as the Great Amateur Detective tracks down a Notorious International Art Thief! . . . THE CHASE IS AN EXCITING AND A MERRY ONE! (Approved for Universal Exhibition)

Kerridge-Odeon il|f PLAZA |||i THE CONTINENTAL THEATRE ’Phone 88-089 Reserve at Theatre Service Bureau 10.30 to 9 p.m. Daily Daily at 2 pm. and 8 pm. Last 2 Days The Feature “KEEP AN EYE ON AMELIA” The Cast Danielle Darrienx Jean Desailly With STARS OF COMEDIC FRANCAISE (To comply with the Censor’s ruling children under 16 will not be admitted) Something About “Keep an Eye bn Amelia” “A French bedroom farce with no morals whatsoever” —“Daily Express” London “Funniest, Fastest and Spiciest of French Comedies” —“Los Angeles Times” “Just about as risque as they come, but it is clever and completely enjoyable” “Hollywood Citizen News” OOO . A Superlatively Thrilling Movie . . —CHRISTCHURCH “STAR-SUN.” “The Tensest Picture I Have Ever Seen . . —LONDON “DAILY EXPRESS.” “Overpowering Thrill on Thrill . . —LONDON “DAILY SKETCH.” RETURNING FRIDAY—BY POPULAR DEMAND! “THE WAGES OF FEAR” WINNER OF THE BRITISH FILM ACADEMY’S PREMIER AWARD AS “THE BEST FILM FROM ANY SOURCE IN 1954.” Also Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, 1953. Selected as the Feature Film for This Year’s Auckland Film Festival. The first Foreign Film GENERALLY released throughout the J. Arthur Rank Circuit in England, where it enjoyed sensationally long rims. Its Drama is Dynamite! Its Excitement is Explosive!— Its Thrills are T.N.T.errific! ... and for Sheer Spine-tingling Suspense—You’ve Never Seen Anything Lake It in All Your Life!!! (Recommended by Censor for Adults— Definitely Unsuitable for Children) SHIPPING AND AIR UNION STEAM SHIP CO. OF NEW ZEALAND. LTD. 168 Hereford street. ’Phone 76-290. CARGO SERVICES. FOR WELLINGTON: Steamer Express daily. FOR AUCKLAND: WAlPlATA—February 24. FOR SYDNEY. VIA DUNEDIN. BLUFF: WAIPORI— February 23. FOR MELBOURNE. VIA WELLINGTON, BLUFF WAIMEA—EarIy March. ALSO FREQUENT CARGO SERVICES coastwise between N.Z. Ports and to and from Australia. South Sea Islands, India, Ceylon, Malaya. Indonesia, and West Coast of Canada and U.S-A. PASSENGER SERVICES: FOR SYDNEY (with Through Bookings to other Australian points): FROM WELLINGTON: MONOWAI—Mar. 15, Mar. 29. May 3. FROM AUCKLAND:— , „ MONOWAI—March 5, April 12, April 23. FOR WELLINGTON FROM LYTTELTON: MAORI —Tues.. Thurs- Sat.. 7.10 p.m. train. HINEMOA—Mon- Wed.. Fri„ 7.10 D.m. train. FOR WELLINGTON FROM* PICTON: RANGATIRA—Tues.. Thurs.. 2.15 p.m.; FrL, 10 p.m.; Sun., 6 p.m. FOR FIJI? TONGA, NIUE, SAMOA, FROM AUCKLAND: TOFUA—March 1. FOR AUCKLAND. VIA WELLINGTON, FROM LYTTELTON: MA TUA—March 9. FOR FIJI. VAVAU, APIA, FROM AUCKLAND: MATUA—March 18. _ AIR SERVICES: Booking Agents for all Airlines within New Zealand and Overseas. dtpBRmSH <S'S A AN?' E^r^ VIGATION H^ r fS^ OB B E dM^ T COLOMBO/ with transhipment to other Indian and Pakistan ports. PURNEA: from Lyttelton via Dunedin, Bluff, Auckland— February 24. | Agents: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY of j NEW ZEALAND. LTD F7i HER?SHIPPING NOTICES. PAGE 16)