,AMUSEMENTSAMUSEMENTS FINAL DAY OF THE SCREEN’S GREAT- T AST Ft AV BST LOVE STORY ... A DOVE M , X Kerridge-Odeon “ACT OF LOVE” R E G E N T “ACT OF LOVE” ’phone 69-389 „ .... « Reservations at Service Bureau in Theatre Brilliantly Starring Foyer Open 10 a.m. to 9 pan. Dally. KIRK DOUGLAS 2 PJM. and 8 P.M. Wanted . . . for Desertion DANY ROBIN ““ The Feature Wanted ... for Questioning “THE NAKED JUNGLE” AND BOTH . . . WANTING ONLY IN TECHNICOLOR EACH OTHER, The Cwt '' ELEANOR PARKER Today At’2 p.m. and 8 pan. CHARLTON HESTON A Paramount Picture MT (Recommended More Especially for A J E S TIC A st °ry that contains Romance and AdDirecUon. Kerridge-Odeon venture with a Blending of Chilling fnone 62-039 Suspense of the Wild and Treacherous ====== -.— 1 " ' " South. American Jungle. Plans at Service Bureau in Theatre A _ H Foyer from 10 ajn. to 9 pjn. Daily “ “ Tniwnpnnxui “THE SABLE SCARF” IUMUhttU W I . . . Another thrilling •‘Calling Scotland Yard” TOMORROW ■ Featurette with Judy Campbell as a woman who becomes the victim of her At 11 a.m.. 2 5 K n m own « r eed, in • short subject that contt.iii., a, O p.m. denses all the mystery and thrills of a In Conjunction with Universal-Inter- feature! national Films we Proudly Present our p JJ) Y Silver Jubilee Attraction! Bros. Present 25 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP GARY COOPER IN MOTION PICTURE BARBARA STANWYCK PRESENTATION! ruth roman anthony quinn - MARCH 1. 1930-1955 - “BLOWING WILD” To Mark this Great Occasion UniversalInternational Films have Honoured the If you like excitement, this is T.N.T., Majestic with the with Gary Cooper as “Gringo Giant** and Barbara Stanwyck as his “Woman of the First Australasian Diablo.*’ Cooper is a Wildcatter Oilman screening w ho fights not only nature herself, but VI their Most Spectacular and the bandits who infested Mexico during Lavish Production Adm* . ' Audiences) x “SIGN OF THE PAGAN” || ' . “SIGN • Kerridge-Odeon • THE TIVOLI EEErF PAGAN” - ’Phone 78-290 “SIGN OF THE PAGAN” Reserve at the Theatre Daily 10.45 a.m to 9 pan. or by Telephone LAST DAY 1.45, 7.45 in CINEMASCOPE— the year’s biggest cast ... AND COLOUR BY TECHNICOLOR sTARtEtoG® EVETT! -SUrring- TALL JEFF CHANDLER HEADLINES” As the Warrior "Marclan’’ HLAULMIia JACK PALANCE (Special A. Unsuitable for Children! ** “ At “con*s^? n i'sS S RutWess MAI ZETTERLING t TTtivfrr t a Tr- OTD rx-A MICHAEL DENISON LUDMILLA TCHERINA jane hylton dennis price Internationally Famed Dancer and Actress, as the Beautiful "Pulcheria.” Also M I “WAGONS WEST” j n I (Approved for Universal Exhibition) OgbONEMASCOPE, Rod Cameron Peggy Grandeu??T? t *he Xutode and COLOUB BY CINECOLOR. cence of a Film as Spectacular and Mighty ' , as “Sign of the Pagan.” FRIDAYHERE ... . Feature No. 1 In Eye-filling Tapestries of tricolour are the Lush. Beauties of Imperial iSVety City Has Halls . . . the Pulse-quickening Orgies of Girls Like* Thpspf the Pagans ... the Mysteries of Con- -in ! stantinople and the Majesty of Rome! Playgirls They Call Them, viptti? ’ But These Girls'Play • • • For Keeps! Is unfolded the Awesome Clash of Roman Legions against the Bar- «« D T AVr* T T ” barian Tribes of the Conqueror, Attila, r.LAiuliiL HERE . . . t!>e Himl "PLAYGIRL" Against a Background of A New Universal-International Drama. Ruthless Conquest and a Lust for Power (Special “A.” Unsuitable for Children) such as the World has Never Known the Enthralling Romance between the Warrior The Cast: Mandan and the Royal Beauty Pulcheria SHELLEY BARRY come, to Vivid the Cinemascope WINTEfiS SULLIVAN (Approved for Universal Exhibition) PALMER RICHARD LONG And the Star Surprise of the Year RESERVE AT THE MAJESTIC FOR THIS ILCII MOST SPECTACULAR OF ALL CINEMA- Colleen Miller SCOPE PRODUCTIONS! rvnTT » The Notorious Fran Davis . . . Her Code: CYRIL AITKEN, Manager. “IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT .. . FORGET — •; m*. KERRIDGE-ODEON Story Of the “Models” she employed. living on /the fringe of the evening. ~ R\f R A V ' l . ™^ n L excitement pay the bill! or THE LJ ivi D A |J o I MEN SHE RULED . . . AND THE REPU’Phone 77-413 or Reserve at the Theatre A „ TATIONS SHE RUINED! Daily from 11 aan. Small-town Girls lured to big cities • ’ • and of their secrets the headlines LAST DAY!! couldn’t print! LAST DAY!! Preceded by/Feature No. 2: 2 P.M. 8 P.M. >. rr GROWS The Feature: ON TREES” I “DUEL IN THE SUN” I A New UniverMl-Interna*tonal Comedy. - —■ ! (Approved for Universal Exhibition) Th » Cast: The Cart; GREGORY PECK IRENE DUNNE JENNIFER JONES Dean Joan photography: Evans * TECHNICOLOR. go HILARIOUSLY HAPPY . . . A SPECIA^-U^UIT ABLE FOR IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU! Mrs Baxter has a tree that grows paper Also money! The Tax Department is nearly LATEST PA THE NEWS J 1 G-Men are packing spray And Topical Sports Featurette And X th * whole nation’s buying "THRILLS OF THE SURF" fertiliser; Another wonderful Comedy from the "Harvey” and "Francis” Studio! Commencing Friday . . . —John seebold. Manager. ... Commencing Friday! 1.15 - 4.30 - 7.45 p.m. METRO THEATRE DOUBLE FEATURE Colombo street, Sydenham | “PARK ROW” j 715 P m ST I r X' k^m® 13 Pm ’ Brings you the Humour and Heroics, the Starring Horseplay and the Gallantry of Gene Evans Mary Welch “EIGHT IRON MEN” STREET OP ROGUES . . . REPORTERS IRON MEN” amty ROMANm Starring Bonar Colleano, Arthur Franz, “PARK *t°onfiime the most 5Si £mnis famous newspaper street in the world. James Griffith. Dick Moore and Barney On this street in New York the great (R PPn mm».nri giants of journalism mixed blood and ink (Recommend by Censor for Adults) to make headlines across the front page -And on the Same Programme: of America. JEAN RENOIR’S OUTSTANDING TECHNICOLOR PRODUCTION A ROWDY, TURBULENT NEWSPAPER “THE RIVER” set in the days when the struggle for “THE RIVER” decency in journalism came to a boil! Starring Radha. Esmond Knight ® (Approved for Universal Exhibition) Preceded by Feature No. 2: 1 Di AXTTj' r r’ ha t>c»» New York’s Famed Newspaper Street RED PLANET. MARS > . . “PARK ROW.” commencing — FRIDAY Starring “ EMBASSY THEATRE Peter Graves Andrea King 1 ===== Terror from MARS throws world into DEMONSTRATrnw PANIC!! Threat from outer space may DEMONSTRATION mean the end of the earth!! Nations racing DEMONSTRATION time and each other—to reach countless miles into space . . . and save the world ctaaq cjttpvw rnunTwr from total destruction!! The story that CLAAS SUPER roMrmS? could happen TOMORROW ... TO US! SUTOR (BOTH APPROVED FOR UNIVERSAL , EXHIBITION) wiu be held at M. A. SCANDRETT, Manager. WINCHESTER BROS.. EMBASSY PALS’ CLUB SEAVIEW. WAKANUI, Committee Meeting at 4 p.m. Today. TODAY (THURSDAY), AT » P.M. Is there life on MARS? See “RED Alao at PLANET MARS’* . . . commencing .x FRIDAY • MR K. McCORMICK’S FARM, EMBASSY THEATRE Racecourse Road, Ashburton, FOR A fid TICKET in the Rocket Raffie lto INTERNATIONAL FARM SBftVICE. 28 Lucky Winners. Book of tickets 10s. IN ixmNATTOhAL FARM SERVICE , PT C HAVELOCKf STREET. ASHBURTON. ASHBURTON AGENTS.
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