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AMUSEMENTS TODAY! AT 11—2—5—8 TODAY! AT 11—2—5—8 ROMANCE . . . EXCITEMENT . AND DR?Sfta; LE Vi?Sr ON ' D YOUR WILDEST DREAMS! ENTERTAINMENT BEYOND PARALLEL! majestic The Show Place of Christchurch Direction: Kerridge-Odeon ’ ’Phone 62-039 Plans at Service Bureau in Theatre Foyer from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Daily. PRESENTING—- — OUR Silver Jubilee Attraction! MARCH 1. 1930-1955 FOR 25 YEARS . .. The Majestic Theatre has Consistently Set the Entertainment Standard for Christchurch Picture Patrons, and to Mark this Important Occasion we Proudly Present the FIRST AUSTRALASIAN SCREENING OF UNIVERSAL FILMS’ MOST SPECTACULAR AND LAVISH PRODUCTION “SIGN OF THE PAGAN” “SIGN OF THE PAGAN” “SIGN OF THE PAGAN” IN CINEMASCOPE AND COLOUR BY TECHNICOLOR Starring JEFF CHANDLER As the Warrior “Marcian” JACK PALANCE As “Attila the Hun”—the Most Ruthless Conqueror of All Time. LUDMILLA TCHERINA Internationally Famed Dancer and Actress, as the Beautiful “Pulcheria.” RITA GAM As "Kubra" Only CINEMASCOPE. . . Could Dramatise the Vast Sweep and Grandeur . . . the Magnitude and Magnificence of a Film as Spectacular and Mighty as “Sign of the Pagan.” (Approved for Universal Exhibition) Fifteen Hundred Years Ago a Shadow was Cast across the Civilised World. Out of Asia swept the Most Ruthless Conqueror of All Time . . . Atilla the Hun! With Sword and Flame he Cut a Merciless Path of Destruction and even the Mighty Roman Empire was Marked for his Barbaric Conquests! ... . from these days of High Excitement and Thrilling Adventure comes “Sign of the Pagan," the Story of Attila the Him! . . . Spectacular in Cinemascope and Lavish in Technicolor! . . . and against a Background of Ruthless Conquest and a Lust for Power such 5? toe World has Never Known the Enthralling Romance between the Warrior Marcian and the Royal Beauty Pulcheria comes to Vivid Life on the Cinemascope i Screen! Outstanding Featurettes Include: "Real Gone Woody,” Woody Woodpecker Colour- Cartoon; “Postcard from Perth,” Australian Interest Items; “Bonus Land,” Technicolor Parade, Cinesound News Service, etc. CYRIL AITKEN, Manager. KERRIDGE-ODEON =EMBASSY = ’Phone 77-413 or Reserve at the Theatre Daily from 11 a.m. Today! Today! 1.15 4.30 7.45 p.m. DOUBLE FEATURE "PARK ROW” | Starring Gene Evans Mary Welch STREET OF ROGUES . . . REPORTERS . . . AND ROMANCE! “PARK ROW” was at one time the most famous newspaper street in the world. On this street in New York the great giants of journalism mixed blood and ink to make headlines across the front page of America. A ROWDY, TURBULENT NEWSPAPER STORY set In the days when the. struggle for decency in journalism came to a boil! Preceded by Feature No. 2: | “RED PLANET MARS**"] Starring Peter Graves Andrea King Terror from MARS throws world into PANIC!! Threat from outer space may mean the end of the earth!! Nations racing time and each other—to reach countless miles into space . . . and save the world from total destruction!! The story that could happen TOMORROW ... TO US! (BOTH APPROVED FOR UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION) M. A. SCANDRETT, Manager. WILD VIOLETS. wild Violets. WILD VIOLETS. By Request, the Christchurch Operatic Society Will Present as their 1955 Production WILD VIOLETS. Watch for Auditions. 9BlB SHIPPING AND AIR SERVICES UNION STEAM SHIP CO. OF NEW ZEALAND. LTD. 188 Hereford street ‘Phone 76-290. CARGO SERVICES. FOR WELLINGTON: ~ Steamer Express daily. AUCKLAND: KATUl——March 3. FOR SYDNEY, VIA DUNEDIN, BLUFF’ WAlPORl—February 25. 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:MONOV.’Al—March 5, April 12, April 23.

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