AMUSEMENTS Your Favourite Theatre Kerridge-Odeon AVON Management:—S. E M. Moodie Ph .°J l ® “; oe f ■ Reserve at the Avon 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 6 Days a Week. . FINALLY TODAY : 11, 2,5, and 8. Michael REDGRAVE : Dirk BOGARDE h a? n _= in Air-Sc a Rescue Drama “THE SEA SHALL NOT HAVE THEM” (Approved for Universal Exhibition) OOO TOMORROW Friday at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m. OXE OF THE MOST TALKEDABOUT PICTURES OF OUR TIMES! . . . and yet, even all the excited talk you’ve heard about it will not quite prepare you for the impact of its drama . . . and its three triumphant performances! Paramount Presents
“THE COUNTRY GIRL” Starring Academy Award Winner BIXG CROSBY UNFORGETTABLE in a dramatic portrayal that is a masterpiece! Academy Award Winner GRACE KELLY UNMATCHED in her “Best Actress of The Year” role! Academy Award Winner WILLIAM HOLDEN UNEQUALLED in this powerful performance even by his many past successes! From the "N.Z. Herald” . . . “THE TITLE. ‘THE COUNTRY GIRL.’ AND THE PRESENCE OF BING CROSBY MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE CONFUSE THE NEW PICTURE WITH THE OLD MUSICAL COMEDY, BUT THE FILM IS A VERSION OF THE PLAY BY CLIFFORD ODETS . . . ‘THE COUNTRY GIRL’ IS A DISTINGUISHED FILM NOTABLE FOR ITS COMPELLING CHARACTERISATIONS. ITS STRONG SITUATIONS AND ITS GRADUAL REVELATION OF THE TRUE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS From the “Auckland . . . “BECAUSE IT HAS WHAT MATTERS IN A FILM. GOOD DIRECTING. ACTING AND SCRIPT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING MOVIES I’VE SEEN THIS YEAR. THE ACTING IS QUITE EXCEPTIONAL RARELY HAVE I SEEN IN ONE FILM THREE SUCH MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES . . . FOR MY MONEY. ‘THE COUNTRY GIRL’ IS cvp THE PEST FILMS OF 1955. A SATISFYING EXPERIENCE. POIGNANT AND TENDER . . - ” PATRONS PLEASE NOTE: [Booking for “The Country Girl” is Phenomenal! and Saturday Night is Sold Out Already. SO WE DO .ADVISE YOU TO RESERVE EARLY FOR OTHER NIGHTS OR FOR THE MATINEES AT THE AVON (Recommended by Censor for Adults) Kerridge-Odeon •l|| PLAZA ||h THE CONTINENTAL THEATRE ’Phone 83-039 Reserves at Theatre Service Bureau 10.30 to 9 nn. Dailv LAST DAY —2 AND 8 p.m. Stanley Kramer’s Brilliant Production “THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING” With th" Ort«inal Brnnrhvqy Ca*t ETHEL WATERS JULIE HARRIS BRANDON DE WILDE (Recommended by Censor for Adults) NEXT FRIDAY! At 2, 5 and 8 p.m. FOR ADULTS ONLY THE INTIMATE DRAMATIC DIARY OF A PROSTITUTE . . . PRESENTED IN THE MOST DARING FRENCH FILM IN THE LAST DECADE! International Film Distributors Present “ D E D E E—WOMAN OF ANTWERP” Brilliantly Starring Simon Signoret Bernard Blier Marcel Pagiero (To Comply with the Censor’s Ruling Person? Under 18 Will NOT Be Admitted) “DEDEE—WOMAN OF ANTWERP” You wouldn’t be seen in the same street as “Dedee.” living a prostitute’s life of daring and shame in the back streets of Antwerp . where there is always a market for human souls bartering their wares for a price! This is the famous French film presenting the most daringly frank revelations based on actual happenings in the locale in which it was filmed ... A prostitute seeking redemption from a world of sin in the warmth of a love fresh from the sea. THE ACTING REACHES A DRAMATIC PINNACLE AND THE PICTURE OFFERS THE EXCITEMENT OF FACTUAL ATTRACTION TO SENSATION SEEKERS BUT WE WARN ALL PATRONS THAT ITS STORY UNFOLDS WITH RUTHLESS SINCERITY, A STARK AND DESPERATE REALISM.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27764, 15 September 1955, Page 1
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