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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27796, 22 October 1955, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS SPECIAL TODAY! ! Fourth Rugby Test England v. South Africa All the Thrilling Highlights! A GREAT AND POWERFUL DRAMA ! ! ! TODAY and MONDAY (Labour Day) 3 SHOWS 2 p.ms p.m. .... 8 p.m. (Matinee Prices at 5 p.m. Sessions) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Production of EVAN HUNTER’S STARTLING BESTSELLER “BLACKBOARD JUNGLE” “BLACKBOARD JUNGLE” “BLACKBOARD JUNGLE” “BLACKBOARD JUNGLE” Is creating a SENSATION at Amalgamated’s STATE. THE EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR . a new and potent dimension in film drama as a school is turned into a JUNGLE With ACADEMY AWARD Calibre Performances from an Outstanding Cast GLENN FORD GLENN FORD THE TEACHER: "Kids today are like the rest of the world mixed up. suspicious, scared. Gang leaders have taken the place of parents." ANNE FRANCIS THE WIFE: "You’re never going back to that school again, never! It’s our happiness I’m fighting for.” LOUIS CALHERN THE CYNIC: “Your first lesson as a teacher NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON A CLASS." MARGARET HAYES THE LONELY ONE: "You’re married and I’m bored.” VIC MORROW THE GANG LEADER: “I could teach you first lesson DON’T BUTT IN! (Recommended by Censor for Adults Definitely Unsuitable for Children) || STATE || •=- II ’Phone 78-861 || "WHERE CHRISTCHURCH MEETS” Direction: Amalgamated Theatres, Ltd (Throughout New Zealand.) Plans at the Theatre TODAY and MONDAY YOU MUST RESERVE EARLY. “TAKE IT FROM HERE”-TO-The New-Policy ST. J AMES’ Direction: ‘ Kerridge-Odeon (Tel. 75-280 for Reserves from 1.30) TODAY AT 2 p.m. 8 p.m. And Again MONDAY AT 2 p.m. 8 p.m, (Then Nightly at 8 p.m.)

DON’T MAKE ANY MISTAKE n THIS IS THE 1 YEAR’S FUNNIEST COMEDY! YEAR’S FUNNIEST COMEDY! < YEAR’S FUNNIEST COMEDY! - FRANK MUIR and DENNIS NORDEN 1 authors and creators of “TAKE IT FROM HERE” i “TAKE IT FROM HERE” ’ present their first film comedy “LOVE IN PAWN” • “LOVE IN PAWN” ! “LOVE IN PAWN” “LOVE IN PAWN” Brilliantly Starring Radio Favourites BERNARD BRADEN (The “What’s My Line” star as Roger Fox the Roger who became a lodger „ as a pawnbroker’s pledge!) BARBARA KELLY (as the wife who pawned her husband for a fiver and lost the ticket!) t f JEAN CARSON i (alluring new J. Arthur Rank discovery * as “Amber” the model with a t terrific crush on Roger the Lodger) And Introducing REG DIXON REG DIXON (“Confidentially I like to talk") (he sings the song in the film, too) as Albert Trusslove, the pawnbroker with a body oh his conscience!) ’HILARIOUSLY FUNNY! HILARIOUSLY FUNNY! Bright, spicy gags punched over as only . the creators of “Take It From Here” know how! (Approved for Universal Exhibition) Supporting programme includes “IRISH < MELODY” (Musical featuring “Galway Bay” “Killarney” and “Kathleen Mavourneen”) :

1 METRO THEATRE] ! Colombo Street, Sydenham ’Phone 88-600 Tonight at 7.15 p.m. Matinee 1.30 p.m. Today and Monday It’s a Fun Riot! Here’s the Wildest Chase and the Craziest Horse Race Ever Filmed! You’ll Roar with Laughter at Dean Martin ■ and Jerry Lewis In the Technicolor Comedy “MONEY FROM HOME” “MONEY FROM HOME” (Approved for Universal Exhibition.) And on the Same Programme: ROD CAMERON as THE IRON MASTER Of the Wild Mesabi Range in the » Spectacular Outdoor Action Drama „ “WOMAN OF THE NORTH COUNTRY” 0 With Ruth Hussey John Agar E J. Carrol Naish (Recommended by Censor for Adults.) | CENTURY CHILDREN’S MATINEE TODAY CARTOONS, COMEDIES. SPORTS, etc., etc. 7.45 p.m. TONIGHT 7.45 p.m. Romance-filled, Thrill-packed Adventure Filmed on a Four Months’ Safari in Africa In Gorgeous Technicolor Metro Goldwyn’s Mighty “MOGAMBO” “MOGAMBO” Starring CLARK GABLE AVA GARDNER N GRACE KELLY ■S (Approved for Universal Exhibition.) This is one of the world-wide Festival 5 pictures and is even greater than “King Solomon’s Mines.” See the charge of the gorillas, the breath-taking beauty of Africa, the biggest safari of all time, the battle of the sexes. EXCELLENT FEATURETTES Plans at Theatre Today. lf MATINEE MONDAY—“MOGAMBO” n NORTH BEACH AQUARIUM, e, BEACH ROAD c- Crocodiles. Tuatara, Turtles, Terrapins s, and Axolotls (courtesy Dept. Agriculture is and Internal Affairs.) Also Seahorses, ■n Exotic Tropical Fishes, Peacock, Ponds. Water Gardens and Cacti Houses. ie Transport Board’s Sightseeing Buses call ar week-ends. Hours: Daily and Sunday. 1 to 8 D.m. C. C. TAYLOR. Proprietor. OTHER AMUSEMENTS N PAGE