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AMUSEMENTS 6th Week The Last 2 Days of the Gayest Cruise of Your Life “DOCTOR AT SEA” “DOCTOR AT SEA” Record-shattering Comedy In VISTA VISION and TECHNICOLOR RECORD-BREAKING COMEDY PACKED WITH GAY, FRESH, OUTRAGEOUSLY FUNNY SITUATIONS THAT WILL HAVE YOU IN FITS OF LAUGHTER (Recommended by Censor More for Adults) Today: 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Kerridge-Odeon ’Phone REGENT 69-389 THE HOME OF BIG ATTRACTIONS A. R. Chapman Manager Reservations at Theatre 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. GLORAL PREMIERE GLOBAL PBEMIEBE of “HELEN OF TROY” “HELEN OF TROY” in CINEMASCOPE in WARNERCOLOR Next Thursday, Jan. 26 11 —2 5 and 8 (International Gala Performance at 8 p.m.) Screening simultaneously in 56 countries . . . 126 of the world’s most important cities . . . never before in history has a motion picture received such worldwide recognition “HELEN OF TROY” “HELEN OF TROY” Starring ROSSANA PODESTA ROSSANA PODESTA Helen . . . hers the face that launched a thousand ships . . . hers the temptation that plunged the' world into conflict! JACK SERNAS JACK SERNAS Handsome, young Continental star and athlete as Paris, the Trojan prince whose love for Helen brought death to thousands of Greeks and Trojans And SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE as King Priam BRIGITTE BARDOT as Andraste NIAL MacGINNIS as King Menelaus TORRIN THATCHER as Ulysses JANETTE SCOTT as Cassandra STANLEY BAKER as Achilles MAXWELL REED as Ajax All this and much, much more crowds the screen with an overwhelming might never before seen! Helen, the face that launched a thousand ships . . . Paris, Prince of Troy handsome abductor of another man’s wife . . . the colossal treachery of the Wooden Horse . . . the spectacular siege of Troy . . . the epic pursuit of history’s most famous runaway lovers ... the burning of the topless towers of Ilium . . . the scaling of the Gates of Gold . . . the mighty massing of the warrior kings . . . the desperate lovers’ leap into the Aegean Sea . . . the voluptuous voyage of the love ship . . . the midnight pillaging of Priam’s citadel . . . the fantastic test-of-strength between Ajax and Paris . . . the sensuous rites in the Temples of Athena . . . the battle and arrow that found Achilles’ heel . . . the shipwreck of fabled Phoenix! . . . Also Showing World Applauded CINEMASCOPE Featurette “The Heart of an Empire” In Warnercolor A thrilling featurette in Cinemascope and Warnercolor of the wonders of London (Approved for Universal Exhibition.)

| THEATRE ROYAL| TONIGHT AT 8 TONIGHT AT 8 HURRY! LAST 5 NIGHTS HURRY! LAST 5 NIGHTS HURRY! LAST 5 NIGHTS No Extension of Season MATINEE TOMORROW (Wednesday) and Saturday at 5 p.m. NIGHTLY, 8.15 p.m. “HARLEM BLACKBIRDS” “HARLEM BLACKBIRDS” 32 COLOURED PERFORMERS NIGHT: Dress Circle and Orchestral Stalls 17/10 and 12/-, plus tax. Children Half Price to the Matinees only. Today at D.I.C. 350 Seats at 6/- (Plus Tax) 200 Seats at 12/- (Plus Tax) On Sale Today at D.I.C. (Reservable). Then at Theatre from 7 p.m. RESERVES ARE AT D.I.C. 6/- 12/- 17/10 All Plus Tax. WELCOME BACK ROBERT DONAT! IN HIS FINEST ROLE SINCE THE MEMORABLE "GOODBYE MR CHIPS"! “LEASE OF LIFE” Avon —— Friday DANCES, SOCIALS, ETC. TONIGHT TUESDAY. DANCING AT THE RENDEZVOUS, Argonaut Buildings, 100 Stanmore rd. Merv. Coburn’s Orchestra. Admission 3/6. THANKS JOHN LOCHHEAD wishes to Thank friends, neighbours, staff and everyone else who so willingly helped to extinguish the fire, which started on the property "Lavington,” on Friday. January 20, thus preventing serious damage. JOHN LOCHHEAD, Rakaia. 6233 WE WISH TO SINCERELY THANK ALL WHO ASSISTED AT THE RECENT FIRE ON OUR PROPERTY. . E. GRAY, J. BROSNAHAN, I. PEARCE, E. M. PEARCE, Rolleston. BIOCHEMIL Saits ’Schussiers are obtainable from . . Falvey, Chemist, 870 Colombo street (opp. Reeces). D.T.C.