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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27961, 7 May 1956, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS _ “MY SISTER EILEEN” SAYS:— "Never mind those tall and handsome City buildings . . . just look at those tall and lonesome City men!" 3 SESSIONS TODAY 3 11 a.m. —2 p.m. 8 p.m. (We apologise to patrons for the inconvenience caused them by cancellation today of our usual 5 p.m. screening service. This is necessitat'd by Tonight’s Central Area Power Cut.) Your Favourite Theatre— Kerridge-Odeon AV O N Management: S. E. M. Moodie 'Phone 60-062. Reserve at the Avon. ... “I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it” . . . . . . “Haven’t had such a jolly good laugh for ages!” —TYPICAL COMMENTS FROM HAPPY WEEK-END AUDIENCES . . . NO, WE’RE NOT EXAGGERATING WHEN WE SAY:— EVERYBODY LOVES “MY SISTER EILEEN ” !. ONE OF THE GAYEST COMEDY CONCOCTIONS EVER TO GO SINGING ACROSS THE CINEMASCOPE SCREEN! from Columbia Pictures Starring Curvaceous JANET LEIGH Academy Award Winner JACK LEMMON And Sensational BETTY GARRETT "EILEEN” HAS FUN UNLIMITED! GAY ROMANCE! LAVISH BEAUTY! CINEMASCOPE! TECHNICOLOR! AND 7 CATCHY SONG HITS! An entrancing and vastly-popular series of short stories in the famous “New Yorker” magazine was turned first into a Broadway hit play and then into a highly-successful film comedy with Rosalind Russell . . And now a COMPLETELY NEW version has been made, enhanced by exciting music, beautiful dancing and the wonders of CINEMASCOPE and TECHNICOLOR Such is the warmth and vitality of the original idea ....

As with the earlier editions, the new show is bubbling over with an irresistible GAIETY, a youthful zest, that audiences find completely captivating . . . The adventures of two would-be career girls who come to the Big City from their small provincial town and wind up in an incredible Bohemian flat in Greenwich Village, surrounded by thoroughly mad neople and emmeshed in the most fantastic complications, m?l:e for gratifying, heart-warming hilarity rollicking all-family comedy fare of the very highest standard! (Approved for Universal Exhibition.) Kerridge-Odeon l|j| PLAZA |||l 'Phone 88-089. Reserve at Theatre Service Bureau 10.30 to 9 p.m. Daily DAILY at 2 and 8 p.m. Fun For AH! YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING FUNNIER THAN THE SCREEN’S CRAZIEST TEAM IN THEIR BEST AND FUNNIEST SCREEN RIOT! Paramount Presents Dean JetTV MARTIN LEWIS MARTIN LEWIS In “THAT’S MY ROY” “THAT’S MY BOY” Co-Starring Ruth HUSSEY Marion MARSHALL Poll'- BERGEN Eddie MAYHOFF A Hilarious view of college life ... as it was never lived before . . . with Dean and Jerry studying the student body . . . from every angle! Teaming with laughs and hilarious situations. (Approved for Universal Exhibition.) Kerridge-Odeon = E MBAS S Y = 1.30 p.m. DAILY 7.30 p.m. LAST DAY! ! Burt Lancaster In I “TEN TALL MEN”~| TECHNICOLOR . . . Riff Desert Attacks . . . Sand Storms and a Full Blown Desert Romance!! PLUS: ! “MAN IN THE SADDLE” | TECHNICOLOR Randolph Scott I've Stood as Much as a Man Can Stand . . . Here's Where I Hold My Ground!! (Both App. for Universal Exhibition.)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MRS J. R. McPHERSON and Family, Lake Hawea, wish to Thank relations, friends, and neighbours for floral tributes, letters, cards, and telegrams in their recent sad loss. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement. OPTICIANS WHALES OPTICAL SERVICE WHALES OPTICAL SERVICE Established over 50 Years ’Phone 88-616 677 COLOMBO STREET 677 COLOMBO STREET Also at Ashburton and Oamaru M W WALTER J- WATSONS. WALTER J WATSONS OPTICIANS. OPTICIANS. 695 COLOMBO STREET 695 COLOMBO STREET Phone 75-884 'Phone 75-884 FURNTTLRE Removals and Storage, including Saturdays. Expert work. Phone Whittakers. 69-759. M.W.S.