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AMUSEMENTS , TODAY: 11 —2 5 8 TODAY: 11 —2 5 8 SATURDAY: 2—s—B (Matinee Prices at ‘5 p.m. Sessions) Kerridge-Odeon ’PIIOIIC BEG ENT 69-389 THE HOME OF BIG ATTRACTIONS Manager John Seebold Reservations at Theatre 10 a.m. to 9 p.m HELD OVER . . . By Public Demand! 2nd WEEK STARTS TODAY A DRAMA OF REAL PEOPLE ... OF FRUSTRATION . . . HUMOUR . . ■ AND RAW EMOTION. SET AGAINST A BACKGROUND TOUCHED WITH THE MAGIC LUSTRE OF A CARNIVAL . . . THE WILD ABANDON OF A FIESTA ... A PICNIC WITH ITS COMMUNITY WIDE EXCITEMENT . . . ITS LUSTY RELEASE OF INHIBITIONS! Based on William Inge's Pulitzer Pi*ize Play, Columbia Pictures Proudly Present “PIC N 1 C ” “ PICNIC ” A Town ... A Stranger . . . and the things he does to iis people . . . ESPECIALLY ITS WOMEN* (Recommended as Suitable tor Adults Only) CINEMASCOPE TECHNICOLOR “. . . The picnic lo end all screen picnics ... a wonderful show with an unusual centrepiece that has never been so thoroughly or so invitingly presented.” —CHRISTCHURCH ’STAR-SUN,” 3/7/56 Starring William Holden Kim Novak Rosalind Russell Belly Field SUSAN STRASBERG CLIFF ROBERTSON Special Cinemascope Featurette: “April in Portugal” In Technicolor A Never-to-bc-forgotten journey by Flying-boat to sunny Portugal, Land of Colour and Pageantry, the romantic old. the Pulsating new. the street Fiestas, the thrilling Bullfights! Narration by TREVOR HOWARD Music Background Directed by GEORGE MELACHRINO RESERVE NOW - AT THE REGENT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL At The New-Policy ST. .1 AME S’ THE CINEMA INTERNATIONALE Direction: Kerridge-Odeon (Tel. 75-280 for Reserves from 7 p.m.) TONIGHT AT 8 p.m. NIGHTLY AT 8 p.m. ITALY’S SUPREME MUSICAL DRAMA! The fiery, passionate love-story of composer Donizetti and the beautiful Countess von Waldenburg who became his mistress for an interlude, but his inspiration for a lifetime one of the greatest romances of all time, set in 19th Century Italy under the Iron Heel of the Hapsburgs, and told against the breath-taking settings of the palaces, opera houses, ballrooms • and snow-bound villages of the north. “DONIZETTI” “DONIZETTI” “DONIZETTI” (THE CAVALIER OF DREAMS) Brilliantly Starring AMEDEO NAZZARI (Italy’s Clark Gable in bis finest portrayal as Donizetti) MARIELLA LOTTI (As the incredibly lovely Louis? Countess von Waldenburg) And the one and only TITO SCHIPA TITO SCHIPA (The Golden Voice of the Century, as I Donizetti's loyal friend) HEAR . . . Immortal Donizetti operatic excerpts . . . "Lucia di Lammermoor.” "Elisir d'Amore,” “Don Pasquale,” “La Fa’vorita,” etc. MUSIC BY THE ORCHESTRA OF ROME OPERA HOUSE (Recommended by Censor for Adults.) PARENTS! CHILDREN! YOUR OWN MATINEE 2 p.m. TOMORROW! (Prog. Approved for General Exhibition.) More laughs than there are boles in Swiss cheese . . . Stan and Ollie sell mousetraps in the Alps! LAUREL and HARDY In “SWISS MISS” WITH THESE SPECIAL SHORTS: THE THREE STOOGES In "HALFWIT’S HOLIDAY” "MOPEY DOPE” (2-reel comedy) TWO COLOUR CARTOONS “COCKY BANTAM” “MAGIC FLUKE” Tl) \ T ST - ALBANS ( F X I I I 1 1 Luxury Theatre v- ’Phone 75-400 7 45 p.m TONIGHT 7.45 p.m. AN EPIC PICTURE OF AN EPIC ADVENTURE. lii Technicolor A gripping story of Britain's airborne forces. ALAN LADD LEO GENN ‘•THE. RED BERkT” (Rec. by Censor for Adults) A poignant story of men whose bravery on desperate assignments ranks with the greatest exploits of heroism. EXCELLENT FEATURETTES "Antarctic Prelude” Plans at D.I.C. At Theatre from 6 p.m. Lake Ida ‘ T Ice Skating Lake Ida THERE WILL BE Ice Skating Lake Ida SKATING AT Ice Skating Lake Ida LAKE IDA Ice Skating Lake Ida THIS WEEK-END. Ice Skating Lake Ida • Ice Skating Lake Ida Ice Skating Lake Ida Ice Skating Lake Ida ICE HOCKEY Ice Skating Lake Ida MATCHES Ice Skating Lake Ida Ice Skating Lake Ida Will Be Played Ice Skating Lake Ida For Ice Skating Lake Ida THE LAKE IDA Ice Skating Lake Ida SHIELD. Ice Skating Lake Ida Ice Skating Lake Ida lee Skating Lake Ida Ice Skating Lake Ida Ice and Weather Ice Skating Lake Ida Reports Broadcast Ice Skating Lake Ida from 3ZB lee Skating Lake Ida Fridays. 5.55 p.m. Ice Skating Lake Ida Saturdays, 7.15 a.m. Ice Skating Lake Ida Sundays, 7.15 a.m. Ice Skating Lake Ida Ice Skating

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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28013, 6 July 1956, Page 1

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