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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28153, 17 December 1956, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS READ THIS . . . PERSONAL LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM WARNER BROS. CHIEF . . . TO JOHN WAYNE Dear Duke, You have made many great pictures in your illustrious career and one of the best of them is . . . "BLOOD ALLEY” It has the adventurous spirit, the punch and excitement the public wants and the rugged action you like so well. "BLOOD ALLEY” Has heart along with its wallop, romance to spice its excitement and a rare and moving beauty. It suits you like "Hondo,” "The High and the Mighty” and your upcoming “The Searchers,” and I know it is going to delight the legion of ticket buyers who like their Wayne straight from the shoulder. You and your director, William Wellman, are entitled to the applause of the public and I want to add my sincere congratulations to those you’ll be receiving from the industry as well as the public. I’d like also to extend very special congratulations to Lauren Bacall for a magnificent performance as your co-star. It took top talent to team with you, and Miss Bacall was just that. Sincerely, JACK WARNER MAJESTIC The Show Place of Christchurch Direction: Kerridge-Odeon ’Phone 62-039 Reservations at Theatre 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. TODAY:. 2 8 p.m. Warner Bros. Present “BLOOD ALLEY” “BLOOD ALLEY” “BLOOD ALLEY” “BLOOD ALLEY” “BLOOD ALLEY” “BLOOD ALLEY” (G) CINEMASCOPE WARNERCOLOR Starring JOHN WAYNE LAUREN BACALL The Story of Contemporary Bed China AS HOT AS . . . TODAY’S HEADLINES The incredible adventures of an adventurer who, single-handed, on an old stolen ferry boat, evacuates an entire village out from behind the bamboo curtain and pilots them down the Formosa Straits—“BLOOD ALLEY” . the hottest spot in the world today MATINEES DAILY MATINEES DAILY EVERY NIGHT AT 7.15 p.m. At the New-Policy ST. JAMES’ Direction: Kerridge-Odeon (Tel. 75-280 for Reserves from 1 p.m.) DAILY AT 1.45 p.m., 7.45 p.m. IDEAL FAMILY SHOW! TWO NEW FEATURES! WIDE OPEN THRILLS . . . A really BIG action adventure of the great outdoors . . . the screen’s greatest story of the outlaw herds! “LAST OF THE WILD HORSES” (G)

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