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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28162, 28 December 1956, Page 1

< ) HAPPY A NEW YEAR fl STRAVEN JL GOWNS

AMUSEMENTS 4 Shows Today ? At 11 —2 5 8 p.m. SATURDAY; 2— 5 8 p.m. (Matinee Prices at 5 p.m. Sessions)* The Hilarious New British Comedy that is as enlivening as a Tot of Navy Rum ! “THE BABY and THE BATTLESHIP” IN EASTMAN COLOUR I MAYFAIR PHONE 79-897 II Direction: / Amalgamated Theatres, Now In Its 2nd Merry Week 1 •’THE BABY and THE BATTLESHIP” OH I . . . WHAT HAPPY. NAPPY MANOEUVRES I There’s a Baby On Board—And it’s a Bombardment of Laughs from start to finish. “THE BABY and THE BATTLESHIP” Lion International Films hit the comedy jackpot for the third time with a wonderful mirth-provoking tale that tops both "Private’s Progress” and ’‘The Iron Petticoat. JOHN MILLS JOHN MILLS HE’S LEFT HOLDING THE BABY, ALL BECAUSE RICHARD RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH ATTENBOROUGH HAD A DATE WITH ANOTHER MUCH OLDER BABE LOVELY z LISA GASTONI Somehow, Able-seaman John Mills and his Baby set sail for sea. while Able-seaman Richard Attenborough and*his Babe are still on shore. The resulting Fun is nothing but Bright, Breezy, Boisterous, Entertainment. “THE BABY “THE BABY and THE BATTLESHIP” THE BATTLESHIP” (G) In Eastman Colour ! BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ANTHONY THORNE. London Daily Mirror says: “Riotously Funny All Aboard For This One” RESERVE TODAY iiii m PLANS AT D.I.C. AND THEATRE

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