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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28528, 6 March 1958, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS Last Day 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. TOMMY STEELE Wonder Boy of Show’ Business in “THE TOMMY STEELE STORY” (G) Hill STATE 111 I Illi I I ’Phone 78-861 |ll I “WHERE CHRISTCHURCH MEETS” Dir: Amalgamated Theatres, Ltd. TOMORROW: 4 Sessions 11 a.m„ 2, 5 SHOPPERS, 8 p.m. Saturday: 2,5, 8 p.m. M.G.M. FESTIVAL OF FAVOURITE FILMS! A DIFFERENT FILM EVERY DAY I SIX FILMS IN ONE WEEK! Starts FRIDAY with THE IMMORTAL “SHOW BOAT” (G) All the beloved MUSIC ... the Dances . . . the bitter-sweet romance ... IN TECHNICOLOR . . . starring KATHRYN GRAYSON HOWARD KEEL AVA GARDNER JOE E. BROWN MARGE AND GOWER CHAMPION Saturday! A young girl ... a Wonder Horse challenge the Thrills and Excitement of the English Grand National “NATIONAL VELVET” (G) In TECHNICOLOR . . . Starring ELIZABETH TAYLOR MICKEY ROONEY DONALD CRISP and the HORSE that steals everyone’s HEART “THE PIE.” Monday! Great Stars in action-packed romantic Drama. CLARK GABLE JEAN HARLOW WALLACE BEERY ROSALIND RUSSELL in “CHINA SEAS” (Y) Tuesday I The Bride gets the THRILLS . . . Father gets the BILLS! “FATHEB OF THE BRIDE” (G) delightfully starring SPENCER TRACY JOAN BENNETT ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Wednesday! The Greatest of them All! GRETA GARBO JOHN AND LICNEL BARRYMORE WALLACE BEERY JOAN CRAWFORD in VICKI BAUM’S “GRAND HOTEL” (Y) Finailv, Thursday! The TRITE STORY of the West's Most Dangerous Outlaw! “BILLY THE KID” (G) In TECHNICOLOR . . . Starring BOBERT TAYLOR BRIAN DONLEVY MARY HOWARD Book in Advance NOW for YOUB Choice in this M.G.M. FESTIVAL! PLANS AT D.I.C. AND THEATRE. CIVIC THEATRE Commencing WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19th 8.15 p.m. FCR 3 NIGHTS ONLY A Tremendous Theatrical Event! D. D. O'CONNOR in association with R. J. Kerridge will present The Distinguished English Actor Producer and Playwright author of “The Corn Is' Green,” "Night Must Fall,’’ etc. EMLYN EMLYN WILLIAMS WILLIAMS as CHARLES DICKENS Giving a Solo Performance of Scenes from the famous Novels and Stories. “Had us in fits of laughter.” Manchester Guardian “It was an exeperience all too rare on the stage today. Not only did the author’s great passages take on a blazing vitality but with every phrase the actor added cubits to his own stature as an interpretive artist. .A “reading?” Well, he probably glanced once at the book he held.” Daily Mail, London . . . “sheer dramatic entertainment, filled with hilarity, eloquence, honest pathos, beauty and brilliant acting.” New York Post SATURDAY, MARCH 22nd FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY AND MATINEE AT 2.15 p.m. EMLYN WILLIAMS as “A Boy Growing Up” An Entertainment from the stories of DYLAN THOMAS

“Gorgeously funny.” —Observer, London. BOX PLAN AT D.I.C. LTD. Plan opens Wednesday next March 12. Mail Order bookings may be made now: Send 17s lOd for each seat required. Please add exchange to cheques and enclose stamped addressed envelope. Marked “Emlyn Williams” to Booking Office, D.I.C. Ltd. HURUNUI LAWN TENNIS SUBASSOCIATION. Open Championships to be held at Hawarden, March 15. commencing at 9 a.m. Entries close March 12. N. F. BROSNAN, Sec., 'Phone 52 Hawarden. EDWARD B. CURTIS. OPTICIAN, NEXT TO AVON THEATRE. ’PHONE 64-397. ADVICE Free on Ailments of Dogg and Cats. Iggo's (Chemists), Ltd., 105 Cashel street. 3648