AMUSEMENTS ELVIS PRESLEY . . . TAKES THE AUDIENCE BY STORM. A new dimension "Elvis” singing loving and acting, really acting and even his most avid, fans ’./ill say after seeing him in action that they didn’t know he had it in him. RESERVE NOW FOR 2nd WEEK MAJESTIC The Show Place Of Christchurch Direction: Kerridge-Odeon •Phone 62-038-39 Reserves at Theatre 10 a.m. to 0 pan. TODAY: 2—s—B P.M. ELVIS PRESLEY ELVIS PRESLEY in a powerful, dramatic performance “KING “KING CREOLE” CREOLE” (Approved for General Exhibition. Recommended as Suitable For Adults Only). A NEW LOVE - DRAMA - WITH - MUSIC STORY THAT PULSES WITH THE HEARTBEAT OF TODAY’S YOUNG GENERATION. Based on the Sensational bestseller. “A Stone For Danny Fisher.” THE STORY IS SET IN THE FRENCH QUARTER OF MODERNDAY NEW ORLEANS, IT HAS TO DO WITH DANNY’S RISE UP FROM THE GUTTERS OF BOURBON STREET, THE STREET WHERE JAZZ WAS BORN; WITH TWO WOMEN IN HIS LIFE ONE WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE AND ONE WHO KNEW TOO MUCH; WITH HIS CLASH WITH THE RUTHLESS RACKETEER WHO RULED THE STREET AND THE MURDEROUS HOODS WHO INFESTED IT. 13 TERRIFIC TUNES 13 "As Long As I Have You” "Don’t Ask Me Why” “Hard Headed Woman” •'King Creole Love Doll” “New Orleans” “Young Dreams” —and morel METRO THEATRE Colombo street, Sydenham. ’ 'Phone 88-600 [ MONSTER MATINEE ’ 1.30 p.m. TODAY , 7.15 p.m. TONIGHT 7.15 pjn. - IT'S A RIOT ' OF FUN AND LAUGHTER! i Norman Wisdom As The Impossibly Inefficient ; Deliriously Disorganised Hired Help In His Biggest Comedy Success - Working His Way To The Top Of A Window Cleaner’s Ladder . . . “UP IN THE WORLD” “UP IN THE WORLD” Just One Long Loud Laugh I I *‘G” For General Exhibition. * And On The Same Programme:■' Fast Paced Action In A; Stirring ' Romantic Drama Of Life At A Famed Naval Academy . . . “AN ANNAPOLIS STORY” : John Derek Diana Lynn : Filmed In Technicolor. “G” For General Exhibition. I CENTURY ST. ALBANS Luxury Theatre •Phone 75-400 CHILDREN’S MATINEE TODAY 2.15 p.m. “Popeye Parade” Selected Featurettes and Serial. , 7.45 p.m. TONIGHT 7.45 pan. ' The most dangerous car race in the world . . . the “Mille Miglia” with a murderer as co-driver. In Eastman Color. ANTHONY STEELE DOING 120 miles an hour on a road built for an ox cart, there’s a gun at his ribs, and not enough gas to make the next. “CHECKPOINT” (G) “CHECKPOINT” (G) “CHECKPOINT” (G) With ODILE VERSOIS STANLEY BAKER JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE All the thriDs of the mighty sport
of motor racing, together with human drama, tension, romance and comedy. Special Featurette “Formula I” Grand Prix motor racing in the grand manner! 7 International Formula I races of 1956 Season. At Buenos Aires, Monte Carlo, Belgian at Spa. French Grand Prix at Rheims British at Silverstone. German at Nurbergring Combined European and Italian at Monza. All the ..well known drivers. Stirling Moss, etc. Plans at Theatre Today. r - ■_ ‘ HOLLYWOOD SUMNER ’PHONE 26-102. No Parking Worries Screen at the Matinee Today “MA and PA KETTLE on OLD MacDONALD’S FARM” (G) Tonight, Monday and Tuesday 8 p.m. M.G.M. bring the Pulitzer Prizewinning Stage Comedy to the Screen! “THE TEAHOUSE OF THE “THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON” AUGUST MOON” (G) Cinemascope and Technicolor Coming Soon: “THE KING AND I” “GIANT” “JOHN AND JULIE” i RON THEATRE BELFAST TONIGHT 8 p.m. TYRONE POWER TERRY MOORO MICHAEL RENNIE IN “KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES” ! (G) > Cinemascope Technicolor Censor’s Classification (G) Approved for General Exhibition. ! (Y) Approved for General Exhibl- : tion. Recommended as Suitable 1 for Persons Aged 13 and Over. 1 (A) Approved for General Exhibition. Recommended as Suitable for Adults Only ' ADULTS Only: Bronchial Mixture ■ for all Chest Colds and Bronchitis, 3s 8d bottle. Iggo’s (Chemists), Ltd., 105 Cashel street.sBBl ADVtCfi Free on Ailments of Dogs : and Cats. Iggo’s (Chemists). Ltd.” 105 Cashel street. 5881 —- 1 ' : csrß«e i»
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28832, 28 February 1959, Page 1
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