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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28896, 16 May 1959, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS STILL THE FINEST ENTERTAINMENT IN TOWN! 2nd Week IMPORTANT Owing to the length of "The Big Country’’ the sessions will be as follows— TODAY: 1.15, 4.30, 7.45 || MAJESTIC I The Show Place of Christchurch. Direction: Kerridge-Odeon ’Phone 62-038-39 Reserve at Theatre 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. United Artists present in Technirama Technicolor “THE BIG COUNTRY” (Y) Starring Gregory Peck Jean Simmons Carroll Baker Charlton Heston Burl Ives Academy Award Winner, 1959. Best Supporting Actor in "THE BIG COUNTRY.” Charles Bickford A SPECTACULAR STORY OF THE OLD WEST LN AWE INSPIRING COLOUR “THE FINEST WESTERN IN 25 YEARS.” —N.Z. “Herald,” 28/3/59 "THE BIG COUNTRY” WINS SPECIAL AWARD OF MERIT RECOMMENDING IT AS FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT. —“Parent Magazine." It’s BIG Entertainment! T’ CENTURY St. Albans Luxury Theatre ‘Phone 75-400 2.15 p.m. TODAY: Episode 1 of the thrilling new serial “GUN FIGHTERS IN THE NORTH WEST” Indians and Cowboys . . . Waco! 7.45 p.m. TONIGHT 7.45 p.m. GRAND FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT Everyone who ever was a boy . . . or ever loved one will go wild over “SMILEY GETS A GUN” “SMILEY GETS A GUN” “SMILEY GETS A GUN” (G) starring DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE CHIPS RAFFERTY BRUCE ARCHER, AND INTRODUCING THE NEW “SMILEY.” KEITH CALVERT. A heart winning story of a boy who runs a town wild with his heart thumping scrapes. The Featurettes are Excellent Plans at Theatre Today.

METRO THEATRE Colombo Street, Sydenham. 'Phone 88-600. MATINEE 1.30 p.m. TODAY—"Yangtse Incident” And “Comanche” Both Approved For General Exhibition. 7.15 p.m. TONIGHT 7.15 p.m. Richard Todd Topping His “Dam Busters” And “Man Called Peter” Triumphs. Now in Action in His Finest Role “YANGTSE INCIDENT” “YANGTSE INCIDENT” Exciting Intrigue . . . The Story Of H.M.S. Amethyst. (G) Certificate And On The Same Programme: IN CINEMASCOPE AND COLOUR Exciting Outdoor Adventure With DANA ANDREWS KENT SMITH LINDA CRISTAL “COMANCHE” “COMANCHE” (G) Certificate

“EMPIRE” PAPANUI ’PHONE 48-283 1.45 p.m. Matinee Today 1.45 p.m. “MEN OF SHERWOOD FOREST” . < G) Cartoons Comedies Travelogues News TONIGHT, MON., TUES. 7.15 p.m.— —7.15 p.m. “MEN OF SHERWOOD FOREST” (G) DON TAYLOR : : EILEEN MOORE Robin Hood comedy action-drama ... all the glory and splendour of a stirring adventure . . . Stars! Colour! Pageantry! and Thrills! JAMES MASON, JOAN FONTAINE “ISLAND IN THE SUN (A) The story centres around the oldest families of British West Indies and deals with the difficult problems between whites and coloured people!

INDEPENDENT CINEMAS SUMNER —•HOLLYWOOD” 8 p.m. “Good Morning Miss Dove” (G) (Jennifer Jones . . . Robert Stack). LYTTELTON 'HARBOUR LIGHT” 2 and 8 p.m. "Gunfight At Okay Corral ’ (G) (Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas). RICCARTON—" REX " 7.30 p.m. "You Can’t Run Away From It” (G) (June Allyson). “Devils Hairpin” (Y) (Cornel Wilde). KAlAPOl—'Jhalto” 2 and 8 p.m. “The Barretts of Wimpole Street” (G) (Jennifer Jones . . . Bill Travers). RANGIORA -• regent” 2 and 8 p.m. “An Affair to Remember” (G) (Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr). NEW BRIGHTON -"Roxy2,5, 7.45 p.m. "The Tommy Steele Story” (G) (Tommy Steele). HORNBY --kosy” 7.30 p.nj. “Smiley” (S) (Ralph Richardson . . . John McCallum). RAKAIA PICTURES 7.30 p.m. "The Time of his Life” (G) (Richard Hearne). “The Tall Men” (G) (Clark AQUARIUM AND WATER GARDENS CROCODILES TROPICAL FISH CROCODILES. TROPICAL FISH Ponds and Goldfish. Beach road, North Beach. Ample parking space. W. A. GREY, Proprietor. Open daily and Sunday Afternoon. •