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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28897, 18 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: 10.15, 1.15, 7.45 || MAJESTIC The Show Place of Christchurch. Direction: Kerndge-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 IN 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!

CENTURY St. Albans Luxury Theatre ’Phone 75-400 7.45 p.m. Final Screening 7.45 p.m. GRAND FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT Everyone who ever was a boy . . . or ever loved one will go wild “SMILEY GETS A GUN” (G) starring DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE CHIPS RAFFERTY THE NEW "SMILEY," KEITH CALVERT A heart winning story of a boy who runs a town wild with his heart thumping scrapes. The Featurettes afe Excellent Plans D.I.C. At Theatre 6 p.m.

"EMPIRE” PAPANUI ’PHONE 48-j283 7.15 TONIGHT. TUES, 7.15 p.m. DON TAYLOR : : EILEEN MOORE “MEN OF SHERWOOD FOREST” (G) In Eastman Colour Adventure Aflame ... in forest and Milady's heart ... of Robin Hood who goes about outwitting and foiling the wicked plotters. JAMES MASON, JOAN FONTAINE “ISLAND IN THE SUN” (A) Cinemascope—Colour The drama backgrounded in the Caribbean Islands of Barbados and Qrenada, with a populace abundant in colourful native customs!

METRO THEATRE Colombo Street. Sydenham. ’Phone 88-600. 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” z (G) Certificate Censor’s Classifications (G) Approved for General Exhibition (Y) Approved for General Exhibition. Recommended as Suitable for Persons Aged 13 and Over (A) Approved for General Exhibition. Recommended as Suitable for Adults Only. SHIPPING AND AIR SERVICES UNION STEAM SHIP CO OF NEW ZEALAND. LTD.. 168 Hereford street ’Phone 76-290. CARGO SERVICES;

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