AMUSEMENTS Your Favourite Theatre— Kerridge-Odeon AVON Management:—S. E. M. Moodie ' Thoae 80-062 Reserve at the Avon NEW SHOW TODAY At 11 a.m., 2,5, 8 p.m. (Saturday—2 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m. Monday to Friday—ll, 2,5, 8.) A Comedy with a Touch of Genius ! “A TOUCH OF LARCENY” (Y) . . . BEING AN ILLUMINATING LESSON IN THE ART OF “BANKROLL BUILDING” FROM A CHARMING ROGUE, WHO HATCHED A “DO-IT-YOUR-SELF” MAKE-A-MILLION PLOT AND PERPETRATED HISTORY’S HUGEST, MOST HILARIOUS HOAX! A Paramount British Picture starring JAMES MASON ’ . . . He was an officer and (not quite) a gentleman, a bachelor and he liked it that way. Not that ,he had anything against wives ' as long as they went home to their husbands eventually. . . . One day he mfet HER. True, she vVas another man's fiancee. True, she liked her men .rich And true, he didn’t have a cracker. But these obstacles only served to inspire his “Big money in a big hurry’’ scheme. How did it work? Simple. He just disappeared around the Russian fleet about the same time some “top secret” documents got “lost." Then, while he hid in • comfort, every newspaper howled “SPY!” . . . Then our hero turned up, with an innocent air, a simple 1 explanation, and a lawsuit against . every paper for libel! . . . How , did it all turn out? As you’d LEAST expect! And, we feel sure, to your great delight! GEORGE SANDERS never so suave, as the Ambassador. VERA MILES' ■ Persons interested in making money FAST—without actually stealing it—will learn something to their advantage in “A TOUCH OF LARCENY” METRO THEATRE Colombo Street, Sydenham ’Phone 88-600 MATINEE 1.30 TOMORROW 7.15 TONIGHT 7.15 The Screen’s Mightiest Film! ‘“THE VIKINGS” Nothing Ever Matched The Spectacle, The Vengeance, The Vastness Of ‘“THE VIKINGS” Tn Horizon Spanning Technirama And Magnificent Technicolor. Actually Filmed Amid The Icecapped Fjords of Norway and The Sea-lashed Cliffs of Brittany. “‘THE VIKINGS” Starring KTRK DOUGLAS TONY CURTIS ERNEST BQRGNINE “Y” Certificate. And On The Same Programme: IN CINEMASCOPE AND COLOUR JOEL McCREA “CATTLE EMPIRE” v ln A Fast Paced Action Drama "G” Certificate. EMPIRE PAPANUI—’PHONE 48-283 7 p.m. Finally Tonight 7 p.m. Mark DAMON Dorothy JOHNSON “LIFE BEGINS AT SEVENTEEN” vA) When a college student makes play for a Beauty Queen, only to fall in love with her sister. Juliette GRECO Errol FLYNN “THE ROOTS OF HEAVEN” (Y) Cinemascope Colour The choking, steaming jungle where the green crawling vines grip the land in a strangle hold , of death! 7.25 SAT. . MON. TUES. 7.25 (G) “THE FLYING SCOT” (A) “THE CAPTAINS TABLE” 1.45 SAT. MATINEE 1.45 (G) “ABBOTT AND COSTELLO “MEET THE KEYSTONE KOPS” Plus Episode 3: ♦“Adventures of Captain Africa” HEY-HO COME TO THE MONSTER PLUNKET FAIR ON SATURDAY 15TH AT CHRISTCHURCH EAST SCHOOL ' Procession from . Park tee., at 10 a.m. to Christchurch East School. ■ Sideshows, Marching Girls, Pipe Bands, Merry-go-Round. From 10.30 a.m. to 4 pan. 1 ADMISSION FREE. 9422 ; GROUP SHOW 1960 AT THE DURHAM ST. ART GALLERY. Exhibition of Well-known New ( Zealand Artists* Work. Paintings Scultpure Pottery Weaving Open from Monday to Friday, 10 pan. to 4 p.m., 7 pan. to 9 P-m. Saturday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. ) Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Afternoon Tea will be served. 5603 ONE OF CANTERBURY’S FINE PLACES “PINEHAVEN” Restaurant. . Quality and Taste. Main North Highway, 14 OPTICIANS EDWARD B. cartis. 5J3.0J4.Z., Optician, Avon Chambers, 84 Worcester street, next to Avon Theatre. *Phone 64-397. D VETERINARY Remedies. A comprehensive range at Iggo’s (Chemists). Ltd., 105 Cashel st. 3626
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29335, 14 October 1960, Page 1
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