AMALGAMATED THEATRES.

DEVONPORT STATE Ph 70-101 Tonight Fri and Sat at 7.30 GAGS GALORE WITH THAT GAP-TOOTHED GRINNER... TERRY-THOMAS G  "HIS AND HERS" With Janette Scott "THE LONG KNIFE" (Y) Joan Rice    Sheldon Lawrence DOMINION ROAD PRINCESS Ph 61-439 Tonight Fri and Sat at 7.15 A story that is rough, tough, deeply moving and superbly acted! Richard Attenborough   Pier Angeli Michael Craig     Bernard Lee A  "The Angry Silence" The battle as Hitler planned it! "BLITZ ON BRITAIN" (G) EPSOM REGENT Ph 60-142 427 MANUKAU ROAD Finally tonight at 7.30 JAMES STEWART Richard Attenborough   Pier Angeli Lisa LU     Glen CORBETT G                "THE                MOUNTAIN ROAD" Sonja Henie         John Payne "SUN VALLEY SERENADE" (G) Featuring Glen Miller's Orchestra GREENLANE VICTORY Ph 546-468 Finally tonight at 7.30 Joan Collins        Richard EGAN G  "ESTHER AND THE KING" Cinemascope    -    Colour Dermont Walsh      Greta Gynt "THE WITNESS" (Y) FRI. SAT and MON._ "ALL HANDS ON DECK"    (G) GREY LYNN ESQUIRE Ph 14-435 Finally tonight at 7.15 The wild and wonderful story of the exciting frontier! Audie MURPHY        Joanne DRU Y  "THE WILD AND THE INNOCENT" William Reynolds      Andra Martin "THE BIG BEAT" (G)

MT EDEN CRYSTAL PALACE Ph60-573 Tonight Fri and Sat at 7.30 The loves, life and music of FRANZ LISZT Dirk BOGARDE   Genevieve PAGE CAPUCINE G  "Song without End" In Cinemascope and Colour Plus Scotland Yard Mystery "THE CASE OF DIAMOND ANNIE" (G) NEWMARKET RIALTO Ph 50-768 Tonight Fri and Sat at 7.30 How women solved this pressing problem ... See! David NIVEN        Mitzi GAYNOR A    "Happy Anniversary" Alan Ladd      Olivia De Havilland Exciting Outdoor Drama "PROUD REBEL" (G) NEWTON AVON Ph 14-277 Finally tonight at 7.15 She shamed herself... to save a nation. G     "Head of a Tyrant" Susan Hayward      James Mason "THE MARRIAGE GO ROUND" (G) ONEHUNGA STATE Ph 566-209 Tonight Fri and Sat at 7.15 Technicolor Musical Comedy presents a new and different ELVIS PRESLEY in G       "G.I. BLUES"       With lovely Juliet Prowse Paul Bryner      Don Marlowe "SQUAD CAR" (Y)

INDEPENDENT THEATRES.

AVONDALE GROSVENOR Ph 888-393 Tonight and Thursday at 7.30 James Garner       Jack Warden "DARLEY'S RANGERS" (A) Dennis O'Keffe       June Lockhart "GRAFT AND CORRUPTION" (Y) BALMORAL CAPITOL Ph 62-599 Direction: Modern Theatres Final screening tonight at 7.30 James Stewart       Lee Remick R16    "ANATOMY OF A MURDER" Even more sensational than "Witness for the prosecution" Tommorow "Carry On Constable"(G) B'HOUSE BAY Ph 888-393 Ext 8086M 7.15 ( Note earlier starting time). Dirk Bogarde, Cecil Parker "A TALE OF TWO CITIES" (G) Charles Dickens adventurous story. Centred around the French Revolution : also Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack "THE GIFT OF LOVE" (G) a delightful film in. Colour and Cinemascope. Don't forget early starting time! DOMINION ROAD ASTOR Ph 61-433 Tonight at 7.30 Glenn Ford     Debbie Reynolds Carl Reiner in "THE GAZEBO" (Y) (Cinemascope) They're sitting on the perfect crime- and having a perfectly wonderful time ! Also Travis Lemmond and London (the dog star of "The Littlest Hobo" ) in "MY DOG BUDDY" (G) ELLERSLIE SOUTHERN CROSS Ph 594-875 Robert Mitchum     Eleanor Parker "HOME FROM THE HILL" (A) GLEN EDEN STAR Tonight 7.45 Theatre heated Griffith Jones      Maureen Connell Mare Laurence in "KILL HER GENTLY" (Y) Also Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Horden, Maureen Swanson in A.J. Cronnin's Brilliant Novel G    "THE SPANISH GARDENER" In Colour. HENDERSON CIVIC Ph 450-750X Tonight at 7.30: Thorley Walters in "SECOND FIDDLE" (G), Also George Sanders in "VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED" (A) KINGSLAND ROYAL Ph 66-832 This evening at 7.30 Yul Brynner     Charlton Heston G   "THE BUCCANEER" Technicolor    Vistavision 7.30:   Outdoor Adventure "ESCORT WEST" (G) MILFORD PICTUREDROME Ph 78-666 Tonight, Fri. and Sat. at 7.30 John Mills    Cecil Parker "I WAS MONTY'S DOUBLE" (G) Fantastic but true story of the greatest war hoax ever! Also: Colour Western "THE YOUNG LAND" (G) MISSION BAY BERKELEY Ph 585-296 Day Ph. 9-5 p.m. (Mon.-Fri.), 23-141 Direction: Modern Theatres Final Screening Tonight at 7.30 NOTE EARLY START! Gregory Peck    Ava Gardner Fred Astaire    Anthony Perkins A  "ON THE BEACH" Nevil Shute's unforgettable best-seller. A drama of gripping realism. Tommorow: "The Angry Silence" (A) Box plans now open. MT ALBERT DE LUXE Ph 84-404 Tonight at 7.30 David Tomlinson    Frankie Howerd Shirley Eaton in "FURTHER UP THE CREEK" (G)  (In Megascope) That frigate full of fiddlers is further up the creek! Also: England's great singing star . . . TOMMY STEELE in "TOMMY THE TOREADOR" (G) Music, Laughter, Colour, and Thrills!

NEW LYNN DELTA Ph 888-479 Tonight at 7.30 Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston in "THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE" (G)(Cinemascope and Metrocolor) Baffling suspense -- Blistering action! Also: Robert Hughes in "MANHUNT IN THE JUNGLE" (G).   (In colour) "The Shore's intimate Showplace" NORTHCOTE BRIDGEWAY Ph 18-856 Finally tonight at 7.45 THE BIG HIT OF '61! The lusty action adventure- John Wayne     Stewart Granger G   "North to Alaska" FRIDAY 6.0 and 8.30- Hilarious Comedy! "SHAGGY DOG"  (G) EXTRA 11 A.M. SESSION SAT ONEHUNGA STRAND Ph 566-269 Tonight at 7.15 Victor Mature "HANNIBAL" (Y) Also: Guy Madison "CHARGE OF FEATHER RIVER" (G) OTAHUHU NEW ORPHEUS STATION ROAD    Ph 615 Tonight at 7.30 Alan Ladd     Don Murray Dan O'Herlihy in "ONE FOOT IN HELL" (Y) (Cinemascope. Colour by De Luxe) One whale of a motion picture! Also: Rod Cameron     Lois Maxwell Clifford Evans in "PASSPORT TO TREASON" (G) Meet fighting Mike O'Kelly, the private eye! OTAHUHU GAIETY Ph 597-284,681 Finally tonight at 8.0 Season extended, to enable all our patrons to see this outstanding picture! Nigel Patrick    Yvonne Mitchell Michael Craig in "SAPPHIRE" (A) Eastman Colour OTARA OTARA CINEMA Ph 942 Papatotoe Tonight only at 8.0 ROBUST COMEDY ROMP! James Cagney and Shirley Jones in A   "NEVER STEAL ANYTHING SMALL" In Cinemascope and Eastman Colour. Norm Dawe entertains at our Console. PANMURE OAKLEY Ph 576-206 Tonight and Friday 7.45 4.30 p.m. Friday The Talking Mule G    "Francis Joins the Navy" And MA and PA KETTLE In the Uproarious G   "Kettles Go to Paris" PAPATOETOE CENTRAL Ph 198M Finally tonight at 8.0 James Stewart    Lee Remick R16   "ANATOMY OF A MURDER" Fascinating Entertainment! To comply with the Censor's ruling, persons under 16 years will not be admitted. PARNELL LIBERTE tonight 7.30 Phyllis Calvert,Alan White"A LADY MISLAID" (G). Eileen Herlie, Niall MacGinnis "WE ARE SEVEN" (A) REMUERA TUDOR Ph 51-572 Finally tonight at 8.0 EXTENDED SEASON Alistair Sim, Terry-Thomas and Ian Carmichael in G  'School for Scoundrels' "It's a joy to welcome such an adept piece of tart humour that will delight sophisticated and unsphisti- cated customers alike."            -Auckland Star FRIDAY: John Mills "TOWN ON TRIAL" (A) SANDRINGHAM MAYFAIR Ph 85-860 Finally tonight at 7.30 Steve Reeves, Sylvia Koscina in G  "HERCULES" Alan Ladd, Gilbert Roland in G  "Guns of the Timber Lands" TAKAPUNA GAIETY Ph 78-465 Finally tonight at 8.0 Jean Simmons and Rhonda Fleming Y  "HOME BEFORE DARK" A powerful film based on Eileen Bassing's best-seller. Programme finishes at 10.45 p.m. FRIDAY at 6.0 and 8.30 - "School For Scoundrels" (G)

KERRIDGE ODEON.

DEVONPORT VICTORIA Ph 71-683 Finally tonight at 7.45 Cary Grant        Deborah Kerr Robert Mitchum & Jean Simmons in  "THE GRASS IS GREENER" (A) Sparkling Comedy in Colour Commencing Friday at 5 and 7.45. Big Surprise Attraction direct from Queen street.             GREY LYNN CAMEO Ph 13-406 Finally tonight at 7.15 Two outstanding British comedies in Technicolour Dirk Bogarde   Muriel Pavlow James Robertson Justice "DOCTOR AT LARGE" (A) Preceded by Alec Guiness "THE LADY KILLERS" (Y) Tommorow "My Dog Buddy"   (G) "The Grass is Greener"   (A) PONSONBY BRITANNIA Ph 11-241 Cameron Mitchell and Allison Hayes in "PIER 5 HAVANA" (Y) Ripped from today's hottest headlines. They fought like devils with one foot in hell. "SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL" (A) James Cagney and Glynis Johns PT CHEV PT CHEV THEATRE Phone 81-465 Finally tonight at 7.45 G  "SOUTH PACIFIC" With Rossano Brassi   Mitzi Gaynor Bookings at theatre from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. ST HELIERS TATLER Ph 587-245 Finally tonight at 8.0 Top line artists from the Bolshoi Ballet in "CINDERELLA" (G) Colour Plus interesting 50 minutes featurette "Winter Fantasy" (G) Commencing Friday, 8 p.m. : "The Singer Not the Song"

Auckland theatres 1961.
A time when capital letters and exclamation marks were used liberally.

CENSOR'S CLASSIFICATION
(A) Recommended as suitable for adults only.

(Y) Approved for general exhibition.
Recommended as suitable
for persons 13 and over.

(G) Aproved for general exhibition.

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