Books

Doctor Zhiggolo by A. Kinsey.

The eternal validity of a naval struggle told by a man who is living it up (by the author— The Birds and the Bees-children's reading).

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Forever Slander by Ol. Wol.

A sad tale of continual mistreatment of the Author by an inattentive press.

Book Keeping for Beginners

by Nord. Mire.

An elementary treatise written so you can understand it, not recommended for advanced studies.

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Lolita.

The sad tale of a racing car magnate's effort to end Formula Libre racing and his eventual success in small cars aided by his daughter's young friends—A children's book.

"Vat '59" by Tarry Shakespeare.

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The year's best selling biography: a just and urbane study of a virile Kuri Puku Bay homebrewer, who was always lustily at home in life, in and out of exile.

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Last Post by Wally Trash

A lusty, irreverent and affectionate fictional portrait of a shrewd gas-bag who became a powerful political boss with a majority of one in Parliament. The story stays on target so steadily that New Zealand's tax-payer John Citizen still thinks he was having a horrible nightmare on the night of the Budget.

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Women of Rome. Not for boys of Wellington.

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Doubting Dave by David Brown.

A brief, deceptively simple novel whose hero, a clown, brings a timely reminder that the fatal flaw of any totalitarian regime is its congenitally inhuman disregard of humanity's sex impulses.

Films

The Third Man

Will Owin' makes his big hit in this stirring epic of figures over facts.

The Man With The Golden Arm

Nord, the cowboy hero saves the town with his generous donations to the council funds.—Fantasy.

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Baby Doll

Jim Devlin gives his best performance yet as the downtrodden husband of May Bell during their publicity studded union—a powerful piece.

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Oh Men, Oh Women

Oh Boy

Theatre

Look Back In Anger

Taxpayer Jones reminisces on the days before November '57, a stirring piece with fine descriptive forceful writing.

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The Importance Of Being Earnest

A period piece of the struggle of a young publican's son and his rise to control the most important of New Zealand's industries. His acceptance by Royalty and other Bali Hai Society makes a fine conclusion to a melodrama with a moral for our age.

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Swan Lake and Giselle

Music hall stuff with the customary bevy of high kicking beauties. Full houses show the general level of our Society's taste. Pretty Maggie Fountain leads the troupe through some exacting routines.

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Pygmalion

Adapted from the musical, Keith Holypine is very effective as the man who falls in love with his own creation. Fine acting, though the plot is at times all Greek to the audience.