Regent Theatre
I >i ; * It strikes- inta ane's heart with impact of an atom -bomb, so great is the force of the flaming Technicolour production, "Tap Roots,". a liighly combustible filmf story' of 4a dounty in; southern" Mississippf » ipg the days leading' into the >Civil War. The "VS/alter'-yVanger presenta- 1 tion released by Universal-IntPr- • riational with lovely Susan Ifay\yard and handsome Vap 'HeflinTn the co-starririg roles. e: . 1 There is violence'.and- terijiernegs, i heartache and paced excit'ement in- ' the thrilling spectacle adapted to : the screen from the now famous' novel by James Street. Heflin- is : highly convincing as the suave r.enegade publisher while Miss H&y-' ward renders a performance must be- rated better than the" Academy Award nomination she eamed for her acting in "£fmasliup." Boris Karloff leaves off frightening people with a smooth p'ortrayal as a Choctaw Indian. Whitfield Connor, a newcomer, shows lareat promise with a sterling gupporting role. " v
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 July 1949, Page 4
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152Regent Theatre Chronicle (Levin), 2 July 1949, Page 4
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