AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19990, 15 July 1939, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE HOPALONG CASSIDY IN “SILVER ON THE SAGE,” AND “SUDDEN MONEY” Clarence E. Mulford’s tales of the early American West have enjoyed wide popularity in the past, and Paramount's pioturisation of these novels is becoming one ol the favourL c series of the screen. In “Silver on the Sage,’’ the latest of these dims, row at tnc Majestic Theatre, Hopalong Cassidy (William- Boyd) and his Bar 20 saddlemales, "Windy Hallidav (George Hayes) and Lucky Jenkins (Russell Hayden), have to face one cf the most tricky and dangerous problems of their career*. On 'the eve of a big sale of cattle from the Bar 20 to another .ranch owner, the whole herd- is rustled, and no trace is leit of its whereabouts, m his endeavours to solve the mysterious theft, Hopalong Cassidy soon runs foul of a clever and desperate r*ang of criminals who employ an manner of cunning to gain their ends. Events become complicated wnen Lucky Jenkins is innocently arrested for the murder of a ranch owner, but "Ho-ppy,” once on the trail, is not long in rounding up the .gang and clearing the name of his friend. The associate feature, “Sudden Money,” is the story of a familv who become rich overnight- when they win a sweepstake and their hilarious reactions to thennew life. The cast, which is headed by Charles Ruggles, includes Marjorie Rambeau, Charley Grapewm. and Billy Lee.