STATE THEATRE
"THE PLAINSMAN" — EPIC OF AMERICA. "The Plainsman," which sereens 'at the State Theatre to-night, has been peopled with a cast worthy of its character, Gary Cooper is "Wild BTll" Hicock, . James Ellison is "Buffalo Bill," Jean Arthur is the Westtoughened "Calamity" Jane, and John Miljan the heroic General Custer. Direction is fundamentally responsible for the high standard reached by "The Plainsman." The film, obviously, is the work of a master, and perhaps only Cecil B. de Mille could have made it. Each scene is directed with a clear and complete knowledge of popular demands in screen entertainment; each scene is so deftly handled in the individual sense as to beco-me itself a minor masterpiece, yet blended harmoniously into the greater master piece of the whole production. To call "The Plainsman" an epic is to do no more than justice to a genuinely great aehievement. It is a colouri'ul slice of history, moulded into a gripping story, dressed and treated with a thorough understanding, and serped in a masterpiece of screen production.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 133, 22 June 1937, Page 2
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173STATE THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 133, 22 June 1937, Page 2
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