MUNICIPAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 3 December 1927, Page 15

MUNICIPAL

Saturday, Monday, Tuesday.

“Desperate Game” — (Universal), starring Pete Morrison, a western drama of a college boy who tried a cowboy’s life and held his own with the men of the west. Episide No. 8 “The Silent Flyer”— (Universal). Added atractions: Comedy, travelogue, Film News and Gazette. Wednesday, Thursday, -Friday. ‘‘Michael.Strogoff’’—(Universal Super Jewell) with Ivan Moskine, Europe’s idol of the screen, in a picture of amazing adventures. A production so big that for years producers were frightened to attempt its production. It’s a triumph.: Also entertaining Travelogue and Gazette.

and triumphs, the' perils and the daring of the intrepid hero, ably enacted by Ivan Moskine. Indeed, there was plenty to rivet the intention on the screen. The Grand Ball at the Palace of the Czar reveals some of the splendour of that regal court, and as the sequence is in colour, the effect is one of magnificence. Colour is further employed in scenes of unusual brilliance at the tented camp of the Grand Duke’s enemy ,the Grand Khan of Tart-ary.

There are battle scenes in which it is said that some 6000 people appeared, and there were thrills and to spare as the wild-riding Tartar barbarians clashed with the Russian cavalry, The company includes a really brilliant cast of principals, including Ivan Moskine, whose work as “Strogoff” brought him a contract from the Universal to appear in American films in the near future. If thrills in the picture theatre appeal to you, put “Michael Strogoff ’ on your list of pictures to see

“THE DESPERATE CAME.”

STARTING ON SATURDAY AT THE MUNICIPAL THEATRE.

A holder of championship title ol the annual Pendleton Roundup, Pete Morrison, star of the Lariat Production, “The Desperate Game,” which comes to the Municipal Theatre on Saturday is recognised as one of the greatest riders in America. Born in Harris, Colorado, and educated in Harris and Denver, Morrison has spent his whole life in the west, most of it prior to his entrance into pictures, on the range.

In addition to his title won at Pendleton, he has won prizes all over the world at rodeos and roundups. notably at Sheepshead Bay, New York.

He is equally able at riding, roping, shooting, and bull-dogging steers, and aside from these difficult stunts of the range, is one of the Screen’s best all-round athletes.

He entered motion pictures soon after winning the Pendleton title, starting his film career as a stunt rider and athletic star at the olu Ince-Triangle studios, as one of the first movie “stunt men.” He next starred in a series of tworeel western productions for Universal several years ago and was also featured in “The Ghost City,” a serial produced by the same company.

“FOREIGN DEVILS.”

A PETER B. KYNE STORY FOR COSY DE LUXE, STARTING WEDNESDAY. TIM McKOY’S LATEST. Tim McCoy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's popular outdoor star, does not confine his activities to pictures dealing with Red Indian warfare. His latest starring vehicle ’Foreign Devils,” has the Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1960 as a unique and colourful background and historical interest is admirably blended with thrills, action and a charming love story. Showing at the Cosy de Luxe on Wednesday. “Foreign Devils” tells of the plight of the members of the various foreign Legations beseiged in Pekin by the Boxers, and has as its central theme the love that sprang to life in spite of perils and hardships between a young Marine officer and an English girl. The Eastern atmosphere is splendidly maintained throughout, and McCoy demonstrates some more of his amazingly original stunts.

The- entry of the relieving forces into Pekin is a unique bit of senpen pageantry, showing the British American, French, Russian and German contingents hastening to the rescue of their countrymen. Beautiful Clairs Windsor is McCoy’s leading lady, and Cyril Chadwick, Frank Currier ami Emily Filzroy are also in tho cast.