AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. 1 ‘OA LLOPING (; AL LA G H EII, ” _ THURSDAY. “Galloping Gallagher,” the thrilling .Master Picture, starring Fred Thomson, the newest western “stunt” man. opens at the Princess Theatre on Thursday. Here is a clean-cut, excitingly entertaining picture, unusually well produced, and with a lot of hard working players, headed by the redoubtable Thomson, who does not miss an opportunity. “Galloping Gallagher” has a strong story, and a theme which is distinctly new in westerns. The star is a splendid athlete and horseman, and he has a horse, Silver King, that is a marvel. The production was carefully conceived, with every detail expertly handled. Hazel Keener lends admirable support as the “female parson” who almost causes a riot in Tombstone upon her arrival. The balance of the cast are competent, and include Frank Hagney, Nelson McDowell, “Shorty” Hendricks and Andy .Mortis. One of the many thrills in “Galloping Gallagher” is the tight between the star and Frank Tfagney, who plays the heavy. This is intensely realistic, and is one of the finest scraps ever shown on the screen. A young lady evangelist arrives in a small Spanish California town, bent on gaining as many converts its possible. The town’s recently appointee sheriff. Bill Gallagher takes it upon himself to guarantee the heroine’s stjfety during her stay among the “rough-necks;” it has been predicted that Gallagher’s sheriffship would not last more than one week, because of the belligerent attitude towards him of the “rough-neck” element. Gallagher surprises everyone, however, by taming the “rough-necks” and winning them all as converts for the evangelist.