AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

ivißVaoDYs pictures

KEN MAYNArI) AND TARZAN TO-NIGHT I TO-.lllGrfT l

“The Lawless - Legion,” Ken Maynard’s latest starring vehicle (western) which opens this • evening at the-tPHhcess Theatre is a fast, concise, wfeTl-told totory with just the right amount of. thrills and drama tdAsia’ke, it' jf- tfprib-al Mfeyhard and the kind tht has j^)ted Ci bhis star into the hrgfii position to-day. The •; ’stolr^--deals' witl’f S' huge cattle drive 4 in Ken and his-horse Tarzan ' ar^entrusted thfern.’ from Texfistorthe border. This tf6rrteffdflhS‘ herd—ef*- cattle represents the fcbmbifled stock of an entire comrtninity .who find it necessary to seen other grazing lands because of a continued drought. The/ picture opens • with; Ken in gaol where he has been put for disturbing the peace, but as soon' {is he starts o’n the trail with between eight and ten thousand bovines to ehdperony thbt Huh* begins. “The ■ Lawfess Legion’iPAlferives its name from ; the band of orgShiSed thieves who not / only endeavour to steal the herd, hut ;do it and at the same time ruin Ken’s renutation and the only gi.rl. It is then up to him to get them back which he does, ln&‘not until after tremendous odds_. R. Rogers,, pro-diners yriard series, and his director Harry J. Brown certainty know the audience appeal for the “Lawless Legion” is a real drama with all Hie fiction that could possibly be crammed into a six-reel motion picture, are performed, that to tell about %itsd sound impossible, but seeing is believing. A very capable cast is Nora Lane who plays the feminine rble, Paul Hurst and J P McGowan, the two arch villains aie vbry good. Frank Rice and How\,,nrd Truesdell are seen to advantage. the entire picture belongs to Ken and Tarzan, ahd when they are on the screen, one tiato’t time for much . ‘hi anything else. The supports include, Topical, Comedv and (Serial. Usual prices will be charged.