GRAND THEATRE
TO-NIGHT The most famous of all stories of the gold rush days, David Belasco's "Girl of the Golden West," is now at the Grand Theatre, with Ann Harding as the girl. There has probably never been a more appealing actress in this famous role, and t^e magnificent outdoor settings of the picture give the production a sweep that was impossible on the stage. The story is a drama that is vital in its simplicity and stark in its revelation of human passions running high against a baclcground of greed for gold. It is a love story of redemption and regeneration, James Rennie playing the lead, with Dick Johnson, who is also secretly known as Ramirrez, the road agent. Rennie is simply splendid in this part, and gives a characterisation that is filled with Lthe spirit of the old West. Harry Bannister is highly effective as Jack Rance, the sheriff, who loves the girl, but is rejected by her. "The Girl of the Golden West," as a picture, is taken from the original play, and not from the grand opera version which appeared later.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 200, 16 April 1932, Page 3
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185GRAND THEATRE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 200, 16 April 1932, Page 3
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