GRAND THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 282, 23 July 1932, Page 7

GRAND THEATRE

GEORGE O'BRIEN IN "RIOERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE." SITOWING NEXT SATURDAY. With George O'Brien, Marguerite Churchill, Noah Beery, James Todd, Yvonne Pelletie. O'Brien's portrayal of Lassiter, the outlaw, follows closely the style of his recent western characterisations. Arriving at the raneh of Jane Withersteen to inouire about his sister, he . learns that she is dead and her ehild has been kidnapped. The eountryside is dominated by a renegade judge who has formed the Law and Order League as a means of terrorising settlers who stand out against him, and for the purpose of enriching himself by cattle-rustling. His nest intended vietim is Jane Withersteen, but Lassiter stands by her side and most of the thrills arise from the fight they put up. Lassiter finds the hiding place of the rustlers in a ravine which has one narrow entrance. Above this hangs a huge rock that a man can push over. Once it falls the ravine will be sealed for ever. Here Lassister discovers his sister's child, now grown to early woman - hood. He rescues her, and with the Law and Order League in hot pursuit, he rolls over the swinging stone, destroying the gang and creating for himself and Jane a world of their own in complete isolation. Magnificent photography and remarkable feats of horsemanship by O'Brien are inmortant features of the picture. Tlie administration of vindictive laws Is reminiscent of a tiger's claws, The power to govern stilles man's remorse — All drastio statutes tend to tyrant force, The administration of wise laws of health In virile manhood builds a nation's wealth — For bronchial ills that blessing we assure When talring Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Jt