GRAND THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 578, 8 July 1933, Page 3

GRAND THEATRE

TO-NIGHT. ^ While the days of the opeh range and the two-gun killers passed out with the turn of the century — almost ! — there is just as much excitement | a.nd adventure in the cattle country I to-day. To find it you must go far I from the beaten paths, deep into the j range country. j Just to prove the truth of the above assertion, George O'Brienj demonstrates that a cowboy's life in the modern West can be a thrilling one in "Smoke Lightning," his new Fox Films vehicle, which is to open tonight at the Grand Theatre. Briatling with gunfights, a gaol-break, a poker game that ruins one of the players, a gripping duel across the car-roofs of a racing train and some of the most brilliant riding ever shown on the screen, this picture is scheduled to dispel any ideas that the West of to-day is tranquil. Taken from the Zane Grey novel, "Canyon Walls," the story deals with the hectic experiences of a roving cowpuncher and his pal who decide to appoint themselves guardians of a little girl after the death of her father leaves her a weal-thy orphan. The appointment does not meet with the wishes of the sheriif, who covets the girls' ranch. O'Brien is supported in this western romance by Nell lO'Day, an exceptionally attractive blonde; Betsy King .Ross, nine-year-old dare devil rider and Frand Atkinson, one of the most humorous portrayers of cowboy roles who have been seen in many a day.