HIPPODROME

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 35, 4 May 1927, Page 15

HIPPODROME

“THE TWO-GUN MAN” Coupled with the magic name of Stewart Edward White, one of the few literary figures who have lived in and written of the Old West in an immortal way, Fred Thomson comes to the screen of the Hippodrome Theatre to-morrow with “The Two-Gun Man,” first of the Thomson productions to be made from the works of this noted author. And if the current attraction is any criterion, the next two White stories will establish Fred at the very pinnacle of the popularity ladder which he has been climbing so steadily during the past years or more. “The Two-Gun Man” is the story of a cattle “rustler” who is hired to apprehend himself, and for the real atmosphere of the far-flung western frontier of which Mr. White wrote, it is far and away the best western seen for a long time; abounding in realistic touches and illumined by highlights of strong characterisation. The illimitable comedy which goes to make up so much of the entertainment value of Mr. Thomson’s pictures is present in intoxicating doses, while a cast which includes Olive Hasbrouck. Sheldon Lewis, Frank Hagney, Ivar McFadden, Joe Dowling, William Courtwright, Arthur Millet, Willie Fung, and little Billy Butts enact the featured roles splendidly.