PRINCE EDWARD

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 58, 31 May 1927, Page 15

PRINCE EDWARD

“THE CANYON OF LIGHT” A vivid picture of modern warfare, amid the wreckage of an abandoned village in France, is shown in Tom Mix’s latest starring vehicle, “The Canyon of Light,” now being shown at the Prince Edward Theatre. In this latest Fox Film, Tom Mix, as Tom Mills, a ranchman, acts as a despatch bearer dLiring the world war in France, where he has gone as the captain of a troop of cowboys. Here he finds, •however, that he must change from horse to motor-cycle and some of the most gripping scenes ever filmed show Tom and his buddies flying over

shell-torn roads with bursting shrapnel tearing the scenery to pieces all around them. Then, there is the fight in the wrecked village, the capture of a nest, and rescue by Tom of his “buddie” under fire. “The Canyon of Light,” however, Is not a world war story. The incident in Flanders fields is a well motivated episode that explains why, with the best element away fighting in the trenches, desperadoes are able to terrorise the western community where Tom and his cowboys have their home. Dorothy Dwan has the feminine lead in this fine production, and Ralph Sipperly, William Walling, Barry Norton, Carl Miller and other screen favourites have important roles.