BRITANNIA
“THE FORLORN RIVER” Brice Canyon in Zion National Park, Utah, the most astonishing blend of rugged beauty and grotesque grandeur that the forces of nature have ever produced, is the setting for “Forlorn River,” Zane Grey’s story of the cattle country, which comes to the Britannia Theatre to-night. This picturesque section of the west has been called “the land of flaming canyons and jewelled amphitheatres,” Measured by civilisation’s yardstick, it is still a frontier country. In this isolated region hundreds of miles from Hollywood, Director John Waters and a Paramount company of 80 worked for several weeks filming Mr. Grey’s adventurous romance. Little wonder that the scenic background is one of the picture's outstanding features. “Forlorn River” centres about the thrilling experience of a mysterious individual known as “Nevada,” capitally played by Jack Holt. Raymond Hatton is his mate, a tramp cowpuncher, who contributes some great comedy moments to lighten the thundering action. Arlette Marchal, charming French actress, provides the love motif, while Edmund Burns completes the quartette of principal players in the role of Miss Marchal*s boyhood sweetheart.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 78, 23 June 1927, Page 15
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180BRITANNIA Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 78, 23 June 1927, Page 15
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