BRITANNIA
“THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER” With Jack Holt and Betty Jewel m the principal parts, the cast of “The Mysterious Rider,” which is now being shown at the Britannia Theatre, is one of the strongest Paramount has ever given the popular Zane Grey’s stories. Holt plays Bent Wade, “the mysterious rider,” who fights to save the homesteads of the desert ranche *s from :
»vri ranene's irom illegal seizure, and Betty Jewel is Dorothy King, daughter of the city financier, who falls in lore with the out-of-doors man. The villain is Cliff Harkness. played by Charles Sellon. and the role of his henchman. Ton Saun-
Jack Molt man. ion- launders, falls to Ivan Christie. Tc|i Kennedy, who played so well in “We’re In the Navy Now” tnd “Behind the Front,” has a comedy role, and Guy Oliver and Jane Keckley, two veteran players, sustain the pathos element of the story. Arthur Hoyt has one of the “shrimp” parts for which he is distinguished, this time? playing the secretary to Mark King, financier, who Is personified by David Torrence. Albert Hart plays the sheriff, and some clever children and character players carry the important “bits” of the production.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 174, 13 October 1927, Page 15
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