HIPPODROME AND EMPRESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 174, 13 October 1927, Page 15

HIPPODROME AND EMPRESS

TOM MIX’S LATEST “Outlaws of Red River,” which had lt.» first showing at the Hippodrome and Empress Theatres yesterday, with Tom Mix in the stellar role, is a Western thriller of a kind that is sure to Please even t!ie sophisticated theatrelover. It deals with the life of Tom Morely, Flayed by Mx, who as a boy was forced to helplessly watch the killing of his foster parents and the abduction of his foster sister. Grown to Manhood, he joins the Texas Rangers and soon becomes known as the Fallow. because of his almost uncanny ability to hunt down outlaws. But all his talents in this direction seem useless when it comes to finding his lost foster sister. At last he is given orders by his commanding officer to bring to justice a gang of outlaws who raid the surrounding country from a secret valley somewhere along the Red River. While hunting them he discovers that they make use of a beautiful girt spy to inform them when the stage-coaches bear treasure. How he discovers the identity of this girl and tracks the outlaws to their valley is told in a series of breath-taking episodes, admirably touched with humour. Marjorie Daw and a cast of screen favourites support Mix. “Outlaws of Red River” proved a pleasant treat to the audience who witnessed the first showing.