“THE LAST FRONTIER”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 314, 27 March 1928, Page 15

“THE LAST FRONTIER”

AT PRINCESS AND TIVOLI ON THURSDAY

7he scenes of The Last t rontier. which is to be shown at the Princess and Tivoli on Thursday, are laid in Western Kansas in 1867. The Sioux Indians are resisting the invasion of the white settlers and attack a wagon train in which Beth Halliday, her father and mother, are moving Westward. Beth’s parents are slain, and she is cared for by Lige, a blackleg Indian trader, who hopes to win her. although he is aware that she loves Tom Kirby, a Government scout. As Kirby had induced the Haliidays to go West, Beth holds him responsible for the death of her parents. An estrangement follows when Kirby i 3 covertly accused of complicity with the Indians in their warfare against the whites. Many dramatic incidents transpire. Lige is unmasked after he has conspired with Pawnee Killer, an Indian chief, to stampede a herd of buffaloes through Salina where Beth is teaching school. Kirby saves Beth from the onrushing bison, and after things are explained they are reconciled. The stars are Marguerite de la Motte, William Boyd, and Jack Hoxie. In T.he supporting cast of “The Last Frontier’’ are assembled several screen players of reputation. They inelude Junior Coghlan, one of the brightest

motion pictures: Mitchell Bewis, a distinguished player of heavy roles; Gladys Brockwell, who scored in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” “So Big,” and other screen successes; and Prank Lackteen, who was seen in ' The Pony Express,” and “Desert Gold.”