HIPPODROME

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 391, 27 June 1928, Page 16

HIPPODROME

BIG PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT Known for the variety of his roles and the vigour of his acting, Buck Jones, the Fox cowboy actor, is showing in one of the best pictures yet to his credit at the Hippodrome Theatre. It is a novel tale of the daring West called “Blood Will Tell,” and it goes to prove, as the title indicates, that the finer qualities in man usually come to the surface. Kathryn Perry plays the principal feminine part, that of a girl from the East who is duped into the belief that she has bought a ranch. Arriving in the West, she encounters a lone rider who “joins up” with her outfit as a cowhand. This is Buck Jones, and in reality he is the owner of the ranch. Amused by the girl’s naive acceptance of her role as a ranch owner, he discovers gradually that she is being victimised by a gang of hard-boiled rustlers. That opens the way for Buck to settle affairs, and he does it in his characteristic fashion with the aid of Silver Buck and a pair of convenient six-guns. The second attraction is entitled “Rich But Honest,” and stars Nancy Nash and Ted McNamara in a delightful comedy-drama-