CRYSTAL PALACE. MT. EDEN
Great dramatic strength is given “Untamed.” now at the Crystal Palace Theatre, because of the contrast between the first locale in the tropical junglea and the later scenes in the centre of fashionable New York. Joan Crawford has the strongest and most effective role yet given her as “Bingo” Dowling, the daughter of an oil prospector, who is 18 before she leaves the jungles for civilisation. It is her first sensational all-talking picture. You sympathise at all times with this girl's bewilderment over modern conventions. She falls in love at first sight with the first white youngman she sees on a north-bound ship, and cannot understand why he or her guardians should worry because she is rich, and the boy has not a cent. This situation, aided by the heavyhanded methods of gruff old Ben Murchison. her guardian. rushes on. gathering dramatic steam until the explosion finally occurs with almost tragic results.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 994, 10 June 1930, Page 15
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156CRYSTAL PALACE. MT. EDEN Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 994, 10 June 1930, Page 15
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