CIVIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1026, 17 July 1930, Page 16

CIVIC

“THE ARIZONA KID”

Imbued with the real spirit of the Old West, “The Arizona Kid,” Alfred Santell’s great outdoor romance in Movietone, opens at tho Civic Theatre today with the incomparable Warner Baxter in the title role. To the many who hailed Baxter’s gallant outlawry in “In Old Arizona,” this new picture will come as a joyous piece of screen reincarnation. For Baxter again plays the part of a reckless and amorous bandit, whose love affairs with a dance-hall girl and a gambler’s wife, together with his impudent use of an alias to defeat the officers seeking him, serve to motivate the swift-moving and gorgeouslyphotographed story. The picture’s beginning “plants” the widespread search that is being made for the elusive “Arizona Kid.” In Rockville, a little Utah village, the “Kid” is living under the name of Chico, a somewhat mysterious but highly respected citizen. His shooting of a highwayman who holds up the Rockville stage further buoys his reputation, and his affair with Lorita, tho queen of the dance-hall entertainers, is one of the town’s favourite conversational topics. The arrival of a gambler, Nick Hoyt, and his wife Virginia, who poses as his sister, complicates matters. Chico is immediately attracted to Virginia, arousing Lorita’s jealousy. From this point on the story adds thrill to thrill, leading to a climatic scene of unsurpassed action and realism. Mona Maris, the Argentine beauty who scored so heavily in “Romance of Kio Grande” opposite Baxter, -is again his leading lady in this film, and the supporting cast is headed by Carol Lombard and Mrs. Jiminez. Entertaining supporting items will also be presented. Ted Henkel’s Civic Concert Orchestra will play selections from "The Student Prince” and Fred Scholl will preside at the Civic grand organ.