AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 329, 9 January 1937, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

Plaza Theatre. Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes and Henry Wilcoxon head one of the greatest casts of stars ever assembled on the screen in “The Last of the Mohicans,” Reliance Pictures’ film version of the immortal James Fenimore Cooper classic, showing at the Plaza to-night. Also featured in important roles in this unforgettable story of glorious adventure, heart-stirring romance and thundering conflict for a nation yet unborn are Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel, Phillip Reed, Robert Barrat, Hugh Buckler and. Williard. Robertson.

Scott is seen, as Hawkeye, the brave and handsome Colonial scout hero, beloved by the millions ot readers of the book. Miss Barnes is cast as the glamorous Alice Munro, who is torn between love for him and loyalty to the gallant Major Duncan Heyward, played by Wilcoxon. Cabot has the role of Magua, the renegade Indian spy; Miss Angel is seen as the lovely Cora Munro, and. Reed plays Uncas, the young Indian brave who hopelessly worships her. Breath-taking highlights of the picture are the defence of Fort William Henry against the onslaught of the French legions; Cora’s death, leap from the heights ot Lovers’ Cliff; the thrilling rescue .of Hawkeye from the torture-stake of the savage Hurons; the barbaric war dance of the Indian, tribes., and. last but not least, the hand-to-hand tomahawk battle to the death between the renegade half-breed and. “The Last of the .Mohicans/’

King’s Theatre. A great team o£ no less than six star comedians dispense the limitless laughs in this happy-go-lucky story o£ young Monty King (Billy Milton), who inherits a castle and can’t prove it. The story opens with the said Monty accidentally upsetting a pretty girl's punt, and when he tries to rescue her from a “watery grave’’ in three feet ot muddy water, she calls him a “sap” and wades ashore by herself. However, this incident was to prove the turning point in the career of this young King. For the lady of tho lake (June Clyde) is none other than Marilyn Bean, daughter o£ the millionaire American representative of the firm for which Monty works. “Pop” Bean, unfortunately, has other plans for a son-in-law, in the person. o£ Sir Percival Trellis, Monty’s boss. Marilyn, however ,is a young lady with a mind 0£ her own, and young King is very much on her mind at

present. Sir Percival and “Old Bean” decide to get rid of Monty by sending him to America, but he gets wise to their plot and “resigns.” At this most opportune moment enters Pulleu (Claude Dampier), a "gentleman’s gentleman,” who recognises King as the person he has waited 15 years to see—Lord Drone, the missing heir to a castle and an estate. Convinced of the truth of Pullen’s theory, Monty and Marilyn set off to establish the claim and find the bailiffs in possession. Then begins a riotous battle of wits aud nit-wits that will keep you continuously in roars of laughters. Get your share of the fun when “King of the Castle” comes to the King's Theatre next Saturday and Monday. On the same programme is Devil’s Squadron, an air thriller featuring Richard Dix and Karen Morlety.