King’s Theatre.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 375, 5 March 1937, Page 8

King’s Theatre.

“The Three Godfathers.”

Featuring Chester Morris and Lewis Stone, with a great supporting cast, the King’ll finally to-night should supply the drama-lovi-ng public with a fresh thrill. The* story of four bandits fleeing from the long arm of - the law after a thoroughly satisfying bank hold-up, with all the thrills of ' ; a chase by the sheriff’s posse and | the tortures of thirst, comes to an unusual climax when the desperadoes

find, beside a dry water-hole, a covered waggon containing a sick woman and a baby! She makes them promise to take the baby to his father, who has gone to the little town of New Jerusalem (where the bank was robbed) for help. During the right the horses of the three men wander away and drink from a poisoned water hole, and they must try to make it on foot. Doc carries the baby the first day, but infection has set in in his shoulder and he knows that he is going to die. The next day Gus starts to carry the baby, and they press desperately on across the scorching desert. At last Gus knows that he can go no farther, and that night he leaves Bob and the baby and heads off towards where they left Doc. When Bob awakens he finds that he is alone with the baby; he picks it up and scrambles on. Five miles from New Jerusalem, he is about to give up when he sees a poisoned waterhole. He knows that the poison will not kill him for an hour, so he drinks his fill and once more starts on his way. He reaches New Jerusalem at the hour when Christmas services are taking place. He stumbles into 'the church, places the baby in his sweetheart’s lap, and then falls dead on the aisle, his mission accomplished. To provide the necessary baby for the picture, four complete infants — two sets of chubby twins —were “used” and worked in relays. The story is adapted from Peter B. Kyne’s epic of the Western Desert.

“Life Begins at 40.” If this is Will Rogers’ funniest comedy, then there is nothing funnier. Coming to the King’s Theatre on Saturday and Monday next, as one half of a double-feature programme, it will prove worth-while entertainment. Rogers, as the owner and editor of a small-town newspaper, has a won-

derful faculty for getting into trouble and out again, and in short order he has fought a pistol duel with the banker, who tried to break him, saved an innocent boy from disgrace, and set a love match in order.

On the same programme Is "The Cowboy Millionaire,” with George O’Brien and Evalyn Bostock in the leading roles. It is a typical story of love and adventure, and will thoroughly satisfy those who like this type of play.