COASTAL THEATRES.
"JESSE JAMES" NEXT WEEK. "Jesse James," 20th Century-Fox's spectacular drama of America's most famous outlaw and the turbulent events that gave him to the world, filmed in brilliant technicolour, will be on the Coastal theatre circuit next week. In this epic story of a lawless era is given a true and stirring picture of the most colourful outlaw that ever lived. For in "Jesse James" the almost legendary figure is portrayed by Tyrone Power exactly as he was — neither all good nor all bad, a brave and tender husband to the girl who mnrried him, a victim of i: juslicc to tlie simple folk who knew him and. to the people who hatcd him, an outlaw and n lcillor. Rnrcly has IIol- | lywood offcred a niorc complete study of thc lifo of n man than it has in "Jesse James." Those wlro sec the film will realise that here, in thundcrous swcep, is tlie all-inclusive story of thc most exf ''ing bandit that ever roamed the hills of America. Nevcr for one moment are audiences allowed to forget that they are witnessing a truly great picture. From thc first moment of suspense up to the smashing climax, "Jesse* James" hurries from one thrilling sequence to another with a breathless tempo seldom achieved on the screen.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1940, Page 3
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