COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 January 1939, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“BOULDER DAM.” “Boulder Dam,” heralded as a drama of thrilling action, heroic deeds and glamorous romance, is scheduled as the feature attraction at the Cosy Theatre tonight. The picture is based on Don M. Templin’s story of the building of this mighty project, and the lives oi the daredevil workmen who blasted their way through solid rock and scaled the walls hundreds of feet above the river is painted in the picture in colourful detail. . Death faced these dynamic workers at every turn, and many of their deeds of herism, depicted in this film will go down in the history of this great undertaking. The picture is enlivened by song numbers sung by Patricia Ellis. Ross Alexander portrays a shirking, disgruntled mechanic in a mid-West garage. In a fist fight with his boss, the latter is killed by a fall, and the mechanic flees. Lyle Talbot, in the “heavy” role, is in love with the girl (portrayed by Patricia Ellis) and also knows of his successful rival’s past. He gives Ross twenty-four hours to quit the town, but on that last day an incident occurs which changes the whole aspect of the situation and brings the picture to a close in a smashing climax. There is a strong supporting cast which includes Eddie AcufT, Henry O’Neill, Egon Brecher, Eleanor Wesselhoeft, Joseph Crenan. Olin Howland. William Pawley, Ronnie Cosby and George Breakston.