STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 October 1939, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

TWO GREAT PICTURES. ‘•Dark Rapture” and the Ritz. Brothers in the musical comedy. ‘‘The Three Musketeers.” will be finally shown tonight. “CAPTAIN FURY.” With Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen and June Lang playing the top roles, Hal Roach’s “Captain Fury,”, frontier drama of Australia, will be shown tomorrow night at the State Theatre. “Captain Fury” is the story of dauntless men and brave women who migrated to the barren brush country of Australia to hew a nation out of a strange wilderness. Paul Lukas. June Lang. John Carradine, George Zucco, Douglas Dumbrille and Virginia Field, featured in support of the stars, portray the strangely assorted characters who join in this march’ of progress in the pioneering days of the early 19th century. The story narrows down to a fight-to-the-lmish between Captain Fury, daring adventurer and political prisoner, who migrates from Ireland, and Arnold Trist, greedy land baron, whose game is to oust incoming settlers, grab their land and build up a vast feudal estate to be ruled tyrannically. Fury quickly sizes up the situation and plans a thrilling career as an Australian Robin Hood. . Stumbling upon a hideout, Fury sets up a little robber's kingdom and proceeds to outwit his sullen opponent. Also, it might be added, he is never too busy to lend an eye and ear to romance and manages to get the girl too, the girl in this case being the glamorous and beauteous June Lang. How Fury outwits this man and brings civilised law and order to the community provides a thrilling climax to the story which is filled with many hair-raising, blood-and-thunder episodes.