STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1939, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

“RETURN OF THE CISCO KID.” It’s a good 10 years now since “The Cisco Kid” came to the screen in one of the first “talkies” made. “The Return / of the Cisco Kid,” which will be shown i tonight at the State Theatre, shows that those 10 years have dealt lightly with the. gay Mexican bandit. Warner Baxter created Cisco, and still plays the part. He lis as smiling, as sentimental, and as ruthless as over. This time Mexico has proved too uncomfortable for Cisco and he has crossed the border into the United States. There he meets beautiful Lynn Bari and her irascible but lovable old uncle, seeking a ranch in which they have sunk all their capital. I The rascally sheriff of the district' knows that there is gold in that there ranch, and he swindles them out of their claim. When he hears of their plight, Cisco takes a hand. After a series of adventures which include a fire, fights and hold-ups, and a moonlit chase cn horseback, with the tall spikes of the cactus forming a picturesque if slightly prickly background, the villain is foiled. Cisco does not get the girl, but ho goes back to Mexico with a heart which, if broken temporarily, is already showing every sign of recovery. Henry Hull gives an admirable portrayal of the elderly Southern gentleman with a predilection for whisky and a penchant for selling non-existent gold mines. Cesar Romero lias a part and a make-up! which are in direct contrast with anything he has yet attempted. He is Cisco's righthand man. and is hard to) recognise as such. A dirtier, greasier, more amiable bad man it would be hard to find. Altogether, “The Return of the Cisco Kid" carries on the tradition very well.