STATE THEATRE
TWO EXCELLENT FEATURES. Telling in gay and exciting fashion a story of the Mexican border, “The Girl and the Gambler,” will be shown tonight at the State Theatre with Leo Carrillo, Tim Holt, and Steffi Duna in the principal roles. Carrillo plays the part of a border Robin Hood who fancies himself as a Casanova*. When a disgruntled aide tells him of a beautiful but cold dancing girl in a resort town, he makes a wager that he can win her affections, and sets out to make good. Eut the dancer has other ideas. For one thing, she is in love with a young American who runs a gambling table in a nearby casino, and she goes' to him for advice when the bandit’s attentions become pressing. The girl and the gambler plan to elope across the line, but the bandit checkmates the scheme by having one of his lieutenants force a fight on the American. The fight ends in the gambler having to kill the other in self-defence, and his arrest effectually blocks any elopement. But unexpected complications lead to a stirring and a satisfactory finish. Carrillo is perfectly cast as the bandit, and Miss Duna is equally convincing as the dancer. Tim Holt as the young American gives a brilliant performance, and an excellent supporting cast includes Donald MacBride, Chris-Pin Martin and Edward Raquello. In his latest picture, “Timber Stampede,” the other feature. George O'Brien temporarily abandons the desert for the mountains. Most of the action of this exciting picture of old days in the West is laid in a heavily forested ■ country, a vast cattle range which a group of lumbermen and railroad magnates plan to destroy by timber logging the district. O'Brien gives an outstanding portrayal of the leader of the cattlemen opposed to the scheme, and his opposition gets him into big trouble. A stormy romance with a girl .journalist, a dangerous investigation of the method by which the promoters plan illegally to acquire millions of acres of timber for a song, several exciting gun-battles and fist-fights, and the thrilling climax, comprise the highlights of the action. Chill Wills again adds comedy to the picture, and Marjorie Reynolds makes a charming heroine. Robert Fiske. Morgan Wallace, Guy Usher. Earl Dwire and other well-known jdayers have important supporting roles in the picture, and handle their assignments well.
There is an excellent supporting programme.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 November 1939, Page 2
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