“SONG OF THE PLAINS.”
STARS NELSON EDDY. i _ i ' “Song of the Plains” lias a sound leading idea in it, apart from personal .loves and hates. This idea, is that, in the long run, humble and honest folk will always carry the clay against thieves and bullies, provided they find somebody to load 1 them. And the best weapon of all in- this fight for for l independence is a-free; and enlightened Press. A distinguished east headed by Nelson Eddy keeps the production materially and fanciers of this typo of entertainment can look ferwayd confidently to an, enjoyable hour and alialf. Mr Eddy sings with his accustomed radiance as the leader of the home-town folks, and Virginia Bruce acts with more charm and nealism than (lie part of the heroine demands. Lionel Barrymore is an intorpid old man ; Edward Arnold, the big boss: Victor McLaglen:, a. joyously raucous, barddrinking Irishman ; Charles Butterworth, a, timid piano player - Guy Ivihbc«p, a- pompous and venal newspaper editor; and H. B. Warner 1 , an invalid croupier at a roulotfe table.
German cinemas are reported to be suffering in the British bombing of that country.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 24, 8 November 1940, Page 3
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