EPIC SPECTACLE.
CIVIC'S "IN , OLD CHICAGO."
An epic spectacle and a heart-wanning and human document of pioneering dnye, the Darryl F. Zanuck production "In Old Chicago" is the type of film rarely 'eeen in Now Zealand. Only once in a while does euch a film come before the public eye, and its epic qualities will be presented before Auckland audiences at the Civic Theatre, when the film has its first screenings there to-morrow. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche and Alice Brady are the most important cast names. The etory u about the O'Leary family, living in the big city about the year 1871. That was a time of trial for "Chi." Politically the town ,was rotten to the core; vice-ridden and run by racketeers. This is one of the film'e themes. Another theme, the moet important of them all, is the tale of the O'Leary'e and how they succeeded. But the climax comes toward the end of the film, when the dirty politics of Chicago threaten ruin. It is a fire—the (treat Chipngo fire of 1871. Other producers of recent months have made full ,*w of nntnrnl phenomena for their finale, rSi tnu °k I 1 n fire—a fire which sweeps 5~ 4?* o; drives panic-atrickcn thousands IL,™V wmtpnrntive safety of the river; 7j™32«<™« » thousand cattle in Chicago "latitude that
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 10
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221EPIC SPECTACLE. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 10
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