JOSIE SEDGEWICK—COWGIRL.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18634, 8 March 1926, Page 7

JOSIE SEDGEWICK—COWGIRL.

A WESTERN HEROINE. QUEEN'S THEATRE TO-DAY. After all the Western dramas we have seen deifying the man, it comes as a very pleasant change indeed to see a Western with o woman in the lead. We are apt to regard the hero from the romantic West as the only one who can ride a Broncho, throw a lassoo, or handle a cplt with any sort of success, so we are pardoned if we give a gasp of surprise when we see a girl doing all these things—and doing them excellently at that. Josie Sedgwick, in "The Outlaw's Daughter,"'proves herself to be one of the most accomplished horsewomen yet seen on the screen, and she is also far from tardy when, it comes to. drawing a .gun on any villain who may be lurking round. "The Outlaw's Daughter," in the line of thrillers, is one of the best, replete with the most hazardous exploits, with moments of breathless drama, and has. that mixture of comedy and suspense that-cannot safely be omitted from any Blue Streak Western. ' The second feature on the programme is a screen adaptation of "William J. Locke's famous novel, "The Mountebank," come to the screen as "The Side Shows of Life." In all the range of man's occupations there is none, perhaps, quite so pitiful as that of a clown. He must laugh though his heart be breaking; he must joke that the world be amused. He is nobody, just a clown. But he is also a man with a man's capabilities, a man's emotions, a man's" ambitions,- and when the clown turns a national - , hero-inf'time-'of his country's danger, one .may .be sure of something superlatively original and arresting. "The Side Shows of Life" is one of Paramount's , most human productions; it .has Anna Q. Nilsson. and Ernest Torrance in the leading roles, and- these two play upon the emotions of their audience _as only finished artists con Also showing is the sixth episode of Universal's big serial, "Samson of the Circus." Quoen's Orchestra, under Mr H. Ellwood, plays a special orchestral programme of music.