"FIREBRAND."
«A WESTERN ADVENTURER." QUEEN'S THEATRE, TO-DAY. A programme' calculated to stir the most iadea tastes will bo submitted at tho Queen's Theatre to-day, when *irebrand," » rollicking Western comedy-drama, starring Franklyn Farnum, will bead the bill. It Wild be difficult to envisage another film more completely and comprehensively filled with comedy, thrills, andjsensation than "Firebrand," a picture which ia frankly melodramatic, pleasantly; »'«"« with human interest, and spiced will, some of tho most daring "stunts" ever_ c«« i« a film. Farnum is one of tho coolcs stunt actors appearing on the screen, and he tan, moreover, act in a very convincing manner. The combination results in an attract ve photo-play, which posseses every ww'"'*" amusing diveision, and tbe production, from the viewpoint of photography, >* rfch is some fin. outdoor shots. Franklyn Farnum, mukes a-likeabld hero, and Kutb Laugdon does excellent work in support. witi;,.m "A Western Adventurer," with VV 11»» Fairbanks playing the title role, is .no r story of the great outdoors, likewise »<*«»">» in activities 8 which seem to floun.l «cto sively in the Golden West, and full of action and romance from start to The P.c lure's outstanding feature >s iti •»» ™ icality,, which, no matter how | vividly " sationaJ the event, may be, Hill appea con spicuousl* feasible. A new screen Mllmn is introduced in Bud Kane, whose m hods o conveying a plausible. of j super villainy savour of originality in it« ™ 3t artistic form. The leading lad> .s m « LamonVa delightful artist i.n •«£•«£ The box plans are at Weblcy s, v,hcre scats may bo reserved.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18901, 17 January 1927, Page X
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