"ARIZONA BOUND."

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19104, 13 September 1927, Page 13

"ARIZONA BOUND."

A WESTERN DRAMA. AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. "Arizona Bound," the headliner at the Crystal Palace this week, has been described as a classic of the outdoors, and it lives up to this hall-mark of perfection. It is one of thoso old Western dramas which used to be seen years ago, but it has the present-day perfection of motion picture production- There are not the old saloons, With their orgies of drunkenness, nor the wild fighting, but the picture has romance aild plenty of thrills. Garry Cooper, as Dayld Harper, is the leading man, and ho rise* to great heights in Mb work. He made a name for himself in "The Winning of Barbara Worth," and in "Arizona Bound" ha has surpassed that reputation. He is well supported by Betty Jewel, who is a pretty and dainty star. The wonder of tho film is tho horse Plash, which comes to the films with a great reputation. Harper wishes to "hit the trail," so arrives in Gold City. On the..way he has a bet with Texas Jack regarding the qualifications of a horse. The hero wins, ■and arrives at the village store, only to fall in love with Anne Winslow, the storekeeper's daughter. The stagecoach is taking a consignment of gold to Arizona, and the driver, Buck Hanna, is scheming to divide the hoard. Texas Jack also plans to rob the coach, and hlg rustlers meet at Coyote Creek. David Harper, overhears the scheme, and goes to the placo, where he routs the Texas gang. Hflnna then turns his revolver oh David, wounding him. Hanna hides the gold, and takes his prisoner book to the Gold City. David escapes and goes out into the country with the gang after him. After some excitement a wandering gold-seeker finds the gold and takes back two hags. He tells the girl and Hanna, and the latter ties the girl up and puts her in the stagecoach. He goes off to get the gold, and Harper follows. In an exciting chase David overcomes Hanna and jumps on to the coach, where a scuffle takes plaiie, and Hanna is pushed off, leading David and Anne to complete tho story in a romantio ending. "Tho False Alarm" Is tho second feature, and Stars Ralph Lewis, Mary Oarr, and Dorothy 'Kevier. It is a melodramatic study, and concerns Joe Casey, whose father Was head of the fire brigade, Joe joins the brigade, and at his first fire runs away from Brtvlng his father, who is lying in the burning building. He is expelled from tho brigade as a ooward, and his father turns him out of the home. Ho. is in love with an orphan girl named -Mary. Joe is determined to overcome this fear, and goes to Work in a steel mill. Here he is amongst i the flames, and when he thinks he has overcome this inherent fear he goes to the chief of the brigade and asit? to be reinstated. He goeß home and finds a fire in a flat nearby. He saves a girl who has been locked in by Joe's brother Tim, the "black sheep" of the family, and the final scenes show Joe and Mafy back in the brigade quarters after their wedding. An interesting Paramount Gazette completes a thrilling programme. • Mr Alfred Bunz's orchestra plays a weHvaried programme of music. The overturo, "The • Fireman's Frolic," Mendelssohn s "Spring Song," "A Midsummer .Night s Dream" (Mendelssohn), and Schubert s "Symphony in B Minor" were all played with great taSto and artistry. '