"LET HER GO, GALLAGHER."
SPARKLING COMEDY, i.KAND tueatkk. Tattoo# •» the Grand Theatre thie week at* assured ti( a really good programme, two Use production* going to provide cheerful «»tertala*u«nt. Both picture* are of exceptional merit either being (Mid enough to twad the bill. The lirst. Jin excellent com•dy drau>», "Let Her Go, Gallagher." gives • vivid picture of life on a prominent Arneri.an newspaper, while the second, entitled 'The IVvil * Bowl." the scene of which u i» Mexico, in a mat Wild West thriller. Junior CoghUn, ax Johnny Gallagher, a •Htddftas 8 her lor k Holme*. who is helped by hi* dog Wjtwn, is a youthful actor of great rr»roi»«'. Kltnor Faire play* leading lady, whit* Harriaoti Ford ably take* the part of Oallahan, special crime reporter. Callahan on the trail of Four-Fingered Dan, a . rook who haa been up to nefarious tricks. C*llahan. who haa a very high opinion of hia own abiUlinn. allow* hia love-making to inturr*r« with hia newspaper duties, and gets dismiss*!. Johnny persuade* Callahan to join fotcea with bun is an endeavour to track ■tow n the crook, knowing that the frontcage story resulting from such » capture would enable hia friend to regain hia job •ad marry hia girl. Clever work and keen • htervation put Johnny hot on the scent, bat the barking of hit dog place* him la an a»k»»rd position when he cornea faea to face with an onucrupluous criminal. Daring ■nd bluff save the altoation until the timely nrr.val of Callahan reverses the position. Matter* are fnrther complicated by the 1* larventiot) of Prohibition etteials, but a thrilling automobile ride. In which Gallagher "ids bar go," enables Callahan to make the rapture and get hia story to press, thereby regaining hia girl an* W» 3° b - „ ~, The attraction. The Devil a Howl," with Catherine Bennett and Neal '.art «I. the leads, 1* a thriller from start to rlniili, .otne apleudid Tiding seeuee and quick «hooting keeping things moving all the time. A good supporting programme Includes P»the News, a comedy entitled Spirit of '38." an Australian eeenlc picture, and the eleventh episode of the thrilling serial "Tar. ■ *ti i tie Mighty."
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19726, 17 September 1929, Page 16
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