AMUSEMENTS.
MAJESTIC THEATRE. "THE ARIZONA KID." Thfi combir.ation of popular star and exceptionally good story is one that does not over-frequently come the way o£ all theatre goers. The aWistic union of Warner Baxter and the otcry of Cliico, the Arizona is • one that produces the best fruits <■> drama. "Tho Arizona Kid" will be presented at the Majestic nest week. Lax e plays this sort of character even better tnan he does modern sophisticated acting. * "The Arizona Kid" ho is seen as one or those picturesque banditß of the old west, a disarming mixture of good » n< * man, and the third side to tho mo3t human, ainu - ing, and occasionally daigeroua triangle e%o seen in drama. It is bad enough ® sophisticated man finds himself (ho wanted o the police on on« hand and the wanted o two women on the other. . •^ ut 11 j , _ Spanish-American caballero is called on t cope with it one need not look for anything conventional The Kid finds himself in jut Buck-a predicament at the opening of till picture, and, being Warner Baxter, proceeds to deal most calmly, but withal in a dutionary war, with the situation. / ue Arizona Kid' 1 fairly bristles with action, with thrilling adventure, with dangerous momenta staged in the glorious Arizona country. : Mona Mayis, as the' triumphant brunette, and Carol Lombard as the vanquished .blonde,- aw .at -once powerful, and then oeliciously vacillating 'and feminine in their tense scene 3 together.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20026, 6 September 1930, Page 11
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