LEESTON PICTURES
"DRUMS OF THE DESERT."
A ZANE GREY DRAMA
For the first time since leaving tho custard pic ranks, Ford Sterling is playing in a drama of the great, open spaces.
As his introduction to Westerns, Sterling Avas given the featured com edy role in "Drums of the Desert," Paramount's production of Zane Grey's "Desert■ Bound," dealing Avith the discovery of oil on an Indian reservation in the south.vest, and the efforts of unscrupulous Avliites to rob the red -men of their rights.
Ford portrays a travelling fakt'r, always ready to turn his hand to any field of activity that promises monetary return, AA'hether it be "painless" dentistry or desert guiding, regardless of complete ignorance concerning, cither. As Painless Perkins, Sterling is said to give one of his funniest portrayals.
Warner Baxter and Marietta Millner, the latter Paramount's neA.est actress from overseas, a sparkling Viennese [brunette, aylio makes her American debut in "Drums of the Desert," Avhich will be shown at Leeston Town Hall to-morrow night, play the romantic leads. Orchestral selections .will be given, with special selections by the piano and violin.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3230, 22 June 1928, Page 3
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