At Leeston

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LX, Issue 16, 28 February 1939, Page 7

At Leeston

"THOROUGHBREDS DON'T CRY"

Ronald Sinclair, Hollywood's new discovery, is teamed with Judy Garland and Sophie Tucker, of "Broadway Melody" fame, Mickey Rooney, and other notable players in

"Thoroughbreds Don't Cry," new attraction coming to the Leeston Theatre next Saturday.

Childhood friendships and loyalties in an intensely human story mingled with the thunder of racing hoofs, the excitement of the race track, and hidden intrigue of turfdom. Alfred Ei'.' Green directed the picture, in which major thrills include the American Cup race, a boy riding to victory with a badly injured leg, and the dramatic exposure of a ring of crooks by a young jockey who realises that the exposure means his own ruin but hopes to save his friend.

Much of the action was filmed at the famous Santa Anita race track where the racing events, the plot to "box" a competing jockey and such details were staged. Many famous jockeys and noted race horses appear in these episodes.

Sophie Tucker plays her second role on the screen as the kindly race track boarding housekeeper, ana Judy Garland is her grand-daughter. Miss Garland has a new song, "Gotta Pair of New Shoes," by Brown and Freed of "Broadway Melody" fame.

Harry Rapf produced the picture from an original story by Eleanore Griffin and J. Walter Ruben.