"MAN OF CONQUEST."

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1940, Page 7

"MAN OF CONQUEST."

Big Paramount Programme.

Republic's "Man of "Conquest" will head the new programme at the Paramount -Theatre tomorrow. •, The picture has been received with tremendous enthusiasm ,by Press- and audiences alike in America, England, and Australia. A cast of Hollywood's most distinguished performers enacts every scene most convincingly. Richard Dix is Sam Houston reincarnated, colourful, aggressive, a man of destiny. Lovely ax* J«>en Fontaine and Gail Patrick as his first and second wives. In addition, there are splendid characterisations by Edward Ellis as Andrew Jackson, (:.. Henry Gordon as Santa Ana, Robert Armstrong as Jim' Bowie, Victor Jory as William B. Travis, Robert Barrat, as Davey Crockett, and Max Terhune as Deaf 'Smith; portrayals that again bring to vivid life the famous heroes of the Alamo and the TexasMexico War of 1836. "Man of Conquest" takes into careful consideration Sam Houston's life from the time he dwelt with the. Cherokee tribes for a year, through his career in politics, to his glorious campaign that resulted in an independent Texas. Interwoven prominently, too, is Houston's friendship for Andrew Jackson; friendship born on a battlefield in the war of 1812. Republic has spared no expense in making "Man of Conquest" an unforgettable document of Houston's life. Production is lavish; great care having been- taken to ensure historical and technical accuracy. Action scenes are gripping, especially at the Battle of the Alamo arid the Battle of Jacinto, where Houston's army routed Santa Ana's. "Man of Conquest" is definitely an outstanding production. It ranks with Hollywood's best of this year, or any other year.