ST. JAMES THEATRE.
Tale of Hidden Gold.
Somewhere west of the ghost town of Virginia City, Nevada, U.S.A., five million dollars in gold is waiting to befound. The story of this treasure and of the men who fought for it is one of those half-forgotten epics of American adventure. The producers and star of "Dodge City" have made a picture about this historic cache—"Virginia City," which commences tomorrow at the St. James Theatre. Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, and Randolph Scott are the stars. In 4864. stormiest days of the struggle between the North and the South, Virginia City was the biggest boom town of the day. It was there that the Comstock Lode was yielding fabulous sums in gold arid silver. Badly in need of money, the Confederates laid the daring plan of freighting five million dollars in.gold, donated by Southern sympathisers m Virginia City, to Richmond. Randolph. Scott plays the role of the Confederat3 officer in charge of the convoy, while Flynn is a Union intelligence officer assigned to prevent shipment. Miss Hopkins is a secret agent, who poses as a dance-hall hostess m Virginia City's famed Sazerac Cafe. Last season's "Dodge City" dealt with a hitherto unfilmed phase of the rowdy, adventurous growth of the West: 'Vn*ginia City" deals with an even more colourful phase of American history.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 76, 26 September 1940, Page 8
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220ST. JAMES THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 76, 26 September 1940, Page 8
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