AH AUSTRALIAN TRIUMPH

Evening Star, Issue 22572, 13 February 1937, Page 13

AH AUSTRALIAN TRIUMPH

CHARLES FARRELL AT GRAND With ‘ The Flying Doctor,’ which is now at the Grand, Australian film producers seriously enter the competitive screen arena. Charles Farrell has starred in numerous Hollywood successes, and went to Sydney to head the talented cast selected to appear in ‘ The Flying Doctor.’ He is suited to perfection in the role of a typical outback wanderer, with his dog, who refuses to ignore the call of freedom after marrying a squatter’s pretty daughter, portrayed with simplicity and charm by Mary Maguire. In Sydney he follows all manner of occupations, including that of a wrestler, after which he wins an apparently worthless gold claim in a poker game, only to find himself a wealthy miner overnight. After a spectacular drinking saloon brawl he is' wounded and blinded, although he is temporarily saved from death by the flying doctor of Cloncurry, whom ho befriended while in Sydney. The dramatic highlight is the doctor ! s_ return from a visit to the city -with his new bride, the patient’s former wife.. A fund of mirth is contained in scenes featuring the inimitable Joe Valli as a Scottish tramp and staunch friend of the blind rover, who bequeathes his fortune for the extension of the medical flying corps. One delightful scone tinged with tense drama, is the operation of a “ bicycle ” radio generator to broadcast a summons to the doctor. Playing opposite Farrell is the lovely Mary Maguire.