THE COVERED WAGON

Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9723, 5 June 1924, Page 6

THE COVERED WAGON

AN EPIC FILM AT PALACE,

The “ prairie schooner” was the name given to the covered waggons of the early American pioneering days. When settlers went from the east to the centre and west of America, large hands of them used to go in convoys of covered waggons across the deserts and prairies. And so in “The Covered Waggon” at the Palace Theatre there is more than a movie film. One shares the griefs and joins in with them in their hairraising adventures, fighting Indians, crossing of rivers, wiih the ever-pre-sent human emotions that are set j forth in all vividness. Of course, threading through the long and interesting picture, there is a charming love story culminating in a happy climax. Miss Lois Wilson, who plays the feminine lead, is quite a famous star who has come to the front very quickly, for besides having won a beauty competition, she has personal charm and acting ability. She gives a sweetly sympathetic portrayal of Molly Wingate. It is seldom that a player who has left' the screen for any length of -time can make an effective “comeback,” but in the case of Warren Kerrigan (the hero) it would appear that he has, with his remarkable characterisation of handsome Will Bunion in “The Covered Waggon.” A special, acted with much spirit, introduces the theme, and the music is ■wholly admirable, being adapted at every stage of the film to the various changes of story. Matinees will he held to-day and to-mor-row, commencing at 2. “The Covered Waggon” starts at 3.15. The plan is at Muir’s.