EVERYBODY'S

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10509, 13 February 1928, Page 6

EVERYBODY'S

KEN! MAYNARD AND TARZAN IN “THE BED RAIDERS”

Ken Maynard, whose initial starring pictures advanced him to the forefront of popularity among western picture stars, has a new tvpe of role in his latest production “The Red Raiders” showing at Everybody’s to-night tor the. last time. He has temporarily cast aside the characteristic sombrero and donned the top-piece of the regular army of pro-civil war days. The handsome cowboy plays Lieutenant Scott, assigned to perilous Indian territory to protect early white settlers. The" natinro of the story, a genuine chapiter of the most_ adventuresome days of the early West, ena’Hes Maynard to establish himself further* as a convincing portrayer of “he-man” roles. His riding and trickery aboard his wonder horse, Tarzan,"are claimed to outshine any amazing manoeuvres of this team. Choosing the territory known as the Indian hotbed, and made memorable by the brave stand of Custer. Miss Jfockson, author of “The Red Raiders” probed far into the pages of history to gain facts for her thrilling adventure tale. While Montana, the locale, of the story, was not the first to he invaded by the white settler, it was this territory where the fiercest battles raged and where the government succeeded in persuading the Indians to peace, and settlement in reservations. The supporting programme i».«< the highest calibre. Box plan at Tattersall and Bayly’s.