PALACE THEATRE.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10726, 25 October 1928, Page 6

PALACE THEATRE.

“THE SHOWDOWN.” A large and enihusiasiie audience witnessed the initial screening of “The Showdown;.” the Paramount 'Hiper special production at' the Palace last night- “The Showdown” will he'screened at-the matinee, today and again this evening. Backed by -the; excitement of a new oil field, where tho gushers may be expected to come in at- any. second, “The Showdown” presents a love,.story of poignancy and power. Selected as George Bancroft’s first starring picture for Paramount, following his appearance in “Underworld,” “Tho Showdown” is the story of four men —and one woman—brought face, to face with primitive conditions. in a desperate struggle to find the flowing gold. Into the swampy jungles .of the back country of the Tampico oil fields comes a. gently nurtured girl from New York, ignorant of the conditions she must face, she brings a trunk full of evening clothes and gold-mounted toilet articlps. Through a series of events, she finds herself alone in ‘ the hack country. . Then begins 3' tense drama which surpasses even the suspense of “Underworld,” and builds to a totally unexpected finish. Heading the east which supports Geo. Bancroft are Evelyn Brent, who played with him in “Underworld,” Neil Hamilton, Fred Kohler,'also in “Underworld” as the leader of a gang; Arnold Kent and Leslie Fenton