ARROWTOWN PICTURES
SATURDAY NEXT * * IMMORTAL SERGEANT ’ ’ “Immortal Sergeant,’’ 20th Century Fox’s action-packcd picture version of John Brophy’s stirring novel, is the first film drama of the blazing desert warfare that led to the British victory in Libya. Many of the obstacles which face the men fighting for freedom in the heat of the desert arc shown in graphic detail. Sand storms, attacks by stukas and protracted bombings are part of the daily routine undergone by the relentless fighters, and how they laid the ground work for the final attack takes np much of the footage of the interesting film. This is not to say that romance is excluded, for according to preview reports, “Immortal Sergeant" is'one of the most human stories to come out of the war.
Henry Fonda ad Maureen O’Hara arc starred in the thrilling film coming to the Athenaeum Hall on Saturday.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4704, 17 August 1945, Page 3
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