THE LYCEUM

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 6454, 11 November 1927, Page 3

THE LYCEUM

HOOT GIBSON IN “THE PRAIRIE KING.’’

If your taste in movies runs to strong doses of vim, vigour and vitality, instead of mush and milk, you Ml got more than your share of nourishing entertainment when you sec “The Prairie King" at. tho Lyceum to-night, with Hoot Gibson in tho stellar role . Pilracd under the critical eye of Reaves Eason, who directed Gibson and the large supporting cast, including Barbara “Worth in tho loading role, this picture moves along in strong, plausible sequences to tho final sentimental fade-out. Tho pilcture starts out with tho colourful scenes of a typical Spanish fiesta in a border town, where time has wrought a fusion of Latin temperament and Amorim n speed and pirogrcss. “While tho festivities arc going on, tho majesty of the law moves ponderously and slowly in the offices of Jim Gardner, tho Jocal legal light, who is revealing the contents of a will, naming three piorsons, each not known to tho other, as the heirs to a rich gold mine ,thc estate of old Abner Pcrrigo, to whom they had once shown small kindnesses. The story buids up logically with the locale and action adding colour to tho picture. And Gibson plays the hero in a performance that adds another bullsoyc to his score of sure-fire hits. The cast of players in “The Prairie King” is very well chosen, including Charles Scllon, Rosa Gore, AI. Briscoe, .Sidney Jarvis, George Per * iolat and others. j