Scenes from Mormon History

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 97, 24 April 1941, Page 2

Scenes from Mormon History

DARRYL T. ZANTJCK’S “BRIGHAM YOUNG” V (State: Coming on Saturday.) In most motion pictures the plot is keyed up to build up to one tremendous climax. Darryl F. Zanuck’s production of “Brigham Young—Frontiersman,” by Louis Brumfield, has many spectacular sequences, any of which would make a thrilling climax for most pictures. * * Brigham Young” is the story of a pioneer trek westward. Tyrone Power is starred with Linda Darnell in the leading feminine role and Dean Jagger ns Brigham Young. Epic scenes from the film are: The crossing of the Mississippi in the dead of winter by thousands of pioneers fleeing before guns; the massacre at Karvoo when masked raiders pillaged the city and struck down defenceless hundreds; the historic trek of 20,000 people across endless miles of waste land; the plague of millions of crickets during the first year at Great Balt Lake, and the miracle of the sea gulls which arrived in time to devour the insects and rid the pioneers of their pestilence.