The Northwest Mounteds Again on Screen
“RIVER’S END”
(Meteor: Commencing on Saturday.) No sooner had. he been straightened out on his dual role in “River’s End, ’ * coming to the Meteor Theatre on Saturday, in which he plays both a “Mountie” and a fugitive from justice, Dennis Morgan discovered that he would have to brush up on his North West history as well as to keep confusion at a minimum. “For instance,” said the Warner Bros.’ star, “did you know that in 1873 the force was known as the North West Mounted?” “Then,” he continued, reading from notes, “it became the Royal North West Mounted Police in 1904. That’s what we’re called in. ‘River’s End’ because the time is about 1908.” “Don’t tell me the name was changed again,” said James Stephenson, who plays Morgan’s superior officer in the picture. “Right!” said Morgan. “In 1920 it became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In fact, the only thing that hasn’t changed is the motto.” “What’s that?” “Maintien le droit!” said Morgan, saluting.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 97, 24 April 1941, Page 2
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