Meteor Theatre To-morrow
“TRAIL OF THE VIGILANTES" Franchot Tone, in the first ’Western role of his career, stars at the head of an imposing cast, in the new Universal frontier epic, “I’rail of the Vigilantes,” which opens tomorrow at the MeteorThcat.ro. In the picture with Tone are Warren AVilliam, Broderick Crawford, Andy Devine, Mischa Auer, Porter Hall, Peggy Moran, Samuel tS. Hinds and other well known players. Tone portrays an under-cover agent sent by a newspaper to the frontier m quest of the murderer of a reporter, and his adventures lead him into conflict with a gang of cattle rustlers. “Trail of the Vigilantes” was directed by the veterau Allan Dwan. Photographed by Joseph Valentine and Milton Krasner, noted Hollywood cinematographers, the film contains many picturesque outdoor scenes made in the high mountain regions of California. Several of these scenes, in which Tone, Crawford, Devine. Auer and Peggy Moran appear, are said to have the most spectacular backgrounds ever transferred to the screen.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 121, 23 May 1941, Page 4
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163Meteor Theatre To-morrow Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 121, 23 May 1941, Page 4
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