Cosy Theatre, Woodville
“FLOWING GOLD" “Flowing Gold," starring John Garfield, Frances Farmer and Pat O'Brien, the screen transcription of Rex Beach's widely-read novel, screens to-day and to-night at the Cosy Theatre. The locale of the dynamic action-drama is Texas' great oil fields, the sprawling strip of land where men ruthlessly fight to capture flowing gold—the rich black oil that has lain in waiting since pifehistoric time to gush geyser-like into the air. Against this vivid background is painted tho enthralling story of love, greed and high adventure. John Garfield and Pat O'Brien are seen as itinerant oil workers who meet and fall in love with Frances Farmer, beautiful daughter of their eccentric prospecting employer. In a series of swiftly-paced scenes the pair saves the girl's wells from conniving rivals, and again come to her rescue when the wells are set aflame. The likeable trio are well suited to their parts, Garfield and O’Brien having had a great deal of experience in rugged, virile roles, while Aliss Farmer will be remembered by many lilingoers as tho lovely outdoor heroine of Edna Ferber’s “Come and Get It," a hit of ,ras .A ' ' £ 5 "■% ’ ‘ V
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 266, 8 November 1941, Page 2
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192Cosy Theatre, Woodville Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 266, 8 November 1941, Page 2
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