“CAPTAIN FURY"

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 27 January 1940, Page 4

“CAPTAIN FURY"

SCREEN SAGA HAS AUSTRALIAN BACKGROUND With Brian Aherne, Victor MeLaglen and June Lang playing the top roles, Hal Roach’s “Captain Fury,” drama of early Australia, is the story of dauntless men and brave women who braved the hazards of early colonial settlement, to hew a nation out of a strange wilderness.

Paul Lukas, June Lang, John Carradine, George Zucco, Douglas Dumbrille and Virginia Field, featured in support of the starring trio, portray the strangely assorted characters who join in the pioneering day's of the early 19th Century. The story narrows down to a fight-to-the-finish between Caplain Fury, daring adventurer and political p: isoner, who migrates from Ireland, and Arnold Trist, greedy land baron, whose game is to oust incoming settlers, grab their land and build up a vast feudal estate to be ruled tyrannically. Fury quickly sizes up the situation and plans a thrilling career as an Australian Robin Hood. Stumbling upon a hideout, Fury sets up a little robber’s kingdom and proceeds to outwit hie sullen opponent. Also, it might be added, ,he is too busy to lend an eye and ear to romance and manages to get the girl, too, the girl in this case being the glamorous and beauteous June Lang.