"LAST OF THE MOHICANS"

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22544, 8 October 1936, Page 14

"LAST OF THE MOHICANS"

REGENT THEATRE PICTURE The producers, Harry M. Goctz and Edward Small, who achieved such a remarkable success with the filming of •"The Count of Monte Cristo," have brought another popular classic of fiction to the screen in "The Last of tho Mohicans," which is to commence what promises to bo a very successful season at the Regent Theatre to-morrow. With its skilfully maintained element of suspense, the many hair-brcadth escapes of the hero and heroine, and the dramatic story of the lone scout battling his way through hordes of savage enemies, the film has all tho ingredients which have made the book a source of never-failing delight to thousands of readers all over the world. Where tho book made its appeal solely to the mind and tho imagination of the reader, however, tho film has tho added advantage of appealing to tho senses of sight and hearing, it is thus able to lend to the story a touch of vivid reality and life-likeness which the pen of no author, no matter how skilful, could convey. Based on James Fennimore Cooper's masterpiece, the film opens in the year 1757 with scenes of the seigc of Fort William Henry, on Lake George, by the French and Hurons under Montcalm. Tho daughters of the British commander set out from Albany to join their father at the fort, guided by a renegade Huron named Magna. Only by the help of a colonial scout, Hawkeye by name, do thoy safely reach their destination, soon after the surrender of the fort they fall into tho hands of the Indians again. Onco again Hawkeyo comes to thoir aid, but this time there are many dangers to be braved and many thrilling adventures to bo performed beforo safety is reached. As the handsome and daring colonial scout Hawkeyo, Randolph Scott makes a dashing hero. Henry Wilcoxon takes the part of Major TTevward, Hawkevo's rival for the affections of ono of the British commander's daughters, while Bruce Cabot is seen as the treacherous spy, Magna. Binnie Barnes and Heather Angol have the leading feminine roles..