QUEEN’S THEATRE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12355, 27 January 1926, Page 9

QUEEN’S THEATRE

“SPOOK RANCH.” The picturesque background of the Mojave desert, a supposedly deserted and haunted ranch house, and a clever plot full of comedy ana heart gripping drama, were merged together to give *‘Spook Ranch,” the latest Hoot Gibson picture released by Universal, which is how being screened at the Queen’s Theatre. With a plot filled to the brim with rapid action and laughs Hoot, as Bill Bangs, a Texas cowboy, who owns tho gold mining rights to r he Mojave desert, in attempting to assert his rights is arrested and promised bis freedom by the sheriff on condition that he will solve the mystery of a ranch which ha® been deserted since the murder of a man three years before. Not knowing what it is about Bill agrees and with his coloured valet goes to investigate. Unexplained noises as well an threats o>f death come their way, much to the terror of the col-

oured man and the astonishment of Bill, who has expected a tame time. But before he leaves the spook preserve he experiences tho wildest night in Hcot Gibson history. The supporting programme includes a further instalment of the popular serial, “Samson of the Circus.” A specially selected musical programme 18 , rßn< l«red by Miss Eileen Dennehy and her orchestra-.