OCTAGON THEATRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25304, 14 August 1943, Page 6

OCTAGON THEATRE

STIRRING STORY OF LIBYA

From all the far-flung fields of battle, there has come no more stirring story than that of the campaign in Libya. Appropriately enough, Twentieth CenturyFox’s picture story of John Brophy’s "Immortal Sergeant,” which has Libya as its background, and which opened yesterday at the Octagon Theatre, is one of the best war films produced. Starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O’Hara, “ Immortal Sergeant ” is a picture whose authenticity and execution match its heroic theme. The timeliness of the film, coupled with its romantic appeal, puts it‘on a high plane. " Immortal Sergeant" is the ' inspiring story of an. indomitable band of fighters who conquer the enemy and the elements. Their leader Is the sergeant of the title, but it is the inner battle of the corporal which gives the film its key. Portrayed by Fonda, the corporal ” finds ” himself amid the inferno of battle on tire Libyan sands and erfierges as an inspired leader when the death of the sergeant forces him to assume the leadership of a patrol. The box plans are at the theatre and at Begg’s.