ST. JAMES THEATRE
The story of a tiny orphan girl who brings a bad man of the west to his knees, will be unfolded on the screen at the St. James Theatre to-morrow in “ Bad Bascomb,” co-starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien. The teaming of the veteran Beery and the talented Miss O'Brien is a masterstroke of casting, for the two offer a fascinating contrast in their respective roles of an amiable but hardened bandit and the little girl who proves she can hold her own with the toughest. It is this curious attachment of the ill-assorted pair that brings an unusual tenderness and appeal to the narrative of a bandit and bis accomplice in thievery who join up with a caravan of Mormons in order to escape detection. Bascomb finds his toughness of no avail against the wiles of the affectionate little child. The story is brought to an unexpected ending in a turbulent climax, with Bascomb proving himself as much a hero as he ever was a dangerous bandit.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26367, 23 January 1947, Page 9
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171ST. JAMES THEATRE Otago Daily Times, Issue 26367, 23 January 1947, Page 9
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