LYRIC PICTURES.

Otaki Mail, 25 August 1930, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES.

; v “KJNG or THE EODEO." WEDNESDAY, Hoot Gibson comes riding into the Eyrie in what has bgcn called his greatest screen vehicle. It is “King of the Rodeo." a Universal picture filmed when the recent national rodeo «t Soldiers' Field, Chicago, was in progress, the* stirring meet doming the background'for most of the story. Gibson is recognised as the leading star of western pictures of romance and action. In striving for new plots and ideas he-, thought of the heralded Chi-’ '"‘go rodoo on the tremendous field, the largest of its kind in the world. He signed B. M. Bower to write the st ' >r y with thin as background. The ...wrote ‘ ‘King of the utodeo >| n t -j lO na j- UM gf a se q ue ] to -Glrrner flying L," OPC of her * „,,„„ f st ? ries in--which Gibsop spored C'rivford 1 - The star -WW ... rv -'> from ~T eceat Universal “ discovv «* leading COniedy StagC j kmnriite » " the supporting cast iiludinn Ohnrlo° U ?- of noted Payers inin" Harrt To'dO ‘ enoh - Boc!iI BosSlli SumLeS; Gi^’ Monte Montague. .Gibson ntl P p and Montana youth who' becomer fho rodeo through his 'The events as they were asir,rii fikl ‘ ’ •* -p ™. competing are a part 0 f the stor - fiibson is shown .competing with them -‘"2 in many instances o,it-<loina- in aarijig-the feats of the piofe.ssional exhibition eowpuachors.

DOUBLE PEOGP.AMME. SATURDAY. “The 13th Hour" is the principal attraction on the double bill at the Lyric next Saturday. It is a thrilling mystery drama starring Lionel Barrymore, Charles Delaney, Polly Moran and “Napoleon'' the Wonder dog. “The (Woman from Luna" is the second at-, fraction and feature* Mary Astor and Hubert Armstrong in an eteynally interesting story of an infernally ful woman..