KING'S THEATRE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14092, 25 March 1939, Page 5

KING'S THEATRE.

TEXAS STORY MAKES VIVID SC KEEN SAGA. Seldom has history been so excitingly told and characters out of tin* distant past so vividly brought to life as in Paramount’s epic of the South's struggle for freedom during the dark days after the War between the States, “The Texans,” which opens to-day at the King's Theatre! It recaptures the spirit of one of the most thrilling periods of this country’s history and is a powerful story of the men who rebuilt America after the national destruction of the “brothers* war.” Lovely Joan Bennett, as a fireeating ladle of the Old South who fights a one-woman war against Northern oppression, and Randolph Scott, as a gallant Southern soldier who counsels a clasping of hands across the bloody chasm after the War, play the romantic leads in the story of the ton-year battle between corrupt carpet-baggers and proud natives for the control of the destinies of the South. The struggle of the Texans for freedom and a new life is mirrored in the Ihousandmile trek acress three States which Scott and Aliss Bennett undertake in order to find a. market for their cattle and save the herd from confiscation by the officials who rule the State. Some of the most startling mass action scenes ever filmed appear in the cattle stampedes, the prairie fires, the Indian attacks and chase by Northern cavalry. The supporting programme includes Ropeve the Sailor Cartoon, Paramount. Pictorial, latest Australian Cinesound Newsreel and Episode 2 of the thrilling serial “Wild West Days."