STATE THEATRE

Southland Times, Issue 23989, 2 December 1939, Page 17

STATE THEATRE

“CAPTAIN FURY” TODAY

Dramatizing the roaring adventure and rich romance of the pioneering days in Australia in the early 19th century, Hal ' Roach’s “Captain Fury,” costarring Brian Aheme, Victor McLaglen and June Lang, will screen at the State Theatre at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. today. Rounding out the hand-picked cast of stars who portray the heroes and heroines of those dauntless days are such wellknown Hollywood players as John Carradine, George Zucco, Paul Lukas and Virginia Field. Briefly, the story concerns the high, wide and handsome adventures of Captain Fury, a political prisoner from Ireland, who arrives in Australia to discover the perfidious and greedy practices of land barons who are trying to oust the settlers and colonists so that they can establish vast feudal estates and rule them like medieval tyrants. Fury is set to work, shearing sheep, on the compound of Arnold Trist, a cold-blooded villain who has been terrorizing the entire settlement, a few hundred miles outside of Sydney. How Fury outwits this man and brings civilized law and order to the community provides a thrilling climax to the story which is filled with many hairraising, blood-and-thunder episode's. Special supports include the newest “March of Time” entitled "Background for War: The Mediterranean.” Box plans are at Begg’s or State Theatre, telephone 645. ST. JAMES THEATRE, GORE George Formby’s latest comedy, “Trouble Brewing,” is the attraction at the St. James Theatre, Gore, tonight. Also in the cast is Googie Withers. There is also a good selection of shorts and news. REGENT THEATRE, GORE George Sanders and Wendy Barrie are the stars in “The Saint Strikes Back,” another of the pictures based on stories by Leslie Charteris, which opens at the Regent Theatre, Gore, tonight. The associate feature is “Newsboys’ Home,” starring Jackie Cooper and featuring Wendy Barrie and Edmund Lowe.