CIVIC

Southland Times, Issue 24238, 23 September 1940, Page 3

CIVIC

TWO EXCITING DRAMAS One of the most poignant and penetrating dramas of the year, “Convicted Woman,” is the first attraction at the Civic Theatre finally at 7.45 tonight Among the many unusual features off the new film is its stellar cast which includes no fewer than seven leading ladies. Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, Lola Lane, June Lang, Iris Meredith, Lorna Gray and Linda Winters comprise the septette and Glenn Ford plays the only important male role. “Convicted Woman” tells the inside story of a woman’s prison and is a forceful and bitter indictment of the greed and selfishness which makes such a place a living hell. Miss Hudson is seen as the young girl who is unjustly committed to a house of correction. On her arrival, she is immediately plunged into a maelstrom of hate and fury which culminates in a sensational riot, the suicide of one of the girls and the resulting expose of the shocking conditions. “Two-Fisted Ranger,” the Civics second attraction finally tonight, is a fistflinging, lead-slinging, tune-swinging thriller of the west, starring Charles Starrett (the singing cowboy) and the melody-making “Sons of the Pioneers, together with Iris Meredith and Bill Cody, jun. Popular Civic prices tonight ar& all stalls 1/-, all circle 1/6, children half-price. Plans are at Begg’s or the Civic.