“Michigan Kid”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 637, 13 April 1929, Page 25

“Michigan Kid”

REX BEACH PRODUCTION

Plaza and Tivoli’s Latest Film

A FILM of the Alaskan gold rush, of intrigue in a dance hall and gambling den, of a grim trek to a lonely mine, of a terrifying rush through a blazing forest and a mad career down foaming rapids . . . That is “The Michigan Kid,” a new. hooking for the Plaza and Tivoli to be shown about April 18.

"The Michigan Kid” caters ex* cellerrtly for the countless picturegoers who seek and enjoy clean, lively outdoor drama set in the magnificent scenery that the Northern States of America and the snows of Alaska can provide. THE picture provides a vehicle for the welcome return of Renee Adoree, whose appearances of late have been comparatively few and far between. Moreover, it introduces popular Conrad Nagel in a virile outdoor role, which he fills with typical The story tells of a young gambler, shrewd, yet honest as the day, who discovers that the fiance of the girl he has learned to love is a cheat and an unscrupulous scoundrel. He is gallant enough to say nothing of this to the girl. wn me way tu a famous mine the

girl and the gambler are marooned by a storm. In a deserted hut they are joined by the third man and the inevitable quarrel breaks out. The Michigan Kid is overpowered by his rival and locked in the hut, hut the girl rescues him, and the three flee before a raging forest fire. Then comes the great thrill of the picture—the shooting of mighty rapids surging between the fiery acres of a flaming forest. It is a magnificent sequence, handled with amazing realism, perfectly photographed, and well acted. Rex Beach, dean of outdoor writers, was the author of “The Michigan Kid.” Irvin Willat is the director of the picture, and the production comes as a Carl Laemmle special, under the banner of Universal. The cast Includes such people as Lloyd Whitlock, who plays the dishonest fiance of the girl, Fred Esmelton, Virginia Grey, a clever child actress, and Adolp Milar. The setting is Alaska in the year 1898, and the entire company made the journey to the big snows In order that the picture would be correct in every detail.