AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 328, 8 January 1937, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

Plaza Theatre.

“LAST OF THE MOHICANS”

Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes and Henry Wilcoxon head one of the

greatest casts of stars ever assembled on the screen in “The Last of the Mohicans,” Reliance Pictures’ film version of the immortal James Fenimore Cooper classic, showing at the Plaza to-morrow.

Also featured in important roles in this unforgettable story of glorious adventure, heart-stirring romance and thundering conflict for a. nation yet unborn are Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel, Phillip Reed, Robert Barrat, Hugh Buckler and Williard Robertson.

Scott is seen as Hawkeye, the brave and handsome Colonial scout hero, beloved by the millions ot readers of the book. Miss Barnes is cast as the glamorous Alice Munro, who is torn between love for him and loyalty to the gallant Major Duncan Heyward, played by Wilcoxon. Cabot hay the role of Magua, the renegade Indian spy; Miss Angel is seen as the lovely Cora Munro, and Reed plays Uncas, the young Indian brave who hopelessly worships her.

Breath-taking highlights of the picture ate the defence of Fort William Henry against the onslaught of the French legions; Cora's death leap from the heights of Dovers’ Cliff; the thrilling rescue of Hawkeye from the torture-stake ot the savage Hurons; the barbaric war dance of the Indian tribes, and, last bitt,, not least, the hand-to-hand tomahawk battle to the death between the renegade halif-breed and. “The Dust of the Mohicans.” “The Princess Comes Across,” starring Fred Mac Murray, Carole Lombard and Alison Skipworth, completes its season at the Plaaz to-night. It is a picture with a fast-moving story which concerns a happy party aboard a luxury liner on a sea voyage.

King’s Theatre. “Tarzan and the Ape Man” told how brave Harry Holt (Nell Hamilton) lost Jane Parker (Maureen O’Sullivan) in the jungle. These two film stars are seen together again in one of the most ambitious and greatest jungle dramas even produced on the screen, “Tarzan and His Mate,” which will be shown at the King's Theatre, Stratford, to-night. Holt organises another safari to penetrate the sinister and dangerous country and bring Jane out. He interests Arlington (Paul Cavanagh), who has money, by telling him of the fortune in ivory which the burying ground of the elephants will yield. They can find this burial ground with Tarzan’s help; be knows ail the secrets of the jungle. Arlington proves a brutal, ruthless, greedy companion. He vows to steal Jane from Tarzan and double-crosses his colleagues. It is he, not Holt, who dangles the Paris finery before her, and who tries to sweep her off her feet with love-making. A double bill is fetaured on the King’s programme for to-morrow. Richard Dix and Karen Morley star in “The Devil’s Squadron,” and June Clyde and Billy Milton head the cast in "King of the Castle.”