COMING ATTRACTIONS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10056, 19 February 1927, Page 3

COMING ATTRACTIONS.

■ -.j. ■-- —«» ; —— AT JIUNICIPAL THEATRE, ■ : - ;;/ GERALDINE... ■• "Historically correct., in every detail.*" ■ .Such was the s verdict of Colonel George £.'" B-ryam;::Tst4redT;army officer, on tlie great'"Cus)bf'niastea6re J scene that Edward! S.edfiwick made for the big Universal all-star Western production, i! "The' ;i Flaming Frontier," which will be screened lit Geraldine Municipal '. Theatre next' Wednesday ahd Thursday.Ten years after the massacre Colonel Bryam was ordered;, by the War Department to survey '_ foe Guster battle l iie,ld.. ! ,and interyiew chiefs who took tuirt in /it.,./, His judgment and approval- of the'picture may be accepted-as. final, ; The ground over Avhich Sedgwick refouglif tlie fight' was ail/exact tinplicate of the spot where,.Custer_and his command died, Gays Colonel Bryam, even down to a lone tree that stood near the'site of the last stand! - The scene is a most impressive one afi shown-- ;? on ; , the screen. The unsuspecting . Custer and his/ men..-ikioMeVlhr:6'ugh : i ;tlta. barren hills and Into-the-trap that the crafty Sitting" Bull; had laid! Not an. Indian is,visible.' A«,the. troops ride.on from ridge, coulee and canyon, Indians, mounted and on foot, rush the outnumbered soldiers., Arrows fill the air,, rifle shots ring out as squadrons wheel into line, diemount and go info action. The rush of the Indians was made, more realistic by. the fact that among them were scores of descendants -of- those who participated:: in - the actual massacre'. ' - Cavalry horses :ar/e iseen scampering;" off in all directions. 'Red men fall' from their saddles and Jndjan' ■-l)8«Ms take to llight. 'after squadron ie wiped out. Hoot Gibson, as-Gen. Custer's messenger to Major Reno; lights his way through' the savages. Then the Indians concentrate' for their final rush on the 'bel'eagured general and his little band. -.Gen. Custer, fighting desperately to the end,, is the last to fall. Over the field he Indians audi troopers. • ■••■■ Tlfen the Indians seeme'd to revert to type. Without orders from Sedgwick they proceed to strip the troopers of their clothing. Boots are wrenched from the feet of'the "dead." Coats arc torn from their backs, While about the fallen Custer and his men the Indians dance their' dance of victory. The sun ■ goes down. The Indians disappear. On the held are only the "dead"' and the '"dying." The scene snows all the solemnity of the aftermath of battle. , ~ t ■ -.■ The cast of this great picture includes some of the best known screen.stars. Hoot Gibson plays the '■■ role 'of an army scout befriended by Cen. Custer. 'Dustin (Gonti.nusa at toot ot next coromiij.

Farutim came..,out o£ his retirement to Impersonate this famous- soldier. 1 Waf-d Crane is I lie "heavy" and: Anno Corn well the heroine. Kathleen Key impersonates a "vamb," while Eddiie Gribbon and Harry Todd take care of the comedy. : The cast also includes George Fawcett, Harold Coodiwin, Charles K. French, Noble Johnson, Walter Rodgers, Joe Bonomo and Ed Wil-