TUDOR THEATRE

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3602, 5 September 1939, Page 4

TUDOR THEATRE

"GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT" TONIGHT AND TOMORROW The main feature at the Tudor Theatre tonight and tomorrow is the new Warner Bros, techn.icolour production, "Gold is Where You Find It," co-starring Olivia de Havilland and George Brent. An outdoor drama based on the colorful war between the ranchers and the miners of California in the 1870's, "Gold Is Where You Find It" is an adaption for the screen of Clements Ripley's best selling novel by the same name which ran serially in the American Cosmopolitan magazine.

During this period the wealthy but unorganised wheat ranchers were fighting desperately against the big financial interests which were running the hydraulic mines. The mining operation was carried on by the use of huge monitors which threw powerful streams of water against the mountain sides. The dirt and gravel which was thus washed out poured down over the valley ruining thousands of acres of valuable wheat lands.

In the picture, George Brent playing the part of a young miner from the east, arrives at the height of this dramatic feud. The whole state is divided into two factions and bloodshed is the rule of the day. "Gold Is Where You Find It" is a vivid portrayal of this dramatic story from history.