MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 243, 14 October 1931, Page 11

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“RIVER’S END.” The majesty of snowswept forests and men whose passions are as stark —contrasted with others whose ideas of duty are as unchangeable as the mountains romance beauty terror—and drama that rings true —are characteristics of “River’s End,” James Oliver Curwood’s great tale ef the Far North, which begins at tho Majestic Theatre to-day. The grimly glamorous picture opens with a man hunt in the icy wastes of the Arctic. And when fugitive and captor meet they find themselves as alike in appearance as though they were brothers, hut as far apart in temperament as the poles. On the way back through the wilderness the captor dies and the hunted man dons his clothes and makes an attempt to bluff his way through the outposts to freedom. Once there ho finds that ho has been proved ijinocent of the murder of which ho had been accused—but dares not divulge his identity without subjecting himself to the charge of having killed his pursuer. Into this tangle of circumstances come a girl and a little boy—-and the story rushes to a tremendous and unexpected climax. Charles Bickford is magnificent in his portrayal of the dual role—of pursued and pursuer. His vigorous manliness is evidenced in the trying part and Evalyn Knapp is bewitching as the girl loved by both men. Everyone loves honest melodrama. Here it is with the bigness and sincerity , which lifts it forever from the hackneyed. You will agree that “River’s End” is the finest melodrama of the great outdoors you have ever seen. Another of tho “Golf with Johnny Farrell” series, entitled “In the Rough,” will also be screened. Plans are at Emmett’s, ’phone 5077.