ZANE GREY ROMANCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 3

ZANE GREY ROMANCE

“FORLORN RIVER” A new Zane Grey outdoor romance which lives up to all the high standards set by this type of motion picture entertainment, "Forlorn River,” an action-packed romance of the old West, -will be presented at the Regent Theatre next Wednesday, in conjunction with “The Great Gambini," one of the most unusual and interesting mystery stories yet screened. "Forlorn River" put Larry Crabbe in his famous role as "Nevada” again, with Syd Saylor as his inseparable saddle-mate, the ever-hungry “Weary” Pierce. After frustrating a bank hold-up planned by Harvey Stephens and his band, but getting themselves in wrong with the sherriff for it, the two become involved in a plot hatched by Stephens to steal several thousand horses consigned for the army remount service. Handicapped by suspicion on the part of the range boss and a desire for revenge on the part of Stephens, Crabbe and Saylor succeed in smashing the plot and undoing Stephens. A tender romance between June Martel and John Patterson adds to the entertainment of the story. The second feature is an unusual and dramatic picture. "The Great Gambini,” in which the stars are Akim Tamiroff, Marian Marsh, and John Trent. This film has a striking story, and is well acted by the principals and a fine cast of supporting players. It has every quality that should make for a successful piece of entertainment. “The Great Gambini” is a mystery story, full of excitement. Tamiroff is the main attraction at a night club, where he and his beautiful, blind-folded assistant “read” sealed messages sent him by the audience. When Tamiroff prophesies that Marian Marsh, planning to be married the next day, will not marry her fiance, it is first considered merely as a bad joke, but when the fiance is found murdered the next morning the case takes on a more serious aspect.