"SILVER ON THE SAGE"

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 5

"SILVER ON THE SAGE"

“HOI‘AL(>\(." < ASSIDY AGAIN Clarence E. Mulford's tales of the early West have enjoyed wide popularity in the past, and Paramount.' picturisalion of these novels is becoming one of the favourite series of fne screen. In "Silver on lhe Sage” th* 4 latest of these films, coming to ilu Regent Theatre on Saturday of next week, llopalong Cas-idy (William Bcyd> and his Bar 20 saddlemates “Windy” Halliday (George Hayes) and Lucky Jenkins < Russell Haydeni, have to lace one of th? most tricky and dangerous problems of their careers. On the eve of a big sale of cattle from the Bar 20 ranch to another ranch owner, the whole herd is rustled, and no trace is left of its whereabouts. In his endeavours to solve the mysterious theft. Hopalong Cassidy soon runs foul of a devtr aim desperate gang of criminals. The associate feature, “Sudden Money," is the story of a family who become rich overnight when they win a sweeplake and t heir hilarious reactions’to their new life. The cast, which is headed by Chai les Ruggles, includes Vlajorie Rambeau, Charley Grap?win, ind Billy Lee.

i Ray Milland and Ellen Drew have i finished filming “French Without Tears," and will return to Hollywood Inext month. ( Bound for Paris. I Do good girls go lo Pans, too? Joan ! Blondell has good reason lo believe they do, and is proceeding fo prove it in the simplest way in her new Columbia comedy, “Good Girls Go to Paris, Too,” in which she is co-starred with Melvyn Douglas. Under the guidance of Alexander Hall, the com[edy is now under way with Miss Blonjdell playing the role of a high-spirited i ultra-modern American girl. A new •and distinctive character has been as;signed Melvyn Douglas. He is an :English exchange professor, more than islightly bewildered by the feverish, hectic activity at a well-known American university. While the distinguished ’professor is having tea and crumipest that he encounters Miss Blonde!I ' -none other than the waitress whose (ambition is to go to Paris via the easiest and quickest route. Aiding and (abetting the professor and the wait- | ress are Walter Connolly, Isabel Jeans ■and Joan Perry in featured roles.