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Direct trom Hollywood
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
A Thrilling Epic — M-G-M
KING VIDOR, thank heavens, was chosen to direct Metro's adaptation of Kenneth Roberts' famous book, and Mr. Vidor has done a superb job of it. Photographed in beautiful Technicolor, this story of the American pioneer's magnificent defiance of Nature and hardship comes to the screen as one of the most thrilling epics ever to be produced in HollyTvood. The film covers only Book I of the original work, but the ending leads us to believe that there certainly will be a sequel — and soon, we hope. Spencer Tracy in the role of Major Rogers, the leader of the Rangers, who through sheer personal force, drives his men through the dangers and horrors of the wilderness, gives the finest performance in his career of giving fine performances. Though you live to be a hundred, you'll never forget Spencer as Major Rogers. The time, as you probably know, as "Northwest Passage" has long been a best seller, is America in the throes of the French and Indian Wars. And the photoplay shows how Major Rogers led his Rangers against the Abenakis, the fiercest and most murderous of the Indian tribes who preyed on the frontier settlers, how he exterminated their village, and how (Continued on page 78)
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