The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-14
Promising Pictures Feature Programs OF Local 7eaters
STATE TO BEGIN
 | PARADE OF HITS
Dodge City,, TechnicOlor Epic, Starts This
 Afternoon

Outstanding among the giant parade of spring hits" coming to Warner Bros. State theater is the spectacular technicolor epic Dodge City" which makes it's local debut at this popular theater this after noon as the headliner of the pro- gram.
 The production attracted a wealth of comment all over the country as result of the tremendous world premier held in Dodge City, Kansas few weeks ago.
 Special trains bearing the stars ot the picture, production staff, film executives, newspaper and maga- zine writers arrived in Dodge City where a great civic festival had al- ready beer proclaimed for a week So important did the National Broadcasting Company regard the premier that it opened the facili- ties of both red and blue, coast to coast networks for broadcasting the event.
 And now Dodge City" comes to local tleatergoers as one of the out standing productions of the year having been greeted by film critics with an overwhelming barrage of praise.
 Errol Flynn heads the cast of thousands in a role that is, on the surface, altogether unlike any he has ever played before, for he is the hero of Dodge City" a film about the period when the little Kansas town of that name was the rough est and wickedest community of the old west It is spirited and authen- tic recreation of those hectic days in the 1870's when the coming of the railroad to the little town at the northern end of the famed Chis- holm Trial made it the leading cattle shipping center of that era
 Flynn is depicted as the trial boss who has driven huge herd ot Texas lcnghorns up the Chisholm Trail and then, after his arrival in Dodge City, becomes the sheriff who cleans up the wild and wicked town. He is explained as an Irish soldier of fortune who had be- come a Texas cowboy after fighting for the South in the Civil War.
 The stody revolves about the war to the death between Flynn and the murderous gang of gun-fighters who have been in control of the town until his arrival, and it is replete with hair-raising incidents.
 Thrilling scenes in the picture in- clude the stampede of a big herd of longhorns, a brawl involving more than a hundred men, said to be the most spirited battle of the sort ever filmed and a tense and SuspenSeful gun battle in a railway mail car.
 Of course, Fylnn dominates the action of the picture throughout but he is given valiant assistance by an expert ensemble of players. Notable among them are Olivia deHavilland, who is seen in the leading feminine role; Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale, John Litel and thousands of others.
 As the second big hit the man. agement will present Sudden Money starring Charlie Ruggles. This is said to be the best of Charlie's famed comedy roles. Fea- tured with him is Billie Lee, juven- ile favorite.
 Don't forget to follow the big hits at the State. Tuesday brings Safe Society,"" faster and funnier screen entertainment with Madeline Car roll, Fred MacMurray and Shirley Ross in the leads; also Ambush with Gladys Swarthout and Lloyd Nolan. Coming soon is Midnight" with Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche in the co-starring leads; also Sylvia Sydney in "One Third of a Nation"