Healesville Guardian (Lilydale, Vic. : 1942 - 1954), Saturday 12 July 1952, page 3


Healesville Ialkies DIAMOND RUSH DRAMA. Showing at today's matinee and tonight, "Diamond City" is a lusty drama of the South Afridan diamond rush in 1870. The story is based on fact, and 20,000 ft. of film was talcen on the actual scenes-of incidents portrayed. David Farrar is hero of the story as Stafford Parker, the man who actually led the diggers. SAILOR ROBERT NEWTON. Robert Newton in the role of a hard-drinking, fighting, trouble-making ship's fireman, Peter McCabe, adds yet another forceful characterization to his alrendy wide range of achievements in. his latest film, "Waterfront," which is also on tonight's program. 200 WOMEN ON TREK. A tumultuous story of the perilous trek of 200 women who leave Illinois and cross a 2,000 mile stretch of 1850 pioneer country to find homes and husbands in a fertile Callfornia valley, is unfolded in M-G-M's. exciting "Westward the Women," starring Robert Taylor and Denise Darcel at the head of a large cast. It will he shown next Wednesday *night, July 16.