MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 30 December 1921, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

0. HENRY STORY TO-NIGHT. Corinne Griffith in elaborate gowns and costumes makes a charming little dancer in her latest Vitagraph feature, “The Gaider Girl.” She infuses a tremendous amount of life and appeal into the title role, and is the ideal heroine that O. Henry would have chosen for the picturising of his story. Some of the scenes show beautiful photography, particularly those of the region behind the footlights, and winter sports'in the snow country. Like most ol” O. Henry’s best stories, the plot takes unusual and unexpected twists, and reveals an innate knowledge of human nature. MONDAY NIGHT’S SPECIAL. “Jupiter—Jupiter wins!”—the ery went up—but a sudden hush foretold dire happenings. “What was that His jockey’s down!”—and so it was. The plans of the unscrupulous scoun-. drels were only too well laid—he had been “bumped,” and was dismounted. But they reckoned without the jockey’s pluck—still a long way to go, and in a flash he was up again, and racing for the straight, Jupiter left the other horses standing, and forged to the front. It was a marvellous recovery, and deafening cheers greeted the plucky horse and rider as they flashed past the post—first. That’s the race in “The Gentleman Rider,” due at the Maoriland Theatre on Monday, night, and supported by the screaming Starlight farce, “She’s a Pippin.” This makes a splendid holiday bill.