MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 9 May 1922, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

THREE FEATURES ON WEDNESDAY. “Dangerous Business” at the local theatre on Wednesday brings that queen of comediennes, Cofistanoe Talmadge, in a story that is brimming over with ludicrous, not to say snappy situations, which are calculated, to make an ordinary audience gasp with surprise. Daringly conceived and as delicately handled are the situations which follow on the heroine’s statement that she is already married, when at the altar with another man. The supposed husband has been a milk sop, but the war made a caveman of him, so that no one got a bigger surprise than his supposed bride when he suddenly arrives to take charge of the situation. It is too good to spoil by any further details. A big comedy, “Bumping into Broadway,” and another instalment of the serial are included in this big bill. “DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES.” On Friday this thrilling picture will be screened. Dead to all sense of humanity* or kindness, Joaquin Santos deliberately planned to murder scores of men and women and children to hide dread secrets they might tell if left alive when the treasure ship was burned on the high seas, with no help near, so the theft of gold might be concealed when none were left to tell tales of the hideous crime. “Dead Men Tell No Tales” is the stirring story of love and crime, of adventures at sea and danger on shore written by E. W. Hornung, considered his best novel, and made into a stupendous spectacular production by Vitagraph, with an all-star cast headed by Catherine Calvert and Percy Marmont. “REPUTATION” ON SATURDAY. The last couple of years have brought several new stars to the screen, none of them more vividly than Priscilla Dean. She is absolutely alive. She has put fire and energy into all her pictures, and having survived a long list of crook dramas, now shows what she can do with the new material of “Reputation.” This film, which will be screened locally on Saturday, gives her a difficult double role and unlimited emotion. Priscilla Dean responds. She is the dissolute, jealous old hag, shrieking her hatred of the girl who has stolen her laurels. She is the young actress, lively and alluring, loving, but possessed of a secret which mars her happiness. Miss Dean’s is a fine performance, turning th(e picture into one that really entertains, and covering the holes in a story which might inoti stand, the microscope. Universal produced “Reputation” and produced it well.