THE MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 4 July 1922, Page 2

THE MAORILAND PICTURES.

SESSUE HA YAK AW A ON WEDNESDAY. “An Arabian Knight,” which will commence at the local theatre, on Wednesday, Shows Sessue Hayakawa, the distinguished Japanese actor, in the very droll role ,of an Aral) donkeyboy. The picture is a tantalising story in which romance, the love of youth and adventure, and the magic spell of the Land of the Lotus and the Sphynx are interwoven in a truly delightful manner. Hawakaya’s humorous and masterly portrayal of the donkey-boy, a lovable scamp whose adventurous spirit makes him at once the joy and distress of his neighbours, is but another proof ol this actor’s remarkable versatility.

Idle same picture will be shown at Tokomaru on Thursday.

“THE MILLIONAIRE” ON SATURDAY Caring for and spending -eighty .million dollars would be considered by most anyone as a task incomparably superior to any mere pleasure ever invented. But when the cash makes the owner a target for bullets, poison and spinning knives, the whole thing has a different flavour. The Universal Special Attraction, “The Millionaire,” brings Herbert .Rawlinson to the screen of the Maorijand Theatre on Saturday night in a stellar performance quite above ordinary standards of acting—and the histrionic quality of the entertainment is well seconded by a. gripping tale of wealth, love : and mystery, embodying a whole flock of new twists and unexpected angles, written by Hulbert Footner and scenarised by Wallace Clifton. -