MAORI LAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 8 September 1922, Page 3

MAORI LAND PICTURES.

“THE) EXQUISITE THIEF.”

In “The Exquisite Thief,” her latest Universal Special Attraction, due locally on Saturday, Priscilla Dean has more than a swiftly moving, exciting crook drama. There is a deeper note, based on the theme of regeneration, that will give the picture heart appeal as well as intense interest,

The underlying idea of “The Exquisite Thief” is that, in the matter of character, two wrongs can make a right—that two criminals remorse-

less and unrepentent. when alone, can so react on each other that togetber they can ..accomplish what would be beyond their strength of purpose if attempted singly. Priscilla Dean has the part of BlueJean Biilie, a crook de luxe, who has baffled the police for years, accomplishing one daring burglary .after another. The climax of her career occurs when she enters the home of the exclusive Yanderflips, during a big society function, and Holds up the guests.

There she> meets an English adventurer, who has been accepted as a nobleman and who is engaged to the daughter of the house. Moved to admiration by the cleverness of BlueJean Biiiie, the Englishman follows her into the woods, and there, as’,the police close in, the drama of regeneration is worked out in a thrilling manner that leads up to a smashing climax of an entirely unexpected nature.' “THE IDOL OF THE NORTH.” On Monday, “The Idol of the North” wall be screened, with Dorothy Dalton in the star role. It is a stirring tale of the North-west gold rush, lull of incidents and the joy ol life, and should keep a large audience interested.