THE MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 17 April 1923, Page 2

THE MAORILAND THEATRE.

“SQUIBS"—A LONDON INTEHLLDI

Tfierte is no criticism to offer about “Squibs,” due at the local theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. It is just a case of perfection. It is a British mad© story of a London flower-girl, and by one of the miracles of production lias just come right. It. is sadly true that it is not. often that English poducers make a real movie but when they do, as they have done in Squibs, 1 then they beat the world’s best and do it easily. Urn •• a whole collection of London types, chockful of odd sayings, quaint habits and wonderful ideas. The language, ti.e meals, the ‘walking out" the folks m Hi© street, the homsie interiors are Ml real honest-to-goodness London, ami the Cockney sly humour is simply ‘it.” Betty Balfour will laugli her way straight into the hearts of the whole audience, and Filed Groves and Hugh Wright, are the men characters who will be longest remembered. ZANE OBEY FEATURE, FRIDAY.

Hie story of Friday’s big feature is as follows:—Harvey lliggs, protege of A 1 Auohincloss,- secretly plots with Lem Beasley to secure possession of his patron’s ranch. Authincloss, whose health i s failing, sends East for Lis two nieces, Helen and 80, to whom he intends leaving his property. He aho sends up into Jhe mountains for Milt Dale, who lives alone with only a # huge black bear and a mountain lion as his companions, for he feels that Dale can help him. Meanwhile the girls arrive, a,ml a friendship spirals into being between Dale and Hel -n. Riggs resents this, for he purposes to win Helen—and the ranch—for him self. He contrives to have Dale discredited and sent from the ranch. The girls are kidnapped by a gang of desperadoes under the leadership of one of Beasley’s henchmen. They are tracked to the cabin, wherein they are held prisoner by Lone Wolf, a faithful Indian.' He notifies Dale, who abas returned to his mountain home. Together with Las Vegas, one of the Auchincloss’ cowpimchers who is in love with 80, they set out to refime the girls. They are assisted by a h *.s-tily-organisM posse. In the fight which ensues Riggs meets his .death. lem Beasley has also come to an untimely end in an altercation with Las Vegas, while the future lies bright before old Al and the young lovers, with never a sign of a dark cloud upon the horizon.