ORPHANS OF THE STORM.

Shannon News, 18 September 1923, Page 3

ORPHANS OF THE STORM.

D, W. Griffith, creator of “Intolerance,” “Way Down East,” and. “Hearts of the World,” offers the public of Shannon on Friday the crowning achievement of his remarkable genius. Lillian and Dorothy Gish are seen as the little orphan girls suffering in. the horrors of the maddest days in the history of -a nation—the French Revolution. Lillian Gish is the. central figure of a, romance that is terrific in its appeal and, at times, heart rending. In' the spene where she is thrown into- the executioners cart by the fanatical Jacques Forget-Not, her impression of mute suffering is spiritual in its intensity, so terrified,, so humble, yet so forgiving. It is a moment never to he forgotten. The second tremendous punch arrives when the girl and her lover, Chevalier De Vandrey aye sent to the guillotine. The famous Danton, fiery leader of an outraged people, intervenes with the Tribunal, and, with the reprieve thus gained, joins his comrades on horseback and makes a dash to the guillotine gates just outside the city. Here is seen the most gripping /episode of the whole picture. The fainting girl is prostrate almost between the cruel knife, while the galloping cavalry, mounting 'all obstacles, dashing over bridges, breaking down gates, tramping on gendarmes, on to the rescue till the heart nea-rly bursts with suspense. WEDNESDAY’S PICTURE.

The vivid,, colourful, turbulent life of the Canadian northwest forms the background for the stirring action of “Man From Hell’s River.” It is the work of James Oliver Curwood, who has written many successes for the screen. Irving Cummings, who directed the feature, also plays . the leading role—that of an officer in the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. The v story is big in its appeal. The hero returns front the frozen North to- discover his sweetheart, the wife, of a vicious renegade. How he triumphs in one of the most crashing climaxes ever shown on the screen is enough to send shivers of suspense up and down the spine -of the spectator. To see it will make you clutch your seat and hang on to- the finish. -The picture will he screened at the Mao-ri-band Theatre to-morrow.