THE LADDER SUPERSTITION.

Shannon News, 13 November 1923, Page 3

THE LADDER SUPERSTITION.

An amusing comedy feature is of- . fcred ny Vitagi-aph in the "Ladder JiriiX" in Shannon on -Wednesday. The story opens, iin a bank with the cashier retiring. The role of the cashier is assumed by i.Tully Marshall. The cashier is anxious to have his nephew, Richard Twing, succeed him. The Board of Directors elect Barnes, the hero, <a role assum- ' ed 'by Edlward Hoirton. The bank . president's daughter played by Margaret Laridis is in lovei with B'arnes. Thje girl is superstitiousv and when . she learns that Bairnes has walked under a ladder, she refuses to have more to do with him until he 'kills the'jinx by walking under H again. In -attempting to pleasie his swe|etheart Barries giets into all sorts of , trouble. From .tthis point the action movies swiftly and fun is fast and . furious.

COMING FRIDAY.

PRESS LAUDS FOX MASTERPIECE. Advance reports on "Monfle Cristo" the "Williami Fox special production which will be shown at the Maoriland Theatre on Friday, indicate that j motion picture fans of this town are i due for'one of iWei real treats of the cinemto , sejoson, I'-Miii Gilbert, ; who has comedo the, lore during the''.past yiear as one of the most dramatic actors on the screen, piays the leading role. Tlie Boston American,, which conducts, one of the most hypercritical motion, picture columns of any .newspaper, in' America, says-. "Monte Cristo" is af'mighty avalanche of dra-. m'atic action"' based on fri'e' world's most famous masterpiece .of adventure, .romance .and thrills by Alexandre Dumas. The Denver Times says of the Fox special, attraction : "Here's the golden text for to-day: See 'Monte Cristo,' if you have to mortgage the old homestead. You can buy a house any day, but its only once, in

twelve'months that you have a chance to sec a picture like this—one that delivers a succession of dramatic knockouts/without mauling your intelligence .it -the same time 1 ." A notable fast of screen artfiists support ■ John, Gilbert in the loading roles.