MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 4 December 1923, Page 4

MAORILAND THEATRE.

Houdini, who will he remembered as the Handcuff King, who visited New Zealand some time ago, and the author and star of "The Man from Beyond" has. awakened a great controversy among scientists by his story of a mian who slept a hundred years and awoke when rescued from hisi ice- - bound sleep to take up life just where it had been suspended. '/The Man from Beyond" is the first of four special features which will be made this year by Houdini's own company. Romance, love and perilous adventures make this picture a continuous thrill. At the Maoriland Theatre on Wednesday. QUEEN OF SHEBA—FRIDAY. -"Queen of Sheba," a William Fox super-special, comes to the Maoriland Theatre om Friday. It bids fair to prove the most talked-of photodrama of the. season. The pageantry attending the arrival of the Queen of Sheba \ aA the court of King Solomon, which has held its place, for centuries in v song and story as supremely magnificent, is visualised in the picture draina - in a. manner completely satisfying to all. There is scene alter scene of great beauty and magnificence in "Queen of Sheba"—the marriage festival at the court of King Armud, the arrival at Solomon's court,, the day of races and games, including the. char-" iot race betwen the Queen of Sheba and the Princess Vashti; the arrival of David, son of Solomon; the little Prince of Sheba; the battle between - the forces of Solomon aiid Adonijah, * and'the pathetic final departure of the Queen of Sheba for her own realm.