MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 31 December 1923, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

"DO AND DARE."

On the easy flowing words 01. an old-time oowiboy in tiie back-room ol a little drug store, rode, tire phantom figure, of- a brave, smiling liero of the past, 'Ktt Carson Boone- And then, as the (speaker narrated a glorious adventure in which the great Boone rescued the beautiful woman ironi the savage - Indians, -the "dormant desire lor romance in ,the breast of on© 01 the "-roup welled within him. In a moment, Henry Boone, lineal descenuant ol 'the renowned' scout, was on .a rampage, and dashing madly from his .bewildered friends, sought adventure in the desert. How he tared is shown in '-'Do and Dare," the William Fox production with,'Tom Mix, coming to the- local theatre to-morrow night.. > "PIUSONEIIS OF LOVE" ON WED- \ ■ .-• NESDAY. \ Bettv 'Compson in her first starring N vehicle "Prisoners ol Love," is presented in the role, oi Blanche Davis, a, girl who--is' possessed through m-he-uitance, ol a dangerous degree oi physical attractiveness. Forced upon tluj -world' when she discovers tnat her iVt'hcr is buying the silence ol a womain, 'she is called upon to fight a - great with overwhelming odds. ' Xhe stckry has a subtle yet poignant nature, 'Kind carriers a moral, and a lesson l'ok many young gnMs o\ to-uay who are '&ULeu with beauty. -« *~t MARY PIOdvFOP.D IN "TESS 0* IHE STOBjM COUNTRY." Mary Picklord's new version oi "Ifess v of t'nei Storm iCountty" has been bookedMor the Maori land Theatre on years ago thai Miss portrayed tihe lovable character oi less fcelore the intijtion picluHe daimeia, and this artistic; triumph ol hers was so iaii-encomp>asAing there is no way of determining how many millions of people in a-li the civilised nations of the world saw it. As a matter of Hot J this' pliiotopliay wlas exhibited continuously vain til -every _ print wasworn out and the negative lost >.-. power to re-produce. During ,the last two years Miss Pickiord has been the recipient of thousands of requests to once more offer herself in this masterly story. Newspapers and magazines of m-anv countries "hive, joined, in the clamour for this new production. As a consequence, "The World's. Sweetheart," lias responded by making a greatly improved version of the play. Critics everywhere declare it to be her most artistic achievement and the concensus of opinion seeinis to too unit it will live through posterity as one of the foremost cinema classics oi the first two decades- of the new art.