THE MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 4 January 1924, Page 3

THE MAORILAND PICTURES.

"SKID PROOF'-THRILLING DRAMA

Leaping tq the ground from the swaying rope ladder of. an aeroplane. whilst .thousands of feet in the air, trusting your life to the precarious . shift of wind, is a stunt you wouldn't relish attempting. It has. caused the death. ojC many skUful aviators. Yet Chairies Jones, the popular William Fox star, was compelled to perform the feat in accordance, with his dare- * devil rode in "Skid proof," which is playing at the local theatre on Saturday. ' "CROSSED WIRES." As rapidly as her nimble fingers eouild move, Marcel Murphy was pushing and pulling plugs on the 'busy lull. There was a flickering of one key light. She listened in to see if the connection was bad. It was Mrs Bellamy-Benson, .society leader, talking to her social secretary. A moment later the social secretary (had ■ another call. Mrs Bellamy-Benson wanted the name of Miss Marcel Montmorency Van Deusen added as a last minute thought. Marcel pulled the plugs out and smiled to herself. The social secretary had not .suspected her voice. Her imitation had been too perfect. This glimpse into the plotting of a pretty telephone operator to get into society give* an idea of the' entertaining comedy in "Crossed Wires the Universal picture starring Gladys Walton at -the Maoril«nd next Monday. ...