MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 22 July 1924, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

KARL PLAYERS IN LAST. “The Face in the Fog,” a remark- , able Paramount picture will be shown at ; tlie local theatre, on Wednesday. Lionel Barrymore will, be seen in the role .Qf Blackie -Dawson, the gentlemanly sale-cracker. Louis Woiheim, who leaped into fame with the first performance on Broadway of “The Hairy Ape,” wa 8 engaged for a oontrasting type oi the brutal criminal, while o,o well .Sherman; star of “Lawful Larceny,” plays the role of the polished Russian adventurer. Seena Owen, whose work in, Cosmopolitan's “Sisters” is well remembered, plays I the leading feminine role. ’ 1 “THE, ACQUITTAL”—FRIDAY. ] Kenneth Winthrop is on trial, charged with the murder of his fos-ter-lather, Andrew prentice. His accuser is his ’ foster-brofjher, Robert Armstrong. Armstrong and Winthrop had loved the same girl, Madeline, who had, chosen Winthrop. Edith’ Craig, secretly engaged to the dead financier, and Winthrop were in love, Armstrong alleged. Questioning brings out that Prentice and Armstrong had become estranged over Armstrong’s charges. The night of Prentice’s death, he had been with Edith and Winthrop and had mailed a letter to Armstrong which the latter never received. A taxi driver testifies Winthrop left home hi midnight, proven. by their looking at a clock in a nearby butcher shop. A broken clock in the Prentice home showed the murder was committed at 11.52. Madeline suddenly discovers that, the “clock” in the butcher’s window was a circular meat scale. This clears her husband and Armstrong sets out to discover the murderer. A postal inspector brings to light the letter mailed on the fatal night, confidim Prentice’s fear of death, resulting in one of the most amazing surprises in modern drama;.