MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 12 September 1924, Page 2

MAORILAND PICTURES.

“JUST OFF BROADWAY..” John Gilbert will break the Deauville bank at the Shannon Theatre on Saturday, where he is playing in “Just Off Broadway,” his latest screen success, from the pens of Frederick and Fanny Hatton. The adventurous Gillicit in this picture essays t’he role of a Secret Service man en the trail oi a hand of international counterfeiters. He not only gets the crooks, but he wing the heart of the girl, Marian Nixon. The story of “Just Off Broadway,” pufse quickening and intense in its dramatic situations, carries the audience from the Great White Way to Paris and Deauville in a whirlwind oi gripping action that cannot fail to stir the most casual theatre-goer. “JA.CK O’ CLUBS.”

The determination ol; Patrolman John Foley, known as “Jack o’ Clubs,” gains him the respect of the East side. Tillie Miller, a little cafe singer, attracts him. She is the sweetheart of Spike Kennedy, a gang (leader. Tillie spurns Jack’s devotion. Spike and Jack are prevented by the captain of the district from fighting. A general fight results. Jack attempts to settle the affray. Surrounded by a gang of ruffians he raises his club just as Spike Kennedy is about to black-jack him. Tillie rushes forward and is struck. For days she hovers on death’s brink. Jack is accused, hut he proves hi« honour and ,love for Tillie.