MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 26 September 1924, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

"GENTLE JULIA." . Young love is the theine of "Gentle ' Julia," the William Fox.' special, which comes to the local theatre lo- • morrow night. As Booth Tarkingtou 1 is the author of the story it is unneci essary to assure ajiydne that it is ! treated in a, novel arid highly humor- • ouSs manner'. The remark of one ol the characters: "The young lover is , always wanting to do something dashi ing and romantic and Walter Ral- ' eigh-ljke, tout in ordinary times about i the wildest -thing'lie can do, \1 he can /afford it, is tQ learn to run a Ford," applies to Noble Dill, the sorely-tried young, chap who makes one of the, list of admirers of Miss Julia Atwater, the charming heroine of the Tarkington tale."THE NIGHT MESSAGE." Elsie Lefferts, only daughter of "Old Man Lefferts," ruler of a southern mountain region, loves Lee Longstreeti, only son Qf a widow whose husband and Lefferts had been enemies, Lefferts fmu's his daughter and Lee together: arid'whips t)he boy. lie I favours Lem Beeman, a telegraph operator. While hunting in the w.oods, Lem accidentally kills Harney, Elsie's brother. Fearing to confess the accident, Lem remains ' silent. Lee is suspected. "Old Man Lefferts" and his remaining son set out for revenge. Mrs Longstreet holds them off at the point of a shot-gun. The sheriff arrives and takes her son into custody.' Lee is. tried, and sentenced to death. The night before the execution, the boy's mother rides through a thunde'rstqrm to. appeal to the Governor, who refuses her appeal. Stormbound on her .way home, she takes refuge in Beeman's telegraph shack. Lem, at last makes up his mind to confess. But Jhe wires are down,' Then it ife that Cem Beeman finds a way—though it costs him his 'life. His sacrifice reunites two lovers and heals the feud. , At the Maoriland on Monday.