MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 4 November 1924, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

“TRILBY” ON \vEDNESDAY. ' ’ Trilby” thq immortal romance that thrilled file hearts of millions lashioned into entrancing reality by a notable cast Of stars! This wifi be the presentation at the local theatre on Wednesday, it is a story of five iQvos; one, pure and honourable; aumhar, prompted by selfish, ambitious desire;, a third, of. fatherly affection; a fourth, hopeless infatuation; and the fifth, akin to the worsliip of a dog fo.r it s master. The film story bids fair to repeat tlie unprecedented success of tlie novel.

[ “THE TEMPLE OF VENUS.” Surfeited with pleasure, blase New York society leaders have gone to many extremes to get a thrill." But few dared anything more spectacular than Constance Lane in the William Fox photoplay, “The Temple of Venus,” which comes to the local theatre on Friday. Hostess u;t a dunce. “Connie” asks her dancing partner to unhook her gown. As the gown falls from her shoulders, the girl steps, out on tlm ball-room floor clad in an exquisite bathing costume. In a twinkling, the other women on the floor followed suit. And “Connie” leads them to a pool in the basement of her home, decorate dto represent a beach at Hawaii. Stringed instruments pay soft music behind the palms, while- tfie merry guests disport themselves in the water. This is one scene of many spectacular occurrences in the elaborate new production directed by Henry Otto and filmed on Santa Cruz Island in the Pacific Ocean. The cast included 1000 bathing beauties.