MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 16 December 1924, Page 2

MAORILAND PICTURES.

ALL NATIONS CAST IN “THUNDERGATE.” Scarcely a corner of the world A\as overlooked in the production of “Thundergate,” a First National picture which will be screened on Wednesday. First of all, it’s a story, of Chinese and American life, in Avliicli tut American, with the apearance oi an Oriental, is. forced to 'masquerade as a Chinese lord. In, the cast are such nationalities as Chinese, Koreans, Japanese., Malayians and Hindus. The play was adapted to Che screen (by Perry N. Vekroff, who was born in Egypt His mother was Bulgarian, his father Greek, and he lived most of his early life in Turkey. THURSDAY’S BENEFIT PICTURE. There is magic in the name of James Oliver ,Garwood—a magic in the form of an unbreakable grip, that this famous author arid bis redblooded stirring tales of tile iiorth- . west have taken on the tens of thousand theatre-go-ing public; Whiie'‘‘Godls. Country and the Law” breathes. Curwood and. the Curwood charm from every part of it, it is, however, a now type of Curwood story as to its theme. It is a study of the. workings, of. a. guilty conscience, vividly and thrillingly portrayed. It will be as pail of a benefit programme o.n Thursday. FRIDAY’S .SPECIAL.

“The. Fighting Adventurer”will be Friday’s special picture. Bill Pendleton, college, youth, spends more time in aeronautics than studying. He wagers he will propose to any girl selected by his “fraternity” brothers, who accuse, him of fearng women. They select an old-fashioned girl of the college, Whose father is a missionary in China. He does not'propose, but makes love to her, giving her his fraternity badge. The. men tell the girl lie did it to win a wager. r J.lie girl is broken hearted. Bill is expelled from college and disowned by his father. Bill goes, to work on the waterfront and seeing the. giri going aboard ship he slows away on the same vessel. In China the gni becomes a prisoner of revolutionists. He aids her; thanks to a drunkard friend, now a general. Using aeroplanes the two effect a thrilling rescue.