MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 14 July 1925, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

"CHRISTINE OF THE HUNURY HEART." Most romantic stories end with, a wedding. "Christine of the Hungry Heart," the new Thomas H. ince picture made for First National, which comes to the local Theatre on Wednesday begins with a wedding, and the wedding of the heroine, Christine, at that. But the romance of the story does not end with the wedding', it merely begins at that point. Christine's romance, or romances, lead up to her great sacrifice which finally brings her the happiness that every normal woman seeks. It is a fascinating story, superbly told, with a fine cast including Miss Florence Vidor, in the title role. MANY THRILLS IN "FAMOUS MRS 'FAIR."

Although Fred Nibio's picturization of the great American play, "The Famous Mrs Fair," deals with the lives of persons moving in the highest social circles, tliis Metro-Louis B. .Mayer production has more than enough thrills and good, fast action to keep it from toeing confused with the ordinary tea party plot. Probably the most spectacular event is a race'in the dead of night between a through passenger train and high powered roadster. .Cullen Landis, at the wheel, took several chances in getting realism for the screen. Roaring along at breakneck speed an, the stage highway tha,t parallels the railroad trucks in Santa Barbara County, dodging cars along the route, making sharp turns on mountain roads ■ scaling steep grades, Mr Landis gave the cameraman something 1o talk about. Flirting again with fate in his roadster, Mr Landis in another episode of the picture, skids his car on a wet paveiment at a forty-mile gu*t, making a sharp hairpin turn in his pursuit, of the despicable Dudley Gillette. His overtaking the villain precipitates a fight that for bitterness and realism is rivalled only by the famous battle in "The .Spoilers." Fortunately, the production schedule allowed tooth players a week's rest after the affair.