THE MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 5 January 1926, Page 3

THE MAORILAND THEATRE.

CONNIE AND CUPID. After ten years Antonio Moreno comes back to the Talmadge fold. . Moreno is Constance Talmadge's leading man in her new First National comedy, "Learning to Love." When Norma Talmadge was fifteen years old, Moreno, then a lad of 17 years, was picked- for her leading man in a Vitagraph. photoplay. But since that time Moreno neyer has played with the Talmadge sisters. He has been leading man to Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson and other feminine Born in Madrid, Moreno went to America when a boy. His first stage engagement was with Maude Adams in "The Little Minister." Later he played with her in "Peter Pain" and , followed tins with tours with South- • ern and MarloW in Shakespearean repertoire. In "Learning to Love," Constance shows modern girls the various ways to capture a husjband. It will be presented at the local theatre tomorrow night.

"THE FIGHTING RANGER."

The management of the Maoriland Theatre have contracted for a powerful new chapter play to -commence on Monday next. It is entitled "The Fighting Ranger." The scene of the » story is laid in the cattle country of the Southwest. John Marshall, the father, has been in hiding for fifteen years as the result of a shooting in self defence. His daughter, than:' a child, and two retainers live with him.- The man he trusts to attend to • his business affairs, really is plotting against him. On Marshall's ranch is buried a treasure guarded by an aged Yaqui chief, last of bis tribe. An airplane acident brings a young forest- ranger into their lives, complicating matters. . ' ; ..

TOM MIX, TONY, AND ZANE GREY

On 'Fridav, the long-looked for sequel to "Riders of the Purple Sage" will he screened in Shannon. When Zane Grey writes pulse-quickening tales qf the West, readers lose themselves in the swift events that leap from the page to burn in their imaginations. The vivid quality of his writing is made even 1 striking ■ in the screen presentation of "TSie Rainbow Trail," starring Tom Max. The scenes of this William Fox production were 'photographed in the Yosemite Valley, where nature, witn a generous brush, offers startling glories in colour; w.liere the Master Sculptor has created in gigantic form, fantastic carving's for men to marvel at. The story, the sequel to. "Riders of the Purple Sage," will carry you along, gripped by its deep,,., human drama and its tense climax. Tony, the horse you have admired so, often! is in the picture with Tom.