MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 23 April 1926, Page 2

MAORILAND PICTURES.

BUCK JONES IN “THE TIMBER WOLF.” A veritable tornado of flying fists, galloping houses and whirlwind action will descend upon the Maoritand Theatre on Saturday when Buck Jones’ latest picture cyclone, “The Timber Wolf,’’ lias a most engrossing love interest. The most thrilling moments of the William Fox picture are contributed by Buck Jones. This active young m.an astounds his audiences with most hazardous feats of daring. When Buck starts -for the goal to rescue his . friend and sends a double-bitted axe whizzing by his adversary’s head, lodging its blade in the door of the “hoose-gow,” you are bound to stand up on your feet and screech. A capable cast surrounds the popular star. Elinor Fair is a pleasing leading lady.

“THE FIGHTING CUB” ON MONDAY

WESLEY BARRY NOW GROWN UP. It was only a few short years ago that the name of Wesley Barry first blazed forth in electric lights as the freckled-faced kid star of “Dintv,” “>Penrod,” Schooldays” and other prominent picture productions. But’ youth grows, and in the growing discards the boyish pranks for those -manly attributes necessary for success in any line of endeavour. And so- Wesley Barry has developed from the foremost boy actor of filmdo,m to a dashing juvenile leading man. In “The Fighting Cub,” Phil Goldstone’s melodramatic romance of newspaper life, which comes to the Maoriland Theatre on Saturday, Wesley Barry plays the role .o-f a young reporter who encounters many thrills before he finally lands his big story.