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MAORILAND PICTURES.

“LOST-A WIFE.” The feature at the Maoriland Theatre on Saturday is the, coniedytiirama, “Lost —A Wife,” and stars Adolphe Menjou, Greta Nissen and Robert Agnew. It is a screamingly funny story of a gambler who won a wife on a bet and lost her when she found out. It is Erenchy, frocky and funny and patrons will enjoy watching how he got her to come back. TWO BjlG PICTURES—MONDAY. “SPORTING LIFE” AND “DANIEL BOONE.” Beautiful girls—gorgeous gowns—galloping horses—racing automobiles —fighting men—.what more do- you want, anyway? They’re all in “Sporting Life,” the Universal-Jewel Maurice Tourneur production, which opens at the Maoriland on Monday. Woven together with a story crammed full of thrills and excitement, “Sporting Life,” presents two hours of i entertainment which keeps the audience sitting on the edge of its collective -chair. \

Opening with an elaborately staged musical revue' a la Flo> Ziegfeld, in which chorus girls, dancing stars and comedians are there as in reality, the picture works up- to a semiclimax with an exciting ring battle, then goes on to a whirlwind finish in a. horse race at Epsom Downs, with the fortune of the hero staked on the outcome.

Monday will also , see the commencement of the great historical serial “In the Days of Daniel Boone.” The first episode is outlined as follows: The defeat of General Braddock'stroops by the Indians of the Six Nations— thrilling—historically authentic. Jack Gordon battling the renegade Simon Girty to save the honour of Susan Boone—Daniel Boone held captive by the Indians—the .vote of death—Jack Gordon’s daring attempt to save Boone.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SNEWS19260806.2.18

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Shannon News, 6 August 1926, Page 3

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MAORILAND PICTURES. Shannon News, 6 August 1926, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES. Shannon News, 6 August 1926, Page 3

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