MAORILAND THEATRE.
THREE TYPES OF BEAUTY APPEAR IN “SIBERIA.” Those who like variety in feminine beauty will find plenty in “Siberia”’ the Fox Filins version of Bartley Campbell’s .famous play corning to the Theatre on Friday next. For the leading feminine roles in this production have been -entrust, ed to three actresses who. represent three distinct types of pulchritude, between which beauty judges have always wave-red. Alina Rubens, the feminine stair of the production, is tlie Slavic type, full of mystery, with brooding -eyes and an exotic appearance. Lilyan Tas'hman, on the other hand, represents Nordic beauty-—blonde hair, mystic gray eyes and a cold exterior that hides suppressed emotions. Helena, d’Algy completes the trio. Hers is the fiery Latin temperament which bums in her flashing black eyes and is always evident in fixer quick and graceful motions. “tHE SCARLET SAINT.” “The Scarl-et Saint,” a First National adaptation of Gerald Beaumont’s story, “The Liady Who Played Fidele,” is to- -b-e tlie attraction at the Maoriland Theatre on Wednesday. Based on a highly dramatic plot and theme, the picture is said to be a, most ideal vehicle for the cot-feat-uring players, Lloyd ' Hughes and i Mary Aston*. Set against the picturesque background -of New Orleans daring Mardi Gras week, the- story deals with the romance of a young American girl who is forced to- marry a foreign nobleman in order to save her sweetheart from jail.
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Shannon News, 28 September 1926, Page 3
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234MAORILAND THEATRE. Shannon News, 28 September 1926, Page 3
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