MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 26 October 1926, Page 2

MAORILAND THEATRE.

:—* SCREEN BRIDE'S "THRILL. Eleanor Boardman, famous screen heroine, experiences something new in thrills in "Memory Lane" her latest First National picture to be screened at the Maoriland Theatre on Wednesday. After a.sumptuous wedding, the bride and groom plan a secret getaway. The girl slipped'away and beards the Avaiting car, expecting her husband to follow immediately. , Before she had time to tiling mvice, however, she discovers a former sweet'heart in the driver's seat, and is whisked off before a bewildered hubby arrives. The subsequent episodes provide drama of a very high order, and the final climax furnishes one of the biggest surprises in a surprising production. AN ACE-HIGH PICTURE. -■ "THE OUTSIDER." Melodrama and , romance—mystery and thrills. These are the ingredients found in "The Outsider" an elaborate and beautiful screen transcription of Dorothy Brandon's stage success "The Outsider," Avhich Avill be screened on Friday. Few films have offered as poAYer.fu.ra story, as excellent a line-up of stars and as perfect handling in every phase of its making. Summarized —it stands ace-high. AH of the excitement of metropolitan London is portrayed ii, its opening scenes Avhere Ave see a great dancer at the zenith of her triumph. Then the locale-shifts to the remote hill country of Hungary where the actress goes with hvv partner and fiance to perfect her technique in a repertory of peasant dances. Here the couple comes in eontact witlr a Romany chieftain avliosc . hypnotic, powers play a strange part in ;their future.

In an attempt to discredit the Englishman with the girl, the gypsy's plans go awry and dancer receives a permanent injury which incapacitates her and renders her a. tfipple fur life. Back in London ..where the chieftain has folloAved her in remorse, his love accomplishes what -science has failed to achieve.

The plot elements are new,- the manner of telling refreshingly different. Jacqueline Logan and Lou Tcllegen in the respective roles of dancer and gypsy do the best Avork of their careers.