MAORILAND THEATRE

Shannon News, 5 November 1926, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE

. « SCENES IN COLOUR. A NEW CHARM IN TOM MIX PICTURE "CONQUERING BLOOD." Tom Mix in "Conquering Blood" will be the attraction at the Maoriland Theatre to-morrow. This is the screen yersion of "Conquistador," the famous novel by Katherine Fullerton Gerould, and many of the scenes are in T<?chnicolour. It fell to the lot of the western afcj to introduce the new eclour scheme at the Fox studio, and Emmett Flycn, directing Mix, has made the best possible use of the innovation.

"Conquering Blood," is a colourful stor,y of Old Mexico affords Mix a wonderful opportunity for some splendid action. Many of the patio scenes are strikingly beautiful. There are nun? ( erous close-up shots of Mix and other members of >the company. . "A STRANGE CITY." POPULATION OF 2. The strangest city in America is Calico, California. Its total population is two. At one time Calico was a prosperous boom town, but with the deflating of the. gold ruA the population dwindled to its present low state. Calico was the scene; of the filming of "Blue Blazes," one of the most stirr'.ug tales of the west seen on the screen for a long time and showing at the Maoriland Theatre on Monday. A thunderstorm 5 of the utmost realism is the "big scene in Pete Morrison's latest starring vehicle. No-less an, expert in storm scenes than Don Montez, Mary Piekford's cameraman, photographed this scene which insures a thrilling and masterly portrayal.- In support of Morrison will be seen a wonderful Western cast, including, Barbava Starr, Jerome La Gasse, Leon de la Mothe, Dick Loreno Jr., Les. Bates, James Welch, Peggy Blackwood, Joe Bennett, Joseph Mills and Milburn Moranti. ' \