MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 16 November 1926, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

A LAUGH WITH LIFE. JACKIE COOGAN? IN "THE BAG MAN." It takes sorrow and joy to make a real laugh, and they are real laughs which come thick and fast in "The Eag Man," a Jackie Coogan production to be screened on Friday at the Maoriland Theatre. This fine Metro-Goldwyn production tells of the quaint partnership of an old Jewish dealer a.nd a little Irish orphan lost in New York. The drama in the theme is very evident, yet out of its wealth of pathos there springs an endless variety of big, satisfying laughs that do much toward making the picture thoroughly entertaining. With Jackie is Max Davidson, the foremost Jewish character player in America, and he plays almost as important a part as the star himself. Everybody is going to like "The Eag Man" beeause it is a piece of real life excellently portrayed. THRILLS INTENSIFIED BY SCREEN. VIEILE NOVEL PICTUKISED, It is generally agreed that when a novel's thrills are picturised and given animation on the screen, those thrills are considerably. intensified. i That fact is vividly illustrated in "The New Commandment,", the. First National picture adapted from the novel, "Invisible Wounds." The novel was wonderfully descriptive and no less dramatic, but >the screen has added that touch of animated realism that magnifies. "The New Commandment," which is coming-to'lie Maoriland Theatre on Wednesday affords the right kind of theme, and through it is interwoven a sweet theme of romance and devotion. Blanche Sweet and Ben Lyon portray the heading roles, and both are reasonable for some memorable acting, as the characterisations call for some most exacting work ■ ~, None of the stirring and dramatic situations of the book are lost in the picture) which abounds in episodes dear to the hearts of every manner of pat-

Peeping through" the thrills is an artistically treated love theme that always keeps the onlooker guessing as to the outcome.