MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 19 November 1926, Page 2

MAORILAND THEATRE.

FLAPPED j_THAKKrtL. .GIRLS OF 187^'HAMPERED BY CLOTHES. * BUT KNEW HOW TO GET THEIR MAN. Vamping in'lß76 Avas just as successful and just as easy' as in these days of 1926, for the prc-y Avas the same. If anything, the '76 model was a bit more artful than of '26. Such is the belief of Kathleen Key, motion picture actress, based not upon actual experience in either of the tAvo periods mentioned, but rathi|r upon history and a close study of the methods employed half a century ago, and from observation of those in use to-» •day. Miss Key is the black-haired, flaking, black-eyed vamp in "The Flaming Frontier," the Edward SedgProduction that * is coming to the Maoriland Theatre for Thursday and Friday. The picture story is set in 1876, which gave rise to the'actress' thoughts on-"the subject of vamping.

"Skirts might have been a little longer in 1876, but I think that the mere suggestion they gave of a neatly turned ankle Avas perhaps a trifle more ■effective than all that the short-skirt reveals'to-day," says Miss Key. "The skirt of 1876 kept one guessing; those of to-day leave nothing to the imagination. In this respect, I think that the 1870 model vamp was a bit Aviser than her present day sister. It's harder to vamp successfully when one has placed all her cards on the table, and that is Avhat the modern vamp does. . And Miss Key proves all this in her ha.-dling of the character of 'Lucretia Belden in "The Flaming Frontier." This picture, which has been given an all-star cast, is a thrilling story of the early days of the' West filled with all the romance, tragedy and comedy of those early and trying days. Red man and Avhite man confront each other and no more stirring scene has been put on the screen than that showing the mas* sacre of Custer by Chief Sitting Bull and his Sioux in the battle of the Little Big Horn. ' The cast is a great one. .Hoot Gib-' son, Universal's' Western "ace," enacts the role of an army scout. Anne Cornwall, dainty and demure, is the heroine.- Dustin Farnum, Avoll-knoAva stage and screen star, lays the part of Gen. Custer, and Ward Crane does the "heavy." Miss Kdy plays the vamp and Noble Johnson has been cast in the rele of Sitting Bull. Others in this great cast are George FaAvcett, Eddie Gribbon, Harry Todd,' Charles K. French, Walter Rodgers, Ed. Wilson, William Steele and Joe Bohomo. .. "CHIP OF THE FLYING U." .. Lynn Reynolds, one of the screen's foremost directors, who recently signed with Univeisal both adapted and directed "Chip of the Flying U," the picturisation of B. M. BoAver 's novel to be shoAvn at the Maoriland Theatre .on Monday. Hoot Gibson ; plays thcstarring role; of the ■ ga'llant cowpuncher, Chip. His famous horse, "Prince of Palamar," also plays an important part. The steel is valued by its oav:ier at several thousand dollars, and is trained, housed and fed in a manner befitting an Indian Rajah or a prima donna. Besides Gibson—and the horse —the cast of "Chip of the Flying U" includes'Virginia BroAvn Faire, D? -Witt Jenning, Mark Hamilton and others.

"THE DIXIE MERCHANT." r RACE PROVES EXCITING. Horse racing with betting attached is taboo in California so it is little wonder that the people who lived in and around the little town of Riverside were surprised when they haw a erowd collected at the old race track and the "bookies" going full swing. / However, it didn't take them long to discover that the money changing hands was '•'picture" money and that the,scene which looked so real was bo; a pari of the Fox Films production "The Dixie Merchant," to be screened at the Maoriland Theatre on Saturday. But that, didn't prevent them from staying at the track and "cheering r .l the horses as they ran. , On> of the old men, who remembered the days when Riverside was the gatheri -g place of some of the most noted sportsmen in the country, said the track had never been better patronised even in "the good old days." J. Farrell MacDonald plays the title role in the picture with Madge, Bellamy in the leading feminine part and Jack Mulhall in the male lead. Others in the cast include Edward Martinda'e Frank Beal, Claire McDowell, Evolni Arden and Harvey Clark. .•_ . . ..; '"'"'*