MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 21 January 1927, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

“THE GILDED BUTTERFLY.” I “The Gilded Butterfly,” an absorb- | ing Fox Films production with an ur>- | derlying moral subtly intenvoven into I Ihe plot, conies to the Maoriland TheaI tre on Saturday. I Beautiful Alma Ruber.s is the lovely j Linda Haverhill of the story, who after j being raised in luxury by her father, I finds herself heavily in debt at his. I death. Knowing no other manner of I living and finding her father’s friend j willing to loan her money on Some J worthless bonds, she goes further into debt. Not until after she meets Brian Anestrv does she realize how futile her , life has been. She decided to change her mode of living, but her early training, her luxurious tastes and her friends prove a hindrance rather than a help and it seems for a time that her game fight will prove fruitless. The climax of the story is thrilling, and unexpected—the end entirely satisfactory. Bery Lytell is .-o-fcature . v itb Miss Rubens in the role of Brian Anestry. Others in the cast, are Frank Keenan, bluntly Gordon, Vera Lewis, Herbert Rawdinson, Arthur Hoyt and Candynr.-' Snowden. John Griffith Wray directed the production. ‘THE ARIZONA SWEEPSTAKES.” A dozen wild-eyed horsen cn m a hairraising cross-country race, —love and | comedy and pathos—these are the out- ! standing features of “The Arizona Sweepstakes,” Universal-Gibson special which opens in Shannon on Monday.

Moot Gibson, the tough-riding favourite of Ihe screen, is the star and. this in itself is sufficient guarantee that the picture is crowded with thrills.

Ihe Gibson personality and the famous Gibson smile dominate the picture throughout with the supporting east working together like some well-oiled piece of machinery. In “The Arizona Sweepstakes” Gibson not only once more proves that he is at home in the saddle but .gives further evidence of his ability as an all-round actor.. Hoot

shows that he does not have to depend upon western pictures to “pull him over” though it is doubtful if his admil ing followers would stand for him in any other type of picture.