THE MAORILAND THEATRE.
"EARLY TO WED." f "Early to Wed," Fox films' newest - matrimonial comedy drama, cornea to the Maoriland Theatre on Saturday. It .•' is a matrimonial drama worked out -■! along new and original lines in which > the old money problem is given a differ- --; ent twist. Tommy Carter and his lit-. -^ tie wife, Daphne," are typical young : married folk starting out on a very =£ medium-sized income and bank recount. *. Tommy is ambitious, so is Daphne. He 'V wants her to have all the nica things of ii'c, sht wants him tj !n classed us a prominent business man. Tiitir troubles hegin by Tommy losing- his job and when the furniture is taken away because of nou-payrmuu on the ; principal. The situations growing out 5 of these circumstances nre fiHo.l with humour as well as having a pathetic : : little note. • ' ; HENRY IRVING'S MASTERPIECE. "THE BELLS," ON MONDAY. In offering Lionel Barrymore, America's most distinguished actor in "The - f Bells," iChadwick Pictures Corporation, ■■ believes that it has provided the greatest role in the annals of the stage for this unusual dramatic artist. "Mathias," the dominant character in this Erckmann-iChartrian play, has been immortalised by Sir Henry Irving, who recognised in it his outstanding achievement. No other role in modern drama provides so fine an opportunity ; : for the display-of that versatile genius ' that is vested in Barrymore. Since the first production of "The Bells" on j the stage ,this play has been recognised as a psychological drama of tremendous force. The interpretation of the complex "Mathias," by Irving, has stirred the envy and the imagination of ; every great actor. "The Bell" has been revived countless times by other stars, who have played it in every town and hamlet of this country. Last sea -- son it was again produced on Broad, way, receiving the enthusiastic acclaim of New York's leading critics. '' The Bells "is an institution of the theatre, a play so well knownjthat every lover of the best in motion pictures will welcome the masterful Barrymore production. It will be screened in Shannon on Monday.
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Shannon News, 18 February 1927, Page 3
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343THE MAORILAND THEATRE. Shannon News, 18 February 1927, Page 3
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