THE MAORILAND PICTURES

Shannon News, 22 February 1927, Page 3

THE MAORILAND PICTURES

Temptation, ?Jj ‘ the Master Picti due on Wednesday, has for its star, I guette Duflos, the most beautiful \ man Paris, [a smashing big roj scene, ijjthe most spectacul fireworks displajf j ever seen in pictttr a wild Montmarpe cabaret, the fire, the palace, a wild automobile race , midnight, the &ivi,ng and sfwimmi girls at L’Erotfc, Parisian cabaret 'tlresesgre a fe>yji of the high lights which] is absolutely mode in'pefMl and treatment. It comuw ees -Justjffprior tjj the outbreak of t bridges the period of t and Concludes with the gra' her throne to mar heV*-^oldier?|bve^ "THE BLUE LAGOON." A SOUTH ISLAND IDYLL. The romantic jitory from H. de Te Stacpoole’s famous novel “The B 1 Lagoon’’ has been turned into a befi tiful picture story by a British Pi Company and the author is loud in, 1 praises of the result. It is one of. £ ■sweetest and most natural love fltori. ever told. A boy and girl are m rooned on a desert island in the so them seas. Their playmates are tl flowers and trees, their companioi j the sun and the sea, while the boo I of the surf on the coral reefs and tl j sound of the wind in the palms mak | them sweet music and the island'a? [ the Blue Lagoon | yield them food. Tl i story is portrayed with charm and d j licacy niid dazzling sands, wavii | palms and tropical nights. The co vention and tricks of the studio ha? been cast aside) and the producer hi ! gone straight tcj jnature for his : effect i The result is a bnderful piece of woi quite distinct iom any other scre< picture yet proceed. “The Blue Ljjjoon” will be scree ed at the Maori} ind Theatre on Frids evening. j | j* An added attraction will be adi play-of-phy^icail culture and boxing 1 [ Dick* Elmore, The famous French fig ter, many success his tour of" New Zealand.