THE MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 26 April 1927, Page 3

THE MAORILAND THEATRE.

MARIE CORELLI’S GREATEST STORY. Marie Corelli ?s famous novel "Th.elma ’ * lias come to lif ? on the screen with Jane Novak in the title role a charac ter that has endeared itself to million; of readers the world over. It will bt shown -at the Shannon Theatre on Wednesday Miss Novak has heretofore been identified almost exclusively wiiii out-door stories, in which she has worn plain, rough garments, but in her new picture she wears clothes and gems that cost a fortune, and in which she appears to advantage in many big scenes. "THE BAT.” The special attraction, "The Bat,” wilt screen at the local theatre or. Enday night next. Over the quiet of Cornelia Van Gorder’s Long Island estate hovers the sinister shadow or the Bat,” a master criminal, whose feats have baffled the police, and whose calling card is left- at the scene of his exploits in the form of a, bat emblem. The robbery of a skyscraper—the loot i ing of a bank—suspicion directed upon ' a'fled cashier, fiance of the Van Gorder ' niece—and a missing bale of money. ‘ form .but a part of the ground-work. Thrown in, a Killing accomplished m ' the dark—suspicion running round like la witch’s catkin and rubbing up I against the shins of everybody m the | c^st— and you have an idea of thi emo-tion-racking events that set the _ auai- ’ ence asking throughout, "Who is the Bat?” Who "The Bat” prevos to be lakes audiences completely by surprise. The theatre management requests all those who have seen the picture not t * divulge the vstartlifig denouement to theur friends.