MAORILAND THEATRE.
MAGNIFICENT THRILLS. Better, if such is possible, than the exciting light in "Below the Line," is that struggle between Rin-Tin-Tin and a hunger-mad wolf pack in tha canine star's latest Warner production, released by Master Pictures, "A Hero of the Big Suoavs, " Avhich cornea to' Shannon on Wednesday. The ferocity and blood-curdling action that it flashed on the screen leaves a doubt in the minds of the audience as to the safety of any of the animal actors in the story. But so cleverly acted and directed Avas this picture,. % t hat although no harm Avas done to any of the animals, a fight that is all thrills has been preserved forever .in'film. Not only the fight scenes of the dog, but those of the girl, Alice Calhoun, against the same pack .with- an empty gun, are breath-takingly effective. Miss Calhoun makes a very pretty and plucky heroine, in this-story of the Canadian wilds, written by Evv'art Adamson. Herman Ravmaker has directed this production so'expertly that the result ' is a marvellous and thrilling photoplay with some remarkable siioav scenes and exciting action. Nanette, Rinty's mate, shares screen honors Avith the famous canine star. "A Hero of the Big Shoavs,""will be a revelation to "the most thrilling hardened picturegoer.
BEST SELLING BOOK. COMES TO SHANNON AS PICTURE. Samuel Gokhvyn, Avhose fondness for best selling novels as subjects for big films dates back to his pioneer filmmaking days, noAV presents "The Winning of Barbara Worth," a r Henry King.production based on the Harold Bell Wright best jelling novel which sold into two million copies. The film comes to the local theatre on Friday . The producers of the film, which boasts of Vilma Banky in the Barbara Worth role and Ronald Colman as the Eastern engineer, Willard Holmes, estimate that ten million people have already read the novel. There Avere, first of all, the tAvo million purchasers of the original Wright tAvo dollar book. Then additional millions read the serialization of that novel in more than one hundred neAvspapers in the United States alone. And iioav, synchronized .with release of "The Winning of Barbara Worth" by United Artists Corporation comes the popular-prices A. L. Burt Co., photoplay edition, with more' thousands- reading the Wright story. Samuel GoldAvyn was so anxious to have the benefit of.the ten million readers of Harold Bell Wright 's tale that he paid according to his oAvn admission, 125,000 dollars for the screen j-ights to ' <The Winning of Barbara Worth.''
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Shannon News, 7 June 1927, Page 2
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413MAORILAND THEATRE. Shannon News, 7 June 1927, Page 2
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