"DAMAGED GOODS."

Shannon News, 18 October 1927, Page 2

"DAMAGED GOODS."

MUCH DISCUSSED NOVEL AND PLAY. •- CENSOR'S RESTRICTIONS ON; AUDIENCE. The management of the Maoiiland Theatre has secured for Wednesday night, the picture that undoubtedly is the most amazing of the year—" Damaged Goods" A notted Australian paper commented, as follows on "Damaged Goods" recently:;.' "Damaged Goods' achieves its end of pointing out the criminal folly of prudish silence in a clean, fearless, and enthralling dramatic manner. It is sincere in its demand for moral purity before and after marriage. It teaches a lesson that would make the world a better, happier, healthier place, but it doesn't sermonise. 'Damaged Goods' is a plav for all who arc old enough to think."' The story is related so dramaticallv, so cleanly, and interestingly, " that H should hold the attention of all and offend none. Just as the novel was feeble compared with the drama produced on the speaking stage, so the drama is feeble when compared with the seven reels of the photoplay, for the lesson that Eugene Brieux teaches is brought out by the camera in its most gripping form. It is undoubtedly the most dramatic, thrilling and utterly amazing production yet viewed on the screen. It is announced that no per son under the age of 16 years will be admitted during the screenings and that the censor's instructions demand that the picture shall not be shown to mixed audiences.