MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 4 November 1927, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

, “WHISPERING WIRES.” “Whispering Wires,” Pox Film 3 latest mystery comedy, is based on the noted stage success of the same name which thrilled Broadway for almost a year. The stage play was considered by gross and public as one of the finest ever presented on the American state. Pre-view, critics have pronounced the film version even better, owing to the virtually unlimited scope of the camera. Many scenes not possible on the stage have been incorporated in the screen version, Avhifch comes to the Maoriland Theatre oil Saturday. Blundering detectives who*solve everything but the crime they are assigned to provide a cemody relief that is most ing“DOWN THE STRETCH.” “Down the Stretch,” under the able direction of King Baggot, \yho is al ways'at his best Avhen handling a picture of this kind, is one of the most forceful and yet entertaining pictures to be shown in a long time. - It has heart throbs, drama, tbi'ills, romance and pathos and still it does not become too cloved up and melodranric. It depicts tc a remarkable degree the part of the race meeting that the punter in the stand or on the paddock seldom sees, the trials and troubles, the pleasures and play-moments ft f that motley mob that make up jockeys, trainers, handlers and mere hang-ers-on the sport of kings. The cast embraces a host of notables headed by Robert Agnerv as Jockey Marty Kruger and Marian Nixon as his \vaitress-SAveethearf. Otis Harlan, Ward Crane, and Virginia'True Boardman play their parts perfectly. “Down the Stretch” is one of the best pictures of the year. It is due in Shannon on Monday.