MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 15 November 1927, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

"AN AFFAIR OF THR FOLLIES.' ' A First National picture ''An Affair of the Follies" is to be screened at the Maoriland on Wednesday. It combines an intensely interesting screen story with splendid acting and an unusual array of 1 eautiful girls Lewis Stone. Billie Dove, Lloyd Hughes are featured in the picture, while Arthur Stone, Arthur-Hoyt. and Bertram Mai-burgh contribute excellent supporting roles. Miss Dove appears as a dancer who marries a clerk and tries to make ends meet for two on half the income she wj;s accustomed to earning. Lloyd 'Hughes 'S the husband, Lewis Stone the intruding but human and likeable millionaire who admires her. With those and supporting role, the plot weaves 'real drama, suspense, and a number of unusual situations. "THE LOVE OF SUNYA." Spectacular, beautiful and historic scenic effects help make "The Love of Simya" Gloria Swanson's first United Artists picture, which comes to the Maoriland Theatre on Friday, the grei.test' photoplay in which the star lias appeared. " ( The scenes in "The Love of Sunya" raiige from a poor man's hut to a rich man's mansion. There are reproductions of the famous Opera Comique, a temple in the Himalayan Mountains, and striking scenes from Paris, New York and a small suburban city. This wide, variety of scenes is required because of the five characterisations Miss tewanson portrays in the photoplay. Three of these are played in America, one in France and the : other in Egypt She is seen in the incarnation of an Egyptian girl. Centuries later she visualizes a modern young girl. Next she is .found in the characterisation of the temperamental opera singer who captivates Paris. Then she portrays a school teacher and, finally, the wife of a millionaire.