MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 10 February 1928, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

“EXIT SMILING” ON SATURDAY. PEERESS AND ACTRESS. In private life—-Lady Robert Peel, wife of a distinguished British peer, and a leader of England’s most exclusive society. , . ' On the stage —Beatrice Lillie, musical eomedv idol of London, Paris, and New York, and star of “Chariot’s Revue,” one of the most popular of musical shows. On the ween—the most delightful comedienne of years —one so new and original that she keeps audiences in a perpetual simmer of laughter. Such is the life of Beatrice Lillie, who makes her screen debut in “Exit Smilingthe new picture coming to the Maoriland on Saturday. She says that this division of her 'time between home and a profession works perfectly. She was at the height of her stage fame when she married Sir Robert Peel, a grandson of Queen Victoria’s most famous Prime Minister. She did not wish this to interfere with her career, and so arranged to continue to delight both stage and screen enthusiasts.

“THE LOVE THRILL.” Wha promises to be a highly amusing and entertaining picture will be on tap at the local theatre on Mondav. The picture is “The Love Thrill,” a light comedy with Laura La Pante in the starring role and an excellent cast in support. The picture. makes no pretense of being anything but frothy and fastmoving comedy and Miss La Plante’s host of admirers' elsewhere have declared it is one of her most amusing pictures. “The Love Thrill,” is Miss La Plante’s third picture since Universal, prompted by the tremendous growth of her popularity, advanced her to starring position. Supporting “The Love Thrill” is the first episode of a new chapter play “The Winking Idol,” a mystery'tale of the old frontier, in which white men fight to gain the secret of the lost gold lode of the Aztec Indians.