MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 28 February 1928, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

WEDNESDAY —‘ ‘BROADWAY

NIGHTS.”

“Broadway Nights,” Robert Kane’s fast moving and colourful film of theatre and night club life in the city where the “dawn comes up like thunder,” is the attraction at the Maoriland Theatre on Wednesday with Lois Wilson heading a cast of Broadway celebrities through the peppy piece. How an ambitious amateur served an apprenticeship in vaudeville, blossomed on Broadway in the gayest night club of the street, and finally became the toast of the town as the star of a big musical revue, serves as the strong plot against which are set colourful backgrounds of Manhattan atmosphere. & Backstage shots, peeps into the un : derworld, and a strong theme . of “mother love” are among the highlights of the film. Lois Wilson, presenting a. brand new characterization, as a jazz-singing chorus girl, is the star of the hit, with Philip Strange, Louis John Bartels and Sam Hardy heading the supporting cast. Two beauties, Barbara Stanwiek and June Collyer, now under contract to Kane, make their film debuts in the picture which boasts of a score of Broadway celebrities, including,“Bun ny” Weldon, Tammany Young and Lillian Lorraine.