MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 13 April 1928, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

FRIDAY—“THE MIRACLE OF LIFE.”

Mae Busch, famous for her quaint girlishness and w'liimsical smile, as well as for her histrionic ability, essays an entirely new type of role for her in “The Miracle of Life,” the S.E.V. production coming to the Maoriland Theatre on Friday. Miss Busch has become one of America’s most famous stars within thp last few years, and lias 'charmed more hearts in a shorter period Ithan any other known actress of the screen. She has-been cast in western pictures, in society dramas, in crook melodramas, in uproarious comedies, and in every other type of photoplay, and now for the first time appears in what might be termed a problem drama, a powerful drama of the clash between a young w T ife’s desire for freedom and her instinct for motherhood. Percy Marmont, who plays opposite Miss' Busch, portrays her young husband, who longs for home and for family, while Nita Naldi is the temptress, the full-blown woman w’ho seduces' the young wife away from her home, and away from the happiness of motherhood. “The Miracle of Life” is a : picturisation of Olga Printzlau’s novel and is releas'l by Associated Exhibitors.

SATURDAY—“WINNERS OF THE

WILDERNESS.”

Tim McCoy, cattle rancher, friend and adopted brother of the Red Indians, soldier, expert horseman, adventurer, clubmjan, after-dinner speaker au d—film star, whose first appearance Was in “War Paint,” is to be seen again in “Winners of the Wilderness,” which comes to the Maoriland Theatre on Saturday. , McCoy never had any idea of being an actor, until he was persuaded to star in the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adventure epics, and has always^been inclined to ranching or things military. His father was an army officer and expected Tim to be one. Tim became an officer, but he remained a rancher at the same time, and spent his “leaves” on the Wyoming plains, where he has large land holdings. With the free and easy manner of the Westerner, liis smile and* cordiality make one think of “great open spaces,” and his polish and innate refinement suggest travel and higher education. In “Winners of the Wilderness,” a story of the French and Indian War in the middle of the eighteenth, century, McCoy proves he is worthy of stardom since he most creditably covers a wider range of acting in this picture than the average star will traverse in several years. Joan Crawford is his leading woman, and the supporting cast contains a notable list of screen names, among them: Roy D’Arcy, Louise Lorraine, Tom O’Brien, Frank Currier, Edward Connelly and others.

MONDAY—“SUNSHINE OF PARAr

DISE ALLEY.”

Several popular players are included in the cast of “Sunshine of Paradise Alley,” the new Chadwick Pictures Corporation production of the Denman Thompson play, released by Master Pictures, which will be the feature attraction at the Maoriland Theatie on Monday. Barbara Bedford, who heads the cast in the role of Sunshine O’Day. is one of the most popular youngei stars of the screen. Since her first leading role with Bill Hart in ‘ 1 Tumbleweeds,” she has been climbing rapidly to her present enviable position among the first rank stars. Nigel Barrie, who first claimed popular attention as a stage dancer, has been appearing before the camera for several years. He has recently returned to the United ’States after a prolonged starring engagement with XI.F.A., producers of “Variety” and other sensationally sue cessful German pictures. Barrie hai one of his typical characterisations n “Sunshine of Paradise Alley.” An other male star of note, Kenneth Me Donald, plays the male lead opposite Miss Bedford. McDonald has recent]} completed a series of action dramas n which he was starred. Tui Lorraine the only native of New Zealand ii American pictures, is a recent recruit from the stage. Making her stage de but, at an early age as a dancer, slit later joined a circus as a tight ropi walker. In this production she is call od upon to perform on a clothes line, well above the spectacular New York street scene that is one of the featuiot of the production. Max Davidson and Max Ascher, two well-known character players, Lucille Lee Stewart, sister 0/ Anita, Gayne Whitman, one of the blackest of screen villains, and Park Jones, of stage fame, are among the others. ' *