MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 17 April 1928, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

WEDNESDAY—“NAUGHTY BUT

NICE.” • A galloping romance is the way someone lias described “Naughty But Nice,” the most recent First National Picture bringing Colleen Moore to the screen. That’s just what it is, a “galloping romance.” Sometimes, however, a gallop seems joo slow a pace for this love comedy, for it gathers momentum with each scene until it has everyone sitting on the edge of his seat. The story tells how a shy, green little Texas wall flower bloomed under the influence of an exclusive Eastern finishing school into a gorgeous wildflowcr. The skill and charm with which Miss Moore has invested her role are' cer* tain to appeal to everyone who secs the picture, because she has brought to the characterisation of Berenice Summers all the vivacity, insouciance, wilful youthfulness and sympathy in scenes of dramatic intensity that, have made her known and loved wherever motion pictures are exhibited. From the moment Colleen introduces Hallam Cooley, a total stranger, as her husband she gets into hot water that makes, the laughs heartier as the water grows hotter. Neither last nor least, Reed plays the leading male role opposite Colleen, and plays it with fine feeling. Kathryn McGuire .is beautiful as Colleen’s • school : chum, while Clarissa Selwynne is excellent the suspicious principal. Incidentally Colleen and Miss McGuire wear very beautiful frocks.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, j

“BEAU GESTE,” WITH RONALD COLMAN. '

The atmosphere of the , Sahara with its shifting, sliding sandhills, the trek of the legion forces across the steaming desert sands with the sweltering legionaries tramping in a inarch that seems endless. These scenes are so faithful that the hot,fetid breath of the desert seems to rise to you in the theatre. Through it all is a romance, a mystery and a theme of brother love that will make you throb with the realism and life of it. “Beau Gestc” is a story of the French Foreign Legion, that famous band, a heterogeneous mass of humanity, in whose ranks swarm adventures, heroes, criminals and romances. That is the setting. Into this atmosphere comes the love of three brothers, a love that borders almost on idolatry, with a mystery about a stolen jewel. Director Brenon has breathed the spirit of adventure and romance, mystery and action into the thrilling tale as told by P. C. Wren. Ronald Oolman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce, Mary Brian, Norman Trevor, Noah Beery, William Powell and Victor McLaglen are the stars in the cast. “Beau Geste,” a Paramount picture, will be presented at the Maoriland theatre where it commences a two-night season on Thursday.