MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 18 May 1928, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

SATURDAY—"THE GAY ';.■ DECEIVER." Transferred from the stage to the screen "The Gay Deceiver," the famous legitimate success known as "Toto," offers splendid and intelligent entertainment at the Maoriland Theatre on Saturday. Lew Cody heads the east in the title role. He gives a distinguished performance as a Parisian boulevardier. Dorothy Phillips plays opposite Cody in the role of the wife who was tolerant enough to for- . give the flirtations of her husband and begin all over again. Others in the cast include Carmel Myers and Roy D'Arcy, Malcolm-McGregor and Marceline Day. There are two love stories in "The Gay Deceiver." One is the re-established romance of the estranged parents, and the other is of warm and vigorous youth, fighting its way through obstacles to a glamorous goal of destiny. Both are finely done, by Cody and Miss Phillips as the adults, and by Malcolm McGregor and Miss Day as the youngsters. None of the charm has been lost by the transfer of the stage play to the screen. Through the entire narrative _ th«re runs a delicious vein of whimsical humour, in which particular field Law Cody is singularly adept. The story has a background of Paris and France, and there are particularly interesting scenes of backstage theatre life in the French capital where "Toto" is an idolized favourite. MONDAY—"THE BLUE STREAK" A fake kidnapping party which turns out to be real; the roar and heat and clatter of a huge smelter going full blast; the adventures of an intrepid young American in Mexico; flghta galore, and the whole%iass of flaming action shot, so to speak, through the gauze curtain of burlesque —these are a few of the things that make "The Blue Streak" stand out from the ruck of "ordinary" pictures. The produc-; tion, starring Richard Talmadge, js replete with swift-moving incident and < laughs; and that is a hard combination to beat .It will be shown at the Maoriland Theatre on Monday. Louise Lorraine takes the leading feminine role opposite Mr. Talmadge. Charles Clary, Henry Hebert, Charles Mailes* • and Victor Dillingham are among those ■ who have prominent roles in the cast: >■ TOKOMARU—SATURDAY.

"The Blue Streak" will be shown at Tokomaru on Saturday.