MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 16 November 1928, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

SATURDAY—"THE DEMI-BRIDE." Should the "Weddiitg March" be regarded as the prelude to ''The Prisoner's Song", Or as ah overture to years of matrimonial, bliss? This is the question that motivates the story upon which Norma Shearer's latest starring evehicle, "The Demi-Bride," has been based. French, frothy, farcical and funny, this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture to be shown to-night at the Maoriland Theatre, presents an entirely now side of married life. Norma Shearer, the Canadian beauty, has as her loading man, sophisticated and appealing Lew Cody, who also appeared with, her in "The. Slave of Fashion" and "His Secretary." There is no need to remind picture-goers of, the funmaking capabilities of those two favourites. Briefly, the story revolves around a French miss who leaves a secluded school, to fall in love with the most popular man in Paris. How she shows him that heart-breaking is not the sole perogative of the male sex, how he falls'in love with her and then finds *>■■ his care-free past rising'to baffle him, is told in a bright and breezy fashion that will captivate everyone. Carmel Myers, Dorothy Sebastian, Tenen Holta and Lionel Barry more also appear in this'frothy story'of wedding bells and what happened afterwards. MONDAY— "PALS FIRST," The film version of the immensely successful novel, "Pals First," by Francis Perry Elliott, and the play by Leo Wilson ".Dodd, featuring Lloyd Hughes and Dolores Del Rio, comes to the"Maoriland Theatre on Monday. It is a.n Edwin Carewe production for First National. The story has to do with three tramps, who pose as the owner of a Southern mansion and his guests. Their disguise is seen through, however, and they are recognised for desperate crooks. At this moment' the plot takes a sudden turn. "Pals First" contains one of the best surprise endings of the season. In "Pals First," Miss Del Rio has the first stellar role of her career. Her rise to prominence is one of the most phenomenal in the annals of Hollywood. A few months ago the beautiful star had no thought of entering films. To-day she is on the threshold of stardom. Miss Del Rio is a Mexican heiress. She is a member of one of the oldest families in Mexico. Edwin Carewe, who produced and directed "Pals First" for First National, "discovered" her.