MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 31 December 1928, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

NEW YEAR’S NIGHT.

Probably the most thrilling sequence ever seen in an animal picture demonstrates the prowess of Bin-Tin-Tin as a swimmer in Warner Bros. ’ production of “Hills of Kentucky/’ directed by Howard Bretherton for Master Pictures. Tire villain lias carried the girl to his canoe, and is about to paddle away with her. The hero, his _ arm in a sling and weak from illness, is vainly tryiiig to catch them when, from'-an overhangiiig boulder, Rin-Tiu-Tin hurtles on tc"thc villain, knocking him into the water. There is a terrific water fight, in which the man is drowned. But. in the meantime the canoe has floated out on the swift mountain stream toward the falls. Seeing the danger, ' Binty swims furiously toward the canoe to save the girl. “Hills of Kentucky” comes to the local Theatre to-iijomrtv (New Year's Night], ■ r y “GRIP OF~THE YUKON.” There is a touch of romance and a thrill in. “Grip of the Yukon,” the Universal Picture listed for Wednes; day, that will set the blood tingling through the veins of the most critical theatre-goer. . Olio almost feels the intense cold of the great, glaciers and ice fields, which' form the background for practically the entire' action of the story. And into the cast of this great picture Universal has placed some of thy foremost men and women players of the screen. In fact it might be termed an all-star Qast. June Marlowe, in the, leading feminine role gives a sympathetic conception of the character of Sheila O’Neil as the daughter of Burr 'Mclntosh who appears in the bewhiskered role of an Alaskan prospector. Francis X. Bush }m an, once Broadway’s idol, portrays k* real hetunan role a-s the buddy of Neil : Hamilton, and with the suport of Theodore Porch, Otis Harlan, and James Farley makes one of the best screen appearances o': his carrer. It is worth anyone’s time to see it. . “THE ADORABLE OUTCAST.” v “The Adorable Outcast,” the second big Australian production made by Australasian Films,' Ltd., to be screened on Friday, is rich in spectacle, and picturesque iii the sense that it' reveals the kind of beautv and scenic display all the more agreeable because it does not hinder the smooth and development of the story. , It contains many big episodes possessed ‘-of crisp and imposing appeal, including ■ tin?, burning of Fursey’s stronghold on an island. Another magnificent scene reveals hundreds of native _ 'out-riggers gliding along the ocean with full sail wooing the refreshing winds The weird interior of the heather, temple is depicted with a realism, that establishes a superstitious influence immediate! y. The great native feast, and the dance of the warriors to celebrate the victory; the turtle-fishers bringing in. their big catch; .the long hunt for Stephen Conn, whose mysterious, source of wealth arouses the curious and greedy- envy of the Fursey gang; the exciting brawl in the saloon on the waterfront when Oonn horse-whips Fursey and the crowd wreck the entire bar in a general “all-in stoush”; all these incidents are graphically depicted in a picture which is thoroughly satisfying in human interest, and possessed'of great audience appeal.