MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 11 January 1929, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

THRILLS AND FUN IN TOM MIX'S LATEST. , Again Tom Mix scores a triumph with a thrilling romantic dramai of the West, “Daredevil’s Reward,” which will be screened in Shannon on Saturday. Some new stunts in daring riding as well, as an unusually fine story shot with many laughter provoking episodes make this latest Fox feature an outstanding entertainment. Mix is cast in the Tole of ’a Texas Ranger detective and as such assumes various disguises but all of western types. One of these is that of a doctor of a medicine show, who is forced against his better judgment ,to pull a tooth for one of the. men he is trailing. Tom pulls the wrong tooth and then the fun commences.

... Natalie Joyce has the leading feminine: role and gives a 'splendid performance. Others in the cast are Lawford Davidson, Billy Bletcher. Harry Cording and William Welsh.

“THE WHIP; WOMAN’ ’ Estelle Taylor, talented and charming actress, comes back to the screen in First National’s “The Whip Woman »’ Miss Taylor scored a tremendous success with John Barrymore in “Don Juany” and the title role in “The Whip Woman” is her first screen appearance since that time. Antonio Moreno is cast opposite Miss Taylor, and a splendid cast/was chosen for the picture by Robert Kane, the producer. “The Whip Woman” is a sensational story of Hungary after the war. It. deals with a beautiful peasant girl much sought by men, who : repulses them all, only to fall in love with a dissolute nobleman. The adventures that befall them both make up a that holds interest from beginning to end. Many novel sets were provided as a.background, and the production is rich in color. By her clever work as “The Whip Woman,” Estelle Taylor will win, additional friends, for she has never appeared to better advantage.