MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 28 March 1929, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

“THE PLAY GIRL.’* Madge Bellamy, Fox Films ous little star, gives the best performance of her eareer in ‘ 1 The Play Girl, ’ which will be shown at the Alaoriland Theatre on Saturday. ' (Miss Bellamy is unquestionably one: of the screen’s greatest comediennes/ for her performance in “The Play Girl” convulsed last night’s audience/ The story, an original by John Stone, _ deals with the adventures of a young l ' shop girl who decides that clerking at-& £ls a- week is no vocation for a young, lady with her beauty and brains. With the aid of a girl chum, she - ';, becomes a lady of leisure, a “gimme 1 , girl ’ ’ and gold digger. - Her beauty attracts admirers. One falls for her sweet, wistful little face, whde another showers her with'Clothes and jewellery, hoping to cash >in on A his investment. . However, .Madge discovers that her happiness is ivith the former, and after a series of escapades convinces him that she is willing to honour and obey.' “LIFE’S CIRCUS.” J A show within a show, is the best' way tp describe “Life’s Circus,” the First National special attraction to be screened at the Maoriland Theatre on i Easter Monday Night. Here is a story . of circus life with all its accompanying ; thrills and breath-ta'king moments of suspense, and through which runs a most entertaining story of the love of ;

two circus performers. As a fitting cli- j max to a sensational performance there is the “Death Glide,” an act that holds the spectator spell-bound at its audacity and complete disregard of the - A laws of gravity. This is an act where a- girl strapped in a light err. - , is released from the top of the auditorium to ' slide and lightning speed down a steep slipway. At the bottom is a curve . upwards and the ear is burled through J ihe air, turning over twice ,5n its flight and lands right side up on a staging in J the centre of the ring. It is this act U), round which the graphic story is woven and as has -been said before it is a > stoiy of .exceptional merit and entertaining qualities.

“Life’s Circus” has an all-star cast and was produced in Europe by First National Pictures.