MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 7 May 1929, Page 2

MAORILAND PICTURES.

"THE PRICE OF FEAR."

A gripping story of the underworld, with its gangs, detectives and police is portrayed in the Universal picture "The Price of Fear," which comes to the Shannon theatre on Wednesday. The fctory concerns the adventures of a wealthy New York clubman who follows the calling of an amateur detective. He is helping the police to round up a gang of dangerous crooks, and is given information through a "stool pigeon" one of the gang. He is found out, and shot by members of his gang and the amateur detectives set out t) track down the murderers. A series of thrilling adventures and narrow escapes from death follow his attempts to briug the culprits to justice, and, unknown, to him, he is ably assisted by a maid in the employ of the gang leader, and who is in reality a police spy. How the crooks are eventually cornered and captured forms a fitting climax to this actionful drama.

"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN."Inn 1913 Carl Laemmle made a sup-er-special Jewel production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which cost the staggering sum of £3,200. It was considered excellent screen fare in its day but so fast has film-making moved the 1926 version of the same famous story cost nearly £400,000, oc more than 100 time as mush. Extensive trips by artispns and craftcmen were rnado throughout the entire South for eight months prior to commencement of filming in order that historical, .'ttmospheric and physical elcta-ils might be authentic. Later, the entire company visited the actual scene of the famous novel, filming sequences irf the very surroundings immortalized by . Mrs Stowe. The "Kate Adams" noted Mississippi side-wheeler was chartered for nine weeks, two weeks having been by technicians in *it3 metamorphosis into the "La Belle Riviere,' of the book The most pretentious sets ever erected were constructed at Universal City, exact replicas of actual homes in the South being made for the Shelby, St. Claire and Legree plantations as well as the many other interesting and unusual ■settings. The poignant love story of Eliza and George permeates the massive production, a beautiful contrast to the epic sweep of the powerful story. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" will be screened in Shannon on Thursday and Friday nights.