MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 7 June 1929, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

{‘VAMPING- VENUS” 'SATURDAY. . Scenes dazzling iu I their . beauty ■ lightly-clad dancing maidens; . Ethio- : .- pians stalwart and glistening; incense urns steaming in the sunlight; cnor- ( mows classic pillars rising into the sky; gods and goddesses at play;, all these and many spectacular and impressive sights are found in First National’s ,i great special comedy. “Vamping Venus,” to be screened on Saturday. Impressive sets Avere made and hundreds of extras' used for. the ancient Greece sequences in this picture, astory ■ of a NeAv York politician to-day avlio takes an imaginary trip to Athens in the height of its glory. "While the < picture is intended primarily for laughing purposqa, and Iserves those purposes well, it is also an artistic triumph ; for First National Avith scenes that fairly dazzle the eye. Charlie Murray demonstrates that he is one of the funniest comedians on the screens i» this —his latest vehicle. As. the. Avard heeler Avho is boss of his district and . - hen-pecked in his home, Murray, makes ■ the most of the comic 'situations of the story, and with Miss Fazenda’s /; aid, keeps the audiences in an uproad during the picture. ,1

“THE HEART OF MARYLAND.”’ q lie attraction at the Maoriland „ Theatre on (Monday is Dolores Cofetello in Warner Bros’ screen revival of Bclasco’s thrilling melodrama, “The Heart of Maryland.” Unusually beautiful settings and superb • photography, a strong story and A large and competent cast all tend to make the picture a masterpiece. Lincoln, Lee, Grant, and other celebrities of the period, are impersonated with amazing faithfulness, and the tense and electric, atmosphere of the times is captured to the degree of uneanni ness. But after all it is the delicate and shimmering loveliness of Miss Costello, Avith her subtle interpretations of all shades of feeling, which make the piece so glamorous and so poignant.