MAORILAND THEATRE.

Shannon News, 11 June 1929, Page 3

MAORILAND THEATRE.

“THE GATE CRASHER.’’ T.he best comedy romance in recent months, “The .Gate Crasher,” featuring Glenn .Ti you and Patsy- Ruth Miller, opens at the M'aoriland Theatre on Wednesday, it is everything that entertainment should be. It has a delightfully refreshing romantic theme, embellished with the usual Tryon. superquota of laughs. The story is a rapid-fire staccato of laughs, put over almost with the speed of a riveting machine. It concerns an amateur small town detective who falls in love with an actress, follows her to ■ New York and sets to work to solve the robbery of her jewelry. The story lushes through its hilarious situations in the theatre, in a spectacular night club and in the star’s apartment. Glenn Tryon is bettei than ever at putting over his irresistible brand of humour. Patsy Ruth Miller adds to both the beauty and hilarity of the photoplay, while T. Roy Barnes is a great comedy foil for Tryon.

‘CHANG”—THE WONDER FILM

“Natural drama” is introduced to the screen by “Chang,” due on Thursday and Friday. It is the fear of the producers, Messrs Cooper and Schoedsaclc, that the public mil look upon, the film, before seeing it, as a travelogue. Merian Cooper insists that it is straight drama, with suspense, comedy moments, and a story. “Natural drama,” explains Mr Cooper, ‘‘.is drama produced with natural actors in their own environment, living the story of their lives, and their struggle for existence. The story which we have set in the jungle, is the story of people surrounded by a super abundance of food. There is constant menace that this teeming vegetable and animal life will overwhelm the humans struggling against it. On this is our story built. We chose a. family living in the jungle for our central characters, and the drama of their life is the drama of ■ the picture, stark, real, tense. In photographing the lives of these people, we always kept the dramatic valued in mind, and believe that we have made a picture equalling in dyama anything made in a studio.”