MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 8 November 1929, Page 2

MAORILAND PICTURES.

CORINNE. GRIFFITHS IN “OUTCAST,” Corinnc Giiffith, First National star, gave the, biggest party of her life while making “Outcast,” the First National picture to be screened at the Shannon Theatre on Saturday. Two hundred guests were entertained for four days. A huge ballroom was built especially for ithe occasion and furnished with gilt furniture, expensive chandeliers, and cld paintings. A 12piece jazz band played for forty-eight hours. The gowns worn by the 100 girls present represented a cost of over £llOO. More than 5000 packages of confetti were thrown, arid over 4000 rolls of serpentine were used in the merry-making. It all happened on a big stage at First National Studios for some of the most colourful scenes for “Outcast.” The scenes represent a big San Francisco hotel cafe on New Year’s eve. Four days were required to complete the sequence. Edmund Lowe, Kathryn Carver, Huntley Gordon and other members of the east aided the hostess in entertaining.

“THE WIFE’S RELATIONS.”

A -SCHOOL BENEFIT. Mr Hyde has kindly agreed to give a benefit screening on Monday evening in aid of the septic tank fund at the school, and it is hoped the worthy nature of the object in view will appeal to the public, though the picture selected needs nothing to support beyond its own attractions. It is “The Wife’s Relations,” a farce, full of fun and action. It will appeal to all types. The cast is one of the' strongest ever assembled for a single picture. Each member of the support has a large following. The names of Ben Turpin, Flora Finch, Gaston Glass and Arthur Rankin are known to every picturegoer throughout the country. Patricia (Shirley Mason) was an elevator girl and had her ups and downs. Tom Powers, a penniless inventor, fold her she would find life far more fluctuating as his wife than she did at work. She took a chance and then tilings began to happen—there are over a thousand laughs in this rollicking comedy of domestic relations.