MAORILAND PICTURES.

Shannon News, 20 December 1929, Page 2

MAORILAND PICTURES.

"SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN."

Ever so often a motion picture produces that chilling, creepy sensation one gets from reading a weird story on a stormy night while alone in the house. That is the way with "Seven Footprints to Satan," First National mystery thriller, due in Shannon ou Saturday. At the same time it h sheer delight. Just like reading the "Arabian Nights," only more so. For the film treatment of A. Merritt's best seller simply takes you out of yourself and transports you to a world of wonders where all kinds of strange figures appear and disappear. The story is all about the adventures of two young people —Eve and Jim—who are kidnapped and taken to the ■ mystsrious abode of a man calling himself "Satan." What befalls in the house of horrors would beggar the descriptive powers of a Poe. The .settings are exceptional, varying from tfhe most up-to-date home interiors to strange scenes such as the throne room of Satan's Palace. A big cast of characters, many extra players, a harem of lovely girls — and some of the most unusual makeups ever seen in a picture—are all in "Seven Footprints to Satan."

"STOLEN PEASURES." "Stolen Pleasures" is the name of the new screen feature, released by Master Pictures, and to be screened on Monday. It is a film version of an original story by Leah Baird, produced by Columbia Pictures and has in its featured roles such well known players as Helene Chadwick, Dorothy Revier, Harlan Tucker, and Gayne Whitman. Advance reports describe it as a thrilling and interesting story of unfounded jealousy between pairs of husbands and wives, which leads them into a circumstantial tangle that involves them all in strange situations and predicaments.