"MOTHER MACHREE."

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19310, 15 May 1928, Page 14

"MOTHER MACHREE."

A GREAT DRASIA. . j», QUEEN'S THEATRE. Owing to the tig success which attended "Mother Mnchres" at the Liberty Theatre l»8t week, it has been deemed necessary to transfer it to the Queen's Theatre for another wee . The filta created much attention last week on account of its excellence, in, production and tho gripping' story whiih runs through it. ' Based" on the popular song of the same name, the-film .has an'appeal for all tastes. The 1 story is a novel one. It does not follow the usual.hackneyed type of., the IrishAmerican stories, ■ but L strikes out on a fresh course. The early scenes are laid 1 in Ireland, whoro Ellon Mcllugh loses her*husband in a storm.. She decides to go to America, and on the way to, DUblin. she falls in with a band of entertainers, the company including the Giant of Kilkenny. At the wharf she again meets the Giant, and the Harpist of IWexford, who inform her they are going overseas. Tho Giant proposes to Ellon, but she refuses. Poverty is her lot for a time, but aha finds worlc and places her son;in a school, the headmistress accepting him on condition that he does not know his mother has to work.. The Giant gets Ellen a position in a circus, where the son recognises her when, the schoolboys visit the circus. The result is tbat thd mother gives over her boy to the schoolmistress. The toy grows up, and he becomes engaged to a leading society girl. Tho mother works at tho girl's home, and the three-meet.' The climax is very exciting, but >ll ends happily. Belle, Bennett, as Ellen McHugfi, has a part well suited to her, and all praise for the picture is duo to her finished acting.' Victor McLaglen takes the part of the Giant of Kilkenny, and the son's charac-. tera are played by' Phillips de Ijacey and 27eil Hamilton. .As the Harpist, Ted McNnmara has a splendid comedy role. Mr James Cocks, the well-known baritone, sings most artistically, "Mother Maohree." ' ' 'Forbidden Cargo" is a Fox special, and is one of those gripping dramas that keeps one interested all the time; The cast is an excellent one, and includes Evelyn Brent (Captain Joe), -Robert Ellis (Jerry Burke), and Boris Katloff (Pietro).. "Captain Joe," the pretty daughter of Captain Drake, is in command'of a rum-running launch, known as the . Josephine. His services to the Government are sot recognised, so he grows into a bitter old man. -The second in command is Pietro; ' a fiery Spaniard, who covets personal favour from Joe. A stranger, discovered to be. in tho secret service, is lured on to the boat. On board Joe denounces Jerry as a spy. Bootleggers attack the Josephine, and Jerry escapes to a boat which he lowers from the launch. Joe falls over the rails and Jerry takes..her to a lonely island, where her hatred turns to love. Pietro finds out their hiding place, and gets them to board a launch. When at sea he puts Jerry through unbearable tortures, and Joe barricades herself in a cabin where she sights a Government steamer and .sends an S.O.S. Jerry is strung up by his thumbs and Fietro lights a fuse, determined that the Josephine shall not be taken by a. Government steamer. He and the crew escape -in boats, and Joe gets out through tho' porthole, when she releases Jerry. The boat is blown up, and Jerry and Joe float about on tho wreckage until picked up by a cutter's crew. Captain Drake is rewarded, and the'happy pair go off united.