“THE SHEPHERD KING.”

Shannon News, 30 October 1925, Page 2

“THE SHEPHERD KING.”

SATURDAY NEXT. At the Maou-iland Theatre on Saturday evening there will be screened, “The Shepherd King.” It. is the dramatic story of David, the shepherd boy, who ( finally, becomes a monarch. It is a page of history, significant, coloui-fpl and soul stirring, depicting vividly how the most, heroic figure o; Biblical days, David, the shepherd, led an entire race of people out of bondage into the Promised Land. It tells of David’S love for the Princess Mochal, and of his unerring faith in his destiny.

“THE HURRICANE KID.” Monday's star picture is a lively, dashing western }racing tale of a young cowboy who is afraid of the ladies. In pursuing a wild horse of great beauty \and speed, he falls, breaking his arm. A rancher’s daughter finds him and has him taken in. Her father’s foreman is and scraps continuously with the newcomer. The wild horse was captured. The gill’s father bets his ranch against his neighbour’s thal his entry at the rodeo race will win. Not knowing this, and feeling sympathetic for the captive, the newcomer lets her go. On the day of the race, the newcomer, who had disappeared, not having the heart to appear before the girl, suddenly appears at the great, race . . . and dashes to; a double victory, because the. girl relented. See “The, Hurricane Kid” on Monday. THRILLING SERIAL COMING. Indians! are the best, fur hunters in the wilds, and there are many of them, all interesting characters, in “Wolves of the North,” the big chapter play production to commence at. Shannon on Monday and Tokomaru on Saturday. Mostly of Algonkian. Iroquoian, Athabascan (Ojibwa or Chippewa) . originally, in the fur country now theyi are more than halt French. The biggest catches of wild animals for fur are made by the Indians, as they are skilled in woodcraft, in fact are part of the forest and know the language of animals. About the rival camps of the fur trust and the independent, the Chester Trading Company, bitter rivalry existed among the principals, hence, there was a “kitchen telegraph” system among the Indian squaws, who eninpd information, for their respective masters, about the coining of, noted hunters, with big catches of fur. Day or night, this necessitated swift dog-sled journeys, by trappers of the trust and the free traders, to reach and secure the furs first. Deceit and violence were practiced to win success. It was a wild life and aptly suited to depiction in a stirring chapter play. All the scenes in the fon chapters were taken in the frozen Northland.