STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 646, 24 April 1929, Page 17

STRAND

“THE STREET ANGEL” Tho National Anthem was played, and every member of the large audience stood as a mark of respect to tlio monarch whose voice they were soon to hear. Such was the start of the programme at the Strand Theatre again last evening, when the public, through the medium of the marvellous Fox Movietone films, was given the opportunity of hearing the King of England make his last public sineecb before his illness. The Strand programme includes other short talkie features, particularly a delightfully typical speech by George Bernard Shaw; an item by the wellknown English comedienne, Gertrude Lawrence; and a dialogue comedy featuring “Chic” Sale. Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell are again co-featured under the direction of Frank Borzage in “Street Angel,” a Fox Films production, which is tlio main pictorial attraction. It is said by critics throughout the country that this romance of Naples is a fitting successor to “Seventh Heaven,” their triumph of last year. In fact, many go so far as to acclaim it as even greater than thfcit powerful screen drama. In this production. Miss Gaynor plays tho part of “Angelina,” a selfsacrificing though cynical little Italian girl, whose romance with Guino, an idealistic Italian painter, played by Charles Farrell, forms the plot of the story. The picture is based on “Lady Cristilinda,” the play by Monckton Hoffe. , An exceptionally fine cast, including Natalie Kingston and Henry Arnett a, supports the two youthful stars. The romantic atmosphere of Naples, the struggle of two souls for happiness, woven together by a master hand —such is “Street Angel.” The whole picture i» accompanied by a Movietone musical score, played by the great orchestra of the ltoxy Theatre, New Y ork.