STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 655, 6 May 1929, Page 14

STRAND

“STREET ANGEL” A programme of “talkies'* and *>ur.synchronised pictures of unusual is; terest is being presented at the Strati Theatre. . A variety of ‘•talkie’* subjects up the first part of the entertainmetAn interesting feature is the of the Newcastle-on-Tyne bridge o? liis Majesty the Uing. The King’s afl* dress and the cheers of the crowd clearly heard by the audience. *• George Bernard Shaw, one of the celebrities in the English, literary_ work is heard in a humorous speech. T celebrated English comedienne, Miss Gertrude Lawrence, appears a * charming “talkie” film. . “Chic” Sale, the popu'f.r stage screen artist, is the principal in Star Witness,” a comedy mainly composed of dialogue. Sale’s answers ®-' he is cross-examined are subtle, while the picture, apart irot its novelty, is very entertaining. The principal feature is a synchronised picture, “The StreeAngel,** for which a musical acc®** paniment is provided by the fa® o '* Roxy Theatre Orchestra of NewXJJ The production was directed Borzage, who was responsible for mremarkable picture, “Seventh Heave Janet Gaynor appears as ■' waif of the waterfront, and Cnanf Farrell as a vagabond artist. & f the two find mutual love makes - absorbing romance. Their happ® - is for a time overshadowed by an cident in the girl’s past, but eventally it is regained.