STRAND THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18635, 9 March 1926, Page 13

STRAND THEATRE.

IHE HALF-WAY GJBL." .gramme presented at the Strand tit weeTc i* varied enough to apP cai S»t critical theatre-goer. llf-Way Girl", features Doris Ken? Uoyd Hughes. Javanese dancing «,. coolies, Chinese, sailors of all kail-castes, "wharf rats"—in short, xragresa of ail nations— provides tho letting for "The Half-Way Girl." t National feature is a drama of i, \iith ita local© 5n Singapore and a Ocean. Real natives were proportray the various typea. For One scene is la:d in the interior ol is Malay street cafe. There, the Ature patrons will sec real natives, white men and women are the characters m the picture. All tho «» sekcted accoiding to their r.' In this cafe Lloyd Hughes « of his most etirring scenes, a lh a thieving cafe owner, and is >y a drink-crazed mob. ghting Cub," starring Pat O'Malloy *y Batry, is a»tato of newspaper » Fighting Cub" gives the audieneo Wning insight into the romantto sporting, as well as representing tailing situations. Thomas Patrick »»* freckle-faced and ambitious boy i*t wins a chance to show what hn J» » cub reporter. Of course he W crooks, makes a "sroop" for hi* 4,* ins a girl by his wit and cour-