STRAND THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19156, 12 November 1927, Page 9

STRAND THEATRE.

TO-DAY'S programme. The programme to be screened at th( Strand Theatre to-day is headed by '"Th. Shock," starring Lon Cbaney. Dill ing, whose soul was twisted like his cnpplec bodv served "Queen Anne," the reinginj beauty o£ the Barbary Coast She sent h,n to Fallbrookv a small town, to «AHid loy, the country banker whom she hated, an< wnom she had driven to embezzlement by he demands. Dilling fell in love witli the bank er's daughter, and to save her father, bier the safe to destroy records when the ban! examiners came. The explosion crippled th eirl Dilling used the money that he na< saved for years to have his own deformit; straightened to pay for the operation that re stored the girl. Back in .San Francis* "Queen Anne" demanded more money o the ruined banker; or the girl. The gir was taken to a Chinese dive where Queei Anno" held sway. A furious fight tool place when Dilling matched his cripple, strength against a gang to rescue the girl She had taught him to pray. He prayed in i circle of jeering denizens of the night a the girl was dragged away by Queen Anne and her sin-sodden slaves. Then came th San Francisco earthquake as though in answe to his prayer. "Sally, Irene, and Mary, starring Sallv O'Neill, "The Riddle Rider, a comedy, and a newß complete the bill.