STRAND THEATRE.
The programme now showing at the Strand Theatre is headed by "Exit Smiling," starring Beatrice Lillie, This is a hilarious burlesque of life with a travelling stage troupe, and depicts the every-day aspect of an actor's existence. In the picture this is done with a delicious whimsicality, and in' a serio-comic manner that often borders on farce. It shows performances of fearsome melodrama in back-country "town halls." It reveals their back-stage life—even funnier than their play. Under "it all thcra are poignant touches of drama that show how close every life comes to tragedy. There is a wonderfully sweet romance and a touching little sacrifice of which no one ever knew. Overshadowing everything, however, are the spontaneous laughs of wholesome comedy. Beatrice Lillie, who stars, in private life is Lady Robert Peel, and is a prominent fignre on the English musical comedy stage. Jack Pickford plays opposite Miss Lillie "The Monkey Talks," starring Olive Borden, a comedy, and topicals complete the bill. . ' .
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19317, 23 May 1928, Page 7
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