THEATRE ROYAL.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19892, 1 April 1930, Page 17

THEATRE ROYAL.

"STREET GIRL.* EXCELLENT CABARET STORY. "Street Girl," at the Theatre Royal this week, is typical of all that America most admires in the talking picture. There is in it a pretty girl rescued from destitution by a clean-living, typical young fellow who playß in a cabaret band, an exhibition of jealousy on his part when the girl is kissed by a foreign royalty, and some ballet dancing by a representatively beautiful group of supers. The story concerns the rise to fame of the group of musicians who, with the aid of the girl (Betty Compson) as manager, succeed in jumping from a salary of one hundred dollars to three thousand per week. Such a theme must naturally provide incident and _ interest. The girl happens to be of foreign origin, and when a prince of her nation comes to the cabaret one evening, he receives a characteristic American ovation, and at the end of her "act" he kisses her in homage. This incident attracts public attention, and so brings prosperity both to proprietor and musicians, but at the same time arouses jealousy in the heart of Mike, who has rescued the girl from the streetß. Complications follow, but all ends happily when Mike takes her in his arms and tells Mb love to her before the whole crowd of fashionable people. The sound effect is good, as also is the playing of the band. The best of the supports ore the news itemß and parts of the comedy. A vaudeville numbeT conveying two new Bongs has striking "patter" and marked rhythm, but the voices aro rather discordant at times.