FILM DF RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES

Evening Star, Issue 20864, 6 August 1931, Page 7

FILM DF RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES

‘THE SPY’ AT STRAND TO-MORROW Rich m colourful detail of intimate life in modern Soviet Russia, ‘ The Spy,’ a dramatic romance featuring Kay Johnson, Noil Hamilton, and John Halliday, will commence at tho Strand Theatre to-morrow. The drama is a swift-moving narrative [nicked with the turbulent emotion characteristic of the liberty-loving Communists. Kay Johnson, as tho patrician wife of an aristocrat, gives, it is said, a superb performance in tho feminine lead. Noil Hamilton, as her husband and head ol the littlo family whoso struggles against tho intrigue and oppression of' the Tchckist spies from the promise of the drama, is said to do the finest work of his career. John Halliday makes tho title role a sinister, skulking character typifying the very spirit oi the 'scheming Tchekists. The [dots and machinations of this man, and tho organisation he represents, constantly overshadow the faithful lovers. An unusual twist is given to the dramatic plot when Freddy Frederick, as “Kolya,” the little son, turns himself in as involved in the murder of “ The Spy ” —a deed for which his father and mother are on trial and which finally brings happiness to all concerned. Box plans are at The Bristol.