STRAND

Evening Star, Issue 22683, 24 June 1937, Page 16

STRAND

An intriguing story of modern Turkey and an amusing comedy are the two features at the Strand this week, ‘ The Secret of Stain boul ’ and ‘ The Luckiest Girl in the World.’ Written by Denis Wheatley, one of the foremost English writers of thrilling mysteries, ‘ The Secret of Stamboul ’ tell* an exciting tale of the machinations of a sinister eunuch whose plots reach far and wide. - * * LADY FROM NOWHERE.’ Mary Astor’s _ latest film, ‘ Lady From Nowhere,’ is to be the next_ attraction at the Strand. The film is a melodramatic comedy, which also serves to introduce a handsome screen newcomer, Charles Quigley, a favourite of the New York stage. The story concerns Polly, a manicurist, who is witness to a gangland murder, and has to flee for her life. In the little town of Clearview she meets a young newspaper reporter, played by Charles Quigley. The gangsters trace her to the town, and Polly hides out on the farm of the boy’s grandfather. She tells him she is an heiress who has run away to escape an unpleasant marriage. “ Gramp ” senses a chance to make some money, and notifies the father of the real runaway heiress that his daughter is there. Things become thoroughly complicated when the gangsters make their appearance on the scene. What follows is a series of uproarious events which abound in thrills and laughs. The spine-chill-ing melodrama of a demented murderer who lives and plots his sinister crimes in a chamber of horrors waxworks is unfolded in ‘ Killer at Large/ which will also be screened. Mary Brian, Russell Hardie, and Betty Compson head the large cast.