AMUSEMENTS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 64, 13 October 1930, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

"STRANGE CARGO. The movies have recruited another star of the Broadway stageLeo Patrick, who plays the leading feminine role in "Strange Cargo , a dramatic) P-D.O.'s picture which will be shown at the King's Theatre to-night. Although Miss Patrick has never acted before the camera, ishe has had a wide dramatic experience in the legitimate theatre. Strangely enough, her first experience on the screen closely parallels her initial appearance on the stageI'Strange iCarao" is a mystery melodrama iin whfch Miss Patrick plays a more or less harassed heroine and (John iWiihard's ''The Green Beetle", in which she made her stage del)ut, was a similar type of story. (During the first year of her theatrical career she appeared in seven plays with hardly a day of rest between. Among the outstanding plays in which she has been starred are "Nightstick", which enjoyed a successful run on Broadway and "A Kiss in the Taxi". TOWN HALL TO-NIGHT. MAORI MISSION PARTYThe popular Methodist Maori mission party .which is visiting Stratford this evening is one of the most interesting groups that have ever travelled -together. The members are of varying ages and of both sexes and are prominent representatives of the great Maori tribes. They var> tfredtly Iff appehramce and speak different dialects- One of the chiefs is an outstanding orator. The party has attracted great audiences everywhere, the largest halls in our cities and large towns having beem; packed again and again by enthusiastic audiences to see and to hear this versatile party. Vocalists and instrumental as well as the orators have won the highest praise in all our C-fcies. The representative of Chatham Island is a vocalist of exceptional quality and has delighted all musical critics.