lie directed two of the company's three productions. these two films were "ikan doejoeng" ("mermaid") and "siti noerbaja". "ikan doejoeng" was an original production which followed a girl who becomes a mermaid after having to choose between a man she loves and a man she is forced to marry, while "siti noerbaja" was an adaptation of marah rusli's 1923 novel of the same name which follows a young woman – who is killed by her greedy husband – and her ex-lover – who avenges her death. the last one, "selendang delima" ("the pomegranate shawl"; 1941), was directed by the former dramatist henry l. duarte before standard closed in 1942 following the japanese invasion.