... . WANTED. (Producers Distributing- Company. All-Talking:.) Originality on the screen is in itself somewhat of a novelty. Unfortunately, immediately a producer or scenarist strikes a new idea it gives inspiration to his brethern who proceed to flood the world with what might at least be called colourable imitations of the original. Within the last few months we have seen this in the rush ...

... . 'THE BROKEN ROMANCE. (Fox. British.) H. B. Parkinson is best known as a maker of short subjects, and in this direction he lias been extremely suooeseful. As a director of a full-length feature he is not so satisfactory. He has chosen a poor, novelettish story, and the, construction of tho. scenario is not up to tho standard required, A young author falls in |,ove with tho daughter of a ...

... . THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, (Famous Players Lanky. American.) If ever a picture should have been made on its native heath, or at any rate, in a British studio, this is one. Basil Dean, already responsible in some part for the picturisation of The Constant Nymph, of which he was part author as a play, has, on this f'°n> sought Americas assistance. I ho result is an ordinary American ...

... . TALKIE PUBLICITY FILMS. This newly organised firm is of the opportunist order, and has a good and carefully worked-out scheme by which the wares of various big firms will be incorporated in a story, but not to the extent of detracting from the picture's fictional interest. They will then be shown by means of daylight kinematograpoy through out the land. Some 300 towns and village* are ...

... . BLACK WATERS (W. and P. British and Dominione.) Adapted from John Willard's play, Fog, this feature has several distinctions. It is the first all-talking picture which can be called international it was made by a famous American producer in Hollywood for a British firm iit naa inniuu ow ferent theatres, the New Gallery and the Tivoli, on tho same day, and it is undoubtedly the best ...