BEING RETROSPECTIVE
... By I J one I Collier IN the New Year good men's thoughts turn to resolutions, while critics become incurably restrospec tive. It's a habit and must be in dulged. As a matter of fact, the past year in the screen's history has been something in the nature of a new birth. The talkies have arrived, and whether you want them or not they are going to stay. There is one very simple reason for this, ...