... THE 810 S COPE to taste of its quality. That former Ziegfeld Folly of English-speaking fans, Fannie Brice, is expected early this year to present her first big all-talking and singing extravaganza The Champ, in which Robert Armstrong figures as a ...

... other subjects lend themselves to most vivid exposition by this means. I should imagine, too, that literary education, verse-speaking and drama in particular, will call heavily upon mechanical reproductive technique. Thus the poetry of Milton, Herrick, Spenser ...

... fact, I think Phil Hyams would not have spoken at all if it had not been necessary for someone to tell us that no one would speak ! Speeches on these occasions are usually unwanted by anyone, and their omission gives general joy. Thanks, Mr. Hyams ! Premier ...

... Norma's First Word Norma Talmadge makes her speaking debut in New York Nights, a story of New York's song factory, in which such wellknown players as Gilbert Roland, Roscoe Karns, Lilyan Tashman, John Wray and Mary Doran will be found. Herbert ...

... himse lf worthy of being included among the greate st directors of the day. Anna Christie gives Greta Garbo he r first speaking role. Eugene O'Neil's gre a ; play deals with the life of a Swedish girl, an gives Greta a part which is ideally suited to ...

... Speaking Personally Pam of imAnuerley, 0.8. E., managing director -ilational Screen Service, Ltd., is sailing ALNew York next week, to consult with his I.,•l4erican associates on matters concerning ' le future policy of this progressive and Universally ...

... To-day, after a surfeit of foreign talkies expressed through voices that often sound unpleasantly harsh or shrill and speaking a lingo often incomprehensible and sometimes uncouth, they find the accustomed voices of English actors and actresses grateful ...

... the cinemas, and you drive the best advertising medium our industry possesses. . I Still 3,000 Silent Cinemas One can only speak from experiene e ', after his opposition has gone talkie , and in my own case I have found tha t business has improved. That ...

... THE BIOSCOPE Speaking Sidney A. Moseley has just been appointed film critic to the 8.8. C., and commenced his duties on Friday. He has had an exten- sive Fleet Street ex perience, having served under the late Lord Northcliffe and under Lord Beaverbrook ...

... ve • as may be made. But it is difficult to see in what important respects illaP -r 11 01 ments are practicable, generally speaking, in the best modern cinemas , hic k, represent the utmost that ingenuity has been able to accomplish, and w in a great many ...

... that all renting concerns should make a clear statement with regard to their supply of silent films for 1930-31. Broadly speaking, there must and will be for the next two years a British market that would give a turnover of a million and a half to two ...

... the Metro-Goldl4l will talkie, The Broadway MeloclYi, i st is attracting crowded audiences. ill both the music and the speaking over-emphasised, but they are,.,.., 5- tb•et - ete being adjusted to the ear of The architects for the rec onstruc ti° ...