... . An important addition to Cardiff's places of amusement was made on Friday, when this elegant picture house situated in Queen Street, opposite Perk Place and in close proximity to the New And the Empire, was formally opened Under the direction of Mr. Valentine a structure has been raised replete with everything ducive to the comfort of the pa*rons. The main building has an imposing whit ...

... List!-- Lift! Oh. List! Radio is responsible for interest ing development. When the Home Wireless craze arose in America drew attention to it and pro phesied that we should soon see it worked here from our own broad casting centres. This has already been done with the Carpentier Lewxa fitfbt. Now America if starting on another method of oon Yuriin* movies into apeakiee. Already monv U.S. ...

... Why Not See More Hicks? I interviewed Seymour Hicks recently. He told me that he has arranged to appear in ten new comedy films with Miss Ellaline Terriss This will be his first screen attempt for several years. Before the was he had a fling at kinoma acting, and these were early days, when picture producing ua* still in its early etoge, and he did not think much ...

... Cut and Come Again. I see that tho Ideal Co. advertises that it has cut down half a dozen of its past-issued five-reelers into smartly moving two-reelers, and claims thereby to have brilliantly improved them. This may well be so. I can recall that one of the lot now advertised as being so trreated Her Greatest Performance, with Kllen Terry in the cast, seemed to tne unduly spun out in its ...

... . As was only to be expected, the revival in the British film industry and the prospects it gives of work could not proceed without a jarring note. This note has been provided by two producing units who are already unable to meet their liabilities. One was partially trolled by an American direc tor who had already achieved such a bad financial reputation that it is remarkable lie found ...

... . Herbert Brenon, a Britisher who had to go to America for recognition and is now one of that country's foremost picture producers, has arrived to discus the scenario of the novel, Sorrell and Son, with the author, Warwick Deeping. Having studied the locations he will return to the States. He hopes to sail for England again in June to make the picture. Unfortu nately, he considers it ...

... . MADAME POMPADOUR (Herbert Wilcox. British). This film, produced by Herbert Wilcox for British National, and now destined to Oguro as a Famous Players Lasky quota film, is described as being British. It was made in England, but the cast is an international one. The story, circling round one of the most remarkable women and one of the most absorbing periods in history, is full of action und ...

... . While Samuel Goldwin and other people are hunting for stars in every walk of life exccpt those most likely to produce them, and Douglas Fairbanksi from the opulent seclusion of a Paris hotel, is telling us we never shall be able to make pictures, certain publicity experts are Jetting dawn the dig nity of a hard-working section of tho profej-sion by referring to its members as supers ...

... . 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 ...

... . 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 ...

... . 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 ...

... . '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 ...