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16 NATHAN D. GOLDEN [j. s. M. P. E.
formation of a number of British film companies with the object of producing a large part of Great Britain's requirements. Had the trade developed along expected lines, the formation of these companies would have been justified, and the British industry would have been in a thriving condition. But nobody dreamed that in the short space of twelve months the demand for pictures would be reduced from 700 features to 300 or 400 per year. The leading theaters in the country have gone in for the talkies almost exclusively, and the silent picture is fast disappearing from the British market.
Producers in Great Britain are losing no time in reorganizing their studios and reshaping their production schedules to cope with a situation similar to the one that existed in the United States 18 months ago, when all the producers began laying plans for the production of sound pictures on a large scale. At the British International Studios, at Elstree, there are ten pictures in production. First International Pictures, a newly formed company, also has under production its first sound picture. Gainsborough Pictures, Nettlefold, and various other companies have sound feature films under actual production. The Blattner sound system, which operates differently from all others, the sound being recorded on a metal tape, is to be used by Max Rhinehart in all his feature stage shows. Rhinehart intends to include scenes in sound and color film in these productions, the first of which is now in the process of production. A new company has recently been formed to turn silent films into synchronized form, probably with dialog. This firm has secured a studio within easy reach of London, for which a complete American recording apparatus has been ordered. A large number of British and other films which are now being offered as silent features, will thus be available in sound and talking form.
Production of talking pictures in several languages is taking on large proportions. British press reports indicate that at the Twinckenham Studios ambitious plans for the making of two 100 per cent talking pictures will shortly be under way. They will be made in English, French, and German, the English version by an English director, the French by a French director, and the German by a well known German. Another press report informs us of the extensive plans of another producer for the creation of an international talkie studio, which is to have twenty stages, to be built near London with the latest devices and manned by the best technicians that Great Britain and the world can supply. It is the plan of this multi-lingual