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Picture Show Annual 51 from an acoustic standpoint, of doing justice to a talking or singing picture. But the one big thing in favour of the singing pictures is that they are improving daily—one might almost say hourly. Right from the making of them to the showing of them, there is steady progress. And even at the time of their first showing in England many singing and talking pictures left little for the most captious critic to complain about. " Sally," with the wonderful Marilyn Miller, pretty as a picture, with a pleasing voice capable of singing any musical comedy music, and with a gift for dancing that is touched with genius, can compare favourably with any stage show. The same can be said of " No, No, Nanette," with Alexander Gray and Bernice Claire ; " The Love Parade," with the inimitable Maurice Chevalier (one of the greatest hits in the talkies), and Jeanette Mac- Donald, beautiful of face and figure, with a fine voice and a capacity for real acting; and other singing and talking films, photographs of which you see illustrating this article. Eddie Leonard, the black-faced singing star of "Melody Lane." Helen Kane's baby voice and " boopa doop " songs were a great hit from the first. In " Hit the Deck " 'he plays with Jack Oakie. Right : The drollery of Joe E. Brown is lost in a silent picture — here he is in " Song of the West " serenading a coy lady. Perhaps the most phenomenal rise to fame the talkies have caused is John Boles'. Hi* success in " The Desert Song " was instantaneous. Above he is seen with Vivienne Segal (also a newcomer) in " Song of the West."