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28 Picture Show Annual widely different than " The Gold Rush " and " Stella Dallas "? And yet in both these there is the scene of the anticipated party, so eagerly prepared for, so hopefully awaited, and then the long minutes, growing longer and more homeless as none of the guests arrive. " A Kiss for Cinderella " recalls the poor little drudge waiting on the doorstep for fear that her fairy godmother should not be able to find her obscure room. This film had also many other unforgettable little details—the penny on the coach door, the strap- hanging of the King and Queen—not pathetic memories, these, but delicate little fancies for which credit is due to the producer. Credit is also due to the producer in " Lady Winder- mere's Fan " for a most diverting bit of comedy played by the three society gossips upon the notorious Mrs. Erlynn's arrival at Lady-Windermere's ball. It was humour requiring no explanatory sub-title, but sometimes a sub-title sticks, such as the one in " The Grand Duchess and the Waiter," when the ady-in-waiting, having tasted the tea with which the amateur waiter had served her, and remarked to the others that it was vile, was amazed by the waiter promptly sampling a cup and agreeing with her. " You're right, the tea is vile." That title lingers along with Menjou's bland expression and the lady-in-waiting's scandalised countenance. Humour of a broad type is displayed in " The Better 'Ole," and _ Syd Chaplin as the front feet of the property horse is one of the funniest things seen on the screen for months. In " Vaudeville " there were many unforgettable scenes, but perhaps the one that stands out most prominently is the one after the murder, as Jannings stares in stupefaction at the dark stain spreading slowly through the water in the basin when he washes his hands. " Beau Geste " recalls the five men left to hold the fort—" The Big Parade," the pathetic figure of Renee Adoree stumbling frenziedly along the long, straight road behind the army lorries, in one of which is her soldier lover ; " Brave heart "—the farewell to the white girl of the Indian, a man without a race, rejected by his kin and despised by his educators ; " Human Sparrows "—the terrible journey of the children across the swamp. And who can forget the scene in " The Goose Woman of a blear-eyed, frowsy- haired, drink-sodden wreck tipsily listening to the golden voice that had once been hers, while her gin-soaked brain meditated revenge on the son whose coming had robbed her of h«r gift ?