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“ The Man in Possession." seen in 1932, had C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, Beryl Mercer and Irene Purcell and Robert Montgomery in the leading roles. The new version has Henrietta Watson, E. E. Clive, Reginald Owen (again) and Robert Taylor. Jean Harlow is the widow in distress. since sound and dialogue were introduced into films. I do not agree. There is often far too much talk in the talkies, and too much sound. And this is where the new edition of “The Man in Possession” suffers. The dialogue and situa- tions of the one-time amusing farce seem old fashioned. Another kind of revival I would welcome with great enthusiasm is the re-issue of old famous films, such as the silent film of “ Queen Elizabeth," with the famous Sarah Bernhardt as the star. When it was shown in connection with the celebrations of Adolph Zukor's screen Jubilee it proved to be mighty interesting. Apart from the excessive gesturing, which was thought necessary in the days of silent films, this old picture is still fine en- tertainment. The violent gestures made by the actors led to an amusing ” Quality Street " first starred Marion Davies and Conrad Nagel. Later we see Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone in the roles. incident. Lou Tellegen was making a mighty sweep with his arm and landed it in the middle of Sarah Bernhardt's body. In those days there were no retakes, so picturegoers can still see the look of pained surprise on the face of the actress, which is exceedingly comical. In these very old re-issues one would have to ailow for the progress made by modern photo- graphy and the skill of the technicians, but having made allowance for these two factors, I feel pretty sure that present-day producers might get just one or two lessons from the past. EDWARD WOOD.