26 NOVEMBER 1927, Page 31

FILMS. By L'Estrange Fawcett. (ales. 21s.)-The film critic of the

Morning Post has written a thoroughly amusing and human book. There is the (almost inevitable) chapter about the temperamental Mr. Chaplin's methods of work, and a good deal about other Hollywood " stars " ; the best part of the book, however, is the end, where Mr. Fawcett gives us some very common-sense reflections on the stage in general, in connexion with its newest ally or competitor. For instance, " the young playwright in England to-day can hardly manage to live, let alone, have his play produced. Nevertheless, a solemn society exists in London in 1927 to popularize the pornographic drama of the Restoration and the lewd, half-baked plays of the pre-Shakespeare period."