WARNING SHADOWS
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The description of Warning Shadows in last week's Spectator led me to visit the Tivoli and see the film. It appears from the programme that the famous critic of a great London newspaper has written: " If I had to choose a film to convince the unconvinced that the.photo-play is a supreme form of art, I should choose this one." The acting, so far as I can judge, is powerful and accomplished, and in all technical matters the production is excellent. There are no wordy descriptions to explain the scenes and fill up the gaps in the story. So there is a real appeal to the imagination. But what an appea I! The spirit of the piece is brutality, and brutality of a low order ; and while there is much con- fusion, there is no true sense of mystery. The brutality is Naried by some sensuality and by a little cheap sentiment at the finish. It seems to me unfortunate that just now, when we are striving for international good feeling, we should be presented with so degrading an atrocity from Germany.—
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