31 JANUARY 1925, page 12

Art

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS WHENEVER I have had the opportunity of comparing por- traits with the sitters whom they represented, I have invariably been disappointed.......

The Cinema

DANTE'S " INFERNO " Now that a powerful American producer, Mr. Fox, has attempted to film the Inferno, we can only sympathize with his crude if sincere desire to give something......

Letters To The Editor

THE AMERICAN NEGROES [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, — May I reply very briefly to Mr. Heath's long letter in your issue of January 17th, much of which is taken up by......

The Theatre

THE PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS BESIDE the work of other Restoration dramatists the texture of Dryden's plays shows like silk beside cotton. His Assig- nation or Love in a Nunnery has......