10 DECEMBER 1954, Page 7

But For Whom . . .

An advertisement for Carrington VC. a film which Miss Virginia Graham will review next week, prints the names Of the stars in large letters and the names of the producer, director and screenplay-writer in smaller letters. It contains no reference to the authors of the play on which the film is based. Major-General and Mrs. Christie, who also wrote His Excellency, Grand National Night and other good plays, several of which were made into successful films, bear names Which mean something in the entertainment world; and it seems Odd that the film industry, which is always lamenting the lack oI good writers with original ideas, should, when it finds them, be so loth to disclose its good fortune.