19 AUGUST 1949, page 13

Contemporary Arts

THE THEATRE Variety. (London Palladium.) A HOLLYWOOD director, faced—as he easily might be—with the task of making a film, part of which takes place in a contemporary London......

The Cinema

"Train of Events," (Gaumont.)---" A Song Is Born." (Odeon, Marble Arch.)—,--" My Dream is Yours." (Warner.) Train of Events relates the stories of four different sets of people......

Music

WHAT is originality in a work of art ? Is it always a question of manner, of saying old things in a new way, or arc there really new things to say ? All the arts have lately......