The Cinematograph Commission of Inquiry established by the National Council of Public Morals resumed its sittings recently at the Central Hall, Westminster, under the presidency of the Bishop of Birmingham. Mr. John D. Tippett, managing director of the Transatlantic Film Company (Limited), the distributing agents in Europe of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company of America, giving evidence, said the talking picture had, so far, not met with any great success and facing a lot of technical and financial difficulties in production while censorship is also an issue.