 He produced and directed the first British all talkie ever made, "Wolves" (1930), with Charles Laughton and Dorothy Gish and produced "Canaries Sometimes Sing" (1930).He made an arrangement to produce a series of films in association with His Master's Voice gramophone company, with the aim of using their celebrity recording stars.Among the films they were to make together were "Cochran's Talkie Revue", a film of C.B Cochran's variety show; the play "Rookery Nook"; an adaptation of the novel "The Blue Lagoon", and the life story of Robert Burns.