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FILM FLAM
By Louis M. Bailey
"THIS CHILD MUST HAVE COMPLETE REST—AND POSITIVELY NO MORE ACTING FOR SIX MONTHS'
a vaudeville theatre may somewhat compensate for these distressing acrobatics, the cruehy of the screen closeup is truly devastating. If sound coninues to be ruthlessly combined with films, it is possible that the slogan of the cintelligenzia will have to become, "Close your eyes and enjoy the show."
Expose!
FILMS of the farmyard toil of an injured railroad employee who claimed to be "unfit for further duty" will doubtless be instrumental in determining the decision of a recent suit for damages in a Western court. A cine camera in the hands of a detective secured reels of the harvest-time activities of the workman subsequent to his injury which occurred when a tower he was climbing blew down in a storm. Projection of the films in the courtroom came as a complete surprise to the plaintiff. Shown to have been able to toss about huge sacks full of grain, his incapacity for work wrung the hearts of the jury. The films will very probably have a "telling" effect.
Opportunity
FURNISHING screams from offstage is the latest artistic opportunity opened up by the talkies, according to a recent report from the film capital. A scream being needed, a good husky screamer was found and employed. While this type of histrionic talent may never bring aspirants before the camera itself, we feel it our duty to pass on the word of the new possibilities for employment now open to those gifted in groaning, snoring or gum-popping, not to mention that sibilant refinement — soup-sipping.
Idea!
THE coming of color to Hollywood suggested to someone the amusing idea of using a chorus with cigarette lighters filled with liquid so treated as to burn with as many different colors as there were chorines. This suggests to us that the home drama in color film might make capital of the idea and that clever amateur chemists might similarly doctor the gas in the kitchen range. For, in this day of ensembles and color harmonies, what could be more appropriate than a brown flame for cooking beans, a red one for beets or yellow for pumpkin pie, not to mention purple for household experiments with the juice of the grape? Furthermore, we are so intrigued with the scheme that the fact we did not think of it first turns us green with envy.
Q.E.D.
THE coming of musical comedy to the talking screen confirms one of our favorite suspicions. We have long field that vocalists should always perform in the dark. A yodel in itself may be lovely in conjuring up visions of Alpine meadows but the facial gyrations which accompany its production are likely to be quite frightening. While soft light and a distant seat in
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JOHN, CAN'T YOU ACT MORE NAPOLEONIC?"