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of dialogue films causes our historian to compile some lows: Some stars are coming to the party, but many at home.
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loses his voice. Conrad Nagel is the boy. Conrad was formerly only one of the army of personable masculine leads, eking out an undistinguished existence as a member of the Metro-Goldwyn Warner Brothers for this film, he spoke up and let it be known that he had a voice that was ideal for recording, a voice that immeasurably enhanced his personality. Now he holds a threecornered contract with Metro-Goldwyn, Warner, and Fox. It pays to be talkative these days, if you've got a vocal apparatus like his.
Soon after "Tenderloin" there came along
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Lionel Barrymore won't mind being called the dean of talking stars, because he was the first to make a big hit.
Audibility has made Edmund Lowe's roughneck roles doubly effective.
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Evelyn Brent will attend the in purple and fine linen
birthday party clad -and justly so.
another picture in which the cast acquired powers of speech in several spots. This too made a talking star, for every one agreed that Lionel Barrymore's voice in "The Lion and the Mouse" was by far the best that had yet been heard. There was modulation, and above all, an easy assurance that was new to the dramatic world of two dimensions since it broke its silence. The elder Barrymore is very definitely one of those who have profited most by the advent of the talkies. His performance in "Alias Jimmy Valentine" has justified the promise held out by "The Lion and the Mouse," for in this also he does the outstanding work of any of its players.
An actor to whom the talkies have given stardom, with all its trimmings, is William Powell, who will be featured by Paramount exclusively in gab dramas. No speaking part has been dramatized with more effectiveness than Powell brought to his role in "Interference." Whiile the screen was still mute, he was considered one of its best character actors. If you remember him in "Beau Geste," or in "The Last Command," you can easily understand why. Yet certainly he would never have reached stardom without the aid of the talkies, which make you forget that he hasn't the hero's profile. His next picture is "The Canary Murder Case," another audible thriller.
In reviewing the talkies' first year, success does not seem to have been partial to the men. Plenty of applause was merited by several beautiful actresses who are as pleasant to hear as to see. "Interference," the same picture that precipitated Powell to the fore, did equally as well by Evelyn Brent. Perhaps the most notable consideration in regard to her is that she proves that stage training is a matter of no particular import in acquiring a screen voice. The Park Avenue enunciation which is conscientiously imparted by the stage director or the elocution teacher, is not part of Evelyn's equipment. Yet her voice is agreeably pitched and her lines are delivered with perfect effect.
The professional fortunes of many have been changed by these amazing talkies. A year ago you would have said that