The art of sound pictures (1930)

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Record Details:

Title:
The art of sound pictures
Date:
1930
Publisher:
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Volume:
The art of sound pictures
Leaf #:
00023
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 09, 2024
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THE ART OF SOUND PICTURES CHAPTER I THE NEW ART A NEW art is here. And it is here to stay. All the learned critics who have predicted early doom for sound pictures have withdrawn into the silences, there to join that grand old man, Thomas Edison, who, less than a decade ago, stated flatly that people do not want talking movies. Six months ago we might have devoted pages and pages to countering the prophecies of self-appointed wise men. To-day, events have relieved us of that unpleasant duty. Sound pictures, even though still far from perfection, have already attained levels of excellence which establish them in public esteem. Within a few years they will have improved as much as the silent screen did in a quartercentury. And, as that advance is made, the art of writing stories for sound pictures will increase in richness, in complexity, and in its technical difficulties. Already it bids fair to become the only art that can attract artists of the highest imagination and intelligence. As the silent screen rose miles above the older and more traditional arts of painting and sculpture, so the talkie will soar above and beyond the silent screen. 3