The art of sound pictures (1930)

Page scan 000140 from The art of sound pictures

Record Details:

Title:
The art of sound pictures
Date:
1930
Publisher:
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Volume:
The art of sound pictures
Leaf #:
000140
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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ii6 THE ART OF SOUND PICTURES Emma No, but you got ’em from that old fathead of a father of hers. Trying to tell me that an aniline drop would look as well as a plush, and cheaper and easier to carry. Mickey Yah, and it is too. Emma Certainly it is. All you have to do is to chuck it in a trunk. And when you get to your suite, Slim, and get your drop out of the trunk, that is exactly what it looks like. Aniline drop! Huh! Mickey Hey, look ! Do you know you gotta carry a stage hand to set up a plush drop? Do you? Emma Well, suppose you do? Don’t that add class to the act? Ought to have a piano player, too. That’s what adds the real class. Mickey Yah, and a musical director and six chorus gals and a maid for you and a valet for me and a secretary for us both and a dog leader for the blight there — a-h-h ! Emma Now you listen to me, Mickey Shannon. Will you ever get it through that thick Irish head of Emma You think an aniline drop’s as good as a plush? Mickey Yah. Emma What it looks like when you haul it out of your trunk! Mickey You gotta carry a stage hand to set up a plush drop — Emma And we should carry a piano player too. That adds class — Mickey And a musical director and six chorus girls. And why not a maid for you, huh? Emma Dumb bell! Class is the whole cheese. People want to see class —