Celluloid : the film to-day (1931)

Record Details:

Title:
Celluloid : the film to-day
Date:
1931
Publisher:
London : Longmans, Green and Co.
Volume:
Celluloid : the film to-day
Leaf #:
000230
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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l8o CELLULOID the story would eventually drag down what merits the film as a whole might have; and that the possible excellence of the material taken at Malta would be deprived of its power when blended with the studio material shot at Welwyn Garden City. I find it hard to believe that the affected, mannered " acting " of the principals and their schoolgirlish behaviour can have satisfied the authorities of the producing firm, or can have been considered suitable for inclusion with such material as the landing at the beaches and the shots of the fleet. Nor do I consider it a justifiable action on the part of the directors to have represented the rank and file of the British Army as comic idiots, when their officers are shown as superior-minded young gentlemen performing heroic actions whilst their mamas waited at home. This, more than anything else, shows up the absence of a real driving-power behind Tell England and as a result the film wavers from side to side and ends by falling between two stools.