The film finds its tongue (1929)

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Record Details:

Title:
The film finds its tongue
Date:
1929
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Volume:
The film finds its tongue
Leaf #:
000250
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 02, 2025
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iq8 THE FILM FINDS ITS TONGUE after them, there was nothing to mark it. Its quality was just as good. Played after those from which it had been made, its quality was just as good. It retained that perfection that had made them so loathe to throw it away. The movie men had not expected results half so good. They had merely hoped to get something that would be good enough for that one picture, something that would not be noticed. Now, however, they knew that re-recording, if properly done, was a process that could be used as freely and as often as they wished. Everything in Hollywood gets a nickname. This re-recording process came almost immediately to be called "duping," a contraction, of course, of " duplicating.' ' The immediate effect of "duping" was that Old San Francisco had a score, and that they no longer need fear censor cuts. Later on, when it came to censoring dialogue, they came up against a serious proposition because of the interruption to continuity. They could cut out speeches physically, but doing so wrecked the story. But the new discovery had a much larger effect