Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 00057 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
00057
Language:
English
Contributor:
Internet Archive
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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SPEECH For the first minute or so, I thought I had never heard a more beautiful vocal organ in my life or more flawless diction. By the end of five minutes, I was ready to commit mayhem. I could not have told you what he was talking about. I'm not sure he knew, himself. Voice-conscious? That man was indulging in a perfect orgy of mellifluous sound, and treading his way through a field of words as though he were walking on harebells. I found myself praying he would make just one little slip . . . one tiny error . . . and when he didn't, in sheer exasperation, I tuned him out. And yet, no one anywhere is more enamored of a lovely voice saying something than I. It is only when a speaker practices the singer's art on me that I become venomous. You can't tell me that some old-time Shakespear- ian actor, turned diction-teacher, had not trained that man. Or maybe it was some singing teacher, thinking only of voice production. I just know that no man could have done all that by himself! Here is why I think it dangerous to train a speaking voice with the same methods that are necessary for the singer: Actors are so apt to be- come voice-conscious elocutionists under that train- ing. They are likely to become too involved in 31