Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 00066 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
00066
Language:
English
Contributor:
Internet Archive
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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MOTION PICTURE ACTING nouncer for the soap-company sponsor will step to the mike and gush, "Miss Brown, I'm sure this audience will be interested to know that your ex- quisite skin is just as lovely as your glorious voice That is her cue to break in with, "Oh, thank you, Mr. Jones! That's because I always use Blankity-Blank Soap!" And if her speaking voice, more often than not, isn't as flat and colorless as the ring of a counterfeit silver dollar, then we don't listen to the same radio programs. There is, of course, no reason why singers should not have pleasant speaking voices and, by the same token, no reason why they should, any more than anyone else. The point is, that singing just does not do the trick for the speaking voice —unless you are willing to settle for the cultivated phoniness of the pipe-organ quality of the man I described on the radio. You will find that as you practise a less flat pronunciation of words, the whole tone of your speech will greatly improve. Treat the English language gently, lovingly! But here is something to which you had better pay close attention: Our voices reflect us — what we really are, inside of us. If, after we have done all we can to improve them, there still remains a harsh 40