Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 00093 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
00093
Language:
English
Contributor:
Internet Archive
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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CONCENTRATION couldn't recognize their faces behind their make- ups, or their voices even with assumed accents. Where the producer is smart, he sticks to "type- casting" and gives you what you want. That is, to see the stars looking and sounding as you expect them to. The moods may be different, very different, but the physical tools with which the actor works— vocal chords, face, and body—are the same. Then what is different and unique in all the fine performances of such artists? Nothing in this world but mood and material and the subtlety with which they interpret the author's words until the charac- ters they play seem to come to life. And how do they create this miracle of "seem- ing to be" the roles they play? First: By being so lucky as to have been born ACTORS. Second: By having worked to gain control over the imagination through concentration. Third: By training their voices, faces, and bodies to respond to their every mood. Go thou and do likewise! 67