Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 000145 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
000145
Language:
English
Contributor:
Internet Archive
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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HOW TO VISUALIZE A ROLE on the contrary—it has given me Faith. It has made me sure that no matter how much the meek may be bulldozed or gypped they will eventually inherit the earth. Now, what does this speech tell you about this man? It should tell you a great deal. There is enough here to give you a pretty fair picture of Harry; how he has lived, his philosophy of life— and it is quite a philosophy. You could sum it up in this slogan, "Always give the suckers an even break—they're pretty nice guys!" Gathering my impressions from what Harry tells the doctor, I can't see him as anything but a sort of "fringer" as far as the acting profession goes, but what a man! He has the actor's tempera- ment, though, and that rather inclines him to dramatize his point of view when he tells the doc- tor of his faith in "peace on earth and good will to men." Watch how he retrieves himself when he fears he's becoming "corny," and quickly adds, "and faith that Muma, the three-legged girl, really has got three legs!" He actually could believe as readily in the one as in the other. You see, Harry is a realist, and he knows be- 119