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Illustrated by eldon kelley
reports of keyhole-peepers, has there been such ;in activity in the beautifying of face and form and voice as today. And all because the movietone is sweeping like'income tax collectors over inemaland.
The Dawn of Many Tomorrows
YES, the actor believes that the day, his day, is at hand. I refer, of course, to the actor who, by reason of some deficiency in screenableness, in photographic ability, has been unable to obtain employment in the films. Year by year he has witnessed his more fortunate fellows garnering fame and foreign cars in the tropical luxuriance of Hollywood, while he has been compelled to make the wearisome and frequently humiliating passage froVn agent to agent, from manager to manager, in quest of work. He has felt poignantly the personal application of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, observing the turn of destiny toward some individual immeasurably inferior to him in the equipment of the successful thespian — in vocal culture, in imagination, in the knowledge and technique of pantomime and characterization.
Occasionally, he was seen by the head hunters of the
movies. Occasionally, he was sent for and tested screenic
lly. Occasionally, he was dispatched to the Glyns and
other legendary connoisseurs of that indefinable quality known as
sex appeal. Occasionally, he was assigned to a subordinate role m the cast of an incomparably beautiful, but incredibly inexperienced star. If the fates decreed favorably, he remained in Hollywood permanently, built his bungalow, planted his orange trees, hired a Filipino man servant and lived happily ever after with no further ambition to gratify than to become a master of ceremonies at a Sid Grauman opening.
More often, however, he brooded amidst the clamor and glamour of Broadway, doing his damnedest to get a better contract, to pay his club dues and reap the reward of electric lights.
Ancient Studios Reopen
SUDDENLY came the startling news of the development of the movietone. Studios on Long Island, m the Bronx and other parts of the metropolitan district, were unlocked and a force of cleaners and carpenters and mechanics put to work to prepare for this strange and significant mnovation in screenland.
The news spread rapidly along Broadway. Fat actors rushed to the nearest Turkish baths. Thin actors rushed to the most reliable caloric experts. Husky-throated actors eased their adenoids with cigarettes. Clearthroated actors began to practice the mi-mi-mi-ini of professional singers. Actors who had been criticized for poor diction hunted up the most noted voice culturists, and actors who had been praised for good diction sought (Continued on page y 5)
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