Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1928)

Broadway Mobilizes for the Talkies (Continued from page 4g) I the excellent preliminary training of the radio. Such theatrical clubs as the l.ambs, the ' Players and the Friars hummed with the cossip of a millennium, which was to bring the actor to a professional and economic rank, hitherto, never considered possible. ' The conversation became more and more animated, more and more concentrated uf)on this latest phase of entertainment. It would not require an unusually alert reporter to catch snatches of it in his travels about town: "The Rarrymores are sitting pretty all ' right. They screen well and they know how ' to sfKjak lines." "The movie studios will have to hire regular voice trainers now." " \'cs, and regular stage directors, too. I wouldn't be surprised if the movietone will have both a stage and screen director." "Well, at any rate, the movies have got to have voices now. That's where we fit in. Maybe, we'll be invisible, but we'll have to lie heard if the movietone's going to be a success." " Remember Faversham, and Mrs. Fiske, and Fred Stone, and Elsie Ferguson, and Madge Kennedy, and \\ iliiam and Dustin Farnum? They all tried the movies. The Farnums were in them a long time. They'll all be back now, or should be. Particularly Faversham, with the beautiful voice that he has and his exceptional ability in sfjeaking lines." Broadcasting Original Casts "Tj \'FRY Broadway actor ought to get V^j a chance now. Every big hit will be produced with the cast intact on the screen." "Yeah, everybody's got a chance but the old ranters, and there are not many of them left." "I wonder if it's going to be just a curiosity." " Don't you believe it, it's going to be the ultimate, the complete entertainment. It's going to combine drama, opera and the movies." "Looks to me as if the movies are right back where they started, with everylx)dy groping around until some kind of technique is [)erfected." " No one knows much about it — it's all haphazard and chaotic." "Oh, I don't know. First you were seen and not heard. Now you're going to be heard, too." "Well, if Shaw can do it, I can." " Don't be too sure. Shaw's an Irishman. All Irishmen know how to talk and most of tliem take good pictures. I wish 1 were an Irishman — they have all the luck." "Luck — that's what it is. That's all there is to it. To think of him being a wow!" ".Maybe, we'll be a wow, too." " Maybe, who knows? Alaybe, we'll have to grow whiskers, too." Yes, St. Bernard stalks along Broadway! v. Bernard Shaw from John Bull's other land, with his tongue in his cheek, a twinkle HI his eye and his hand suppressing a belly laugh at the expense of all actors this side of the Slxx. Borome a f'la.ssic Rra«ler. Once You (;<-t the Ilahit of Ri-adiiiK Its Itri^ht Vrlii-les an<l Looking at lis Slrikin;: Art You'll Never He Without ll. The (Classic Appears the 12lh of Every Month. //'.M the Mneazinv With the I'ersonitlily Fragrant xquisite. \ Jonteel Face Poutler 50^ Cara Nome $Z ;jLi,4iiLt Ramce $1 XHREE secrets of loveliness! — Jonteel, Cara Nome, and Bouquet Ramee face powders. These pure, clinging, delicate blends bestow the natural, glo^^ing complexion which is now so fashionable. Their satiny texture and alluring scents add to onethe final touch of charm. Jonteel, Cara Nome, and Bouquet Ramee are sold only at Rexall Drug Stores. SAVE zoifh SAVETY at your Drug Store You will recognize it by this sign Liggett's are also yc^xoXt stores '-'■•!'■"'■ ' 'I'-"''! I' ' 75