Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1928)

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New York City ilt ■F IR IE ;e Dept. 3210. 305 Broadway, New York City : EARLE LIEDERMAN ; l>ear Sir: Please send me. absolutely FRKK! and without any ol>lli;aiion on my part whatever. ; a copy of your latest book, "Muscular Develop-! inent." ! Name . .street City State (Please write or print pluintyt Question: what is so rare as a day in June ? Answer: a day in June Collyer's life when she doesn't get heaping deskfuls of fan mail The Troubadour of Silent Song {Continued from page jj) little sound, like a little color, will go a long way. And — praise be — the silence of the screen will always be maintained, although perhaps its blessed noiselessness will not be universal. Lubitsch is a swift and sure worker. He spends much time in preparation. And during the preparatory period he comes nearer than another to cutting his picture before it is made. Which is one way of saying that he eliminates unwanted sequences from his script before his picture is shot. So that upon its completion there is a minimum of footage left upon his cuttingroom floor. He also adheres closely to his pre-arranged plan of action. Many changes may be introduced while the story is being made ready. But few enter once production has begun. He has the mind of a raconteur. The faculty of telling a tai^ The ability to recognize good story m:.:erial when he sees or hears it. These directors, after all, are the reincarnation of the ancient wandering minstrels. Save that in place of journeying from hearth to hearth with their romantic imageries, they remain stationary and spin their yarns in celluloid fabric which goes into the world, and round it, propelled by a complicated mechanism more in keeping with our age. His Mind Unfettered LUBITSCH places his own valuations on J men and things. He refuses placid acceptance of precedent. Or to take as gospel the opinion of others. To illustrate, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" was regarded as a woman's vehicle. The lines of the play had been taken to indicate that the starring r6le was essentially feminine. Lubitsch, however, entirely disregarded this, and reading the story with an op)en mind, envisioned the principal action as in the keeping of the masculine character. Had the play been picturized by Lubitsch, its star would have been John Barrymore. The feminine part would have been secondary. The director requires freedom of mind, and will not permit the obtrusion of unimportant matters. He declines to drive ai motor-car, simply because his time inj transit is frequently devoted to the mental^ mastery of details concerning his work. Himself a picture actor of no mean ability, he knows how best to obtain from his players the results he may require. He is never bellicose, seldom exasperated. Although he has been known to rave to all the gods at once in a clash with tempera, mentality, or when the rasping edge of I seeming incompetence has pierced to thej quick of his sensibilities and patience. Asi a rule, however, he is a whisperer, passing^ here and there among his people explaining i the action of the sequence, and perhaps j quietly rehearsing a bit according to the desired interpretation. He is familiar with the powers and the limitations of a camera, and thoroughly conscious of pictorial composition. He does not usurp the function of the cameraman, nor of any technician on his set. Surrounded with experts in their professions, he delegates authority, permitting each shoemaker to stick to his last, rather than endeavoring to do everything personally. LIKE many others of the film colony who J are loyal to Hollywood, Lubitschj nevertheless feels the desirability of an| annual hegira away from the sun-kissedslopes — and the too confining circle of motion picture things and people. The wish for change of scene and of environment seems necessary to the construct i%'e workers in the movies. Without it they go stale. The work of nearly all the important personalities is so arranged that a fairly lengthy absence from the industry may be effected annually. 76