Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1930)

Classic Holds Open Court {Continued from page j 7) >medy tempo. They follow too closely the ift of the vaudeville skit. When some iginal mind combines the moving picture ialities of action and the sophistication of i alogue in one comedy effort, then is when e real laughs will start in sound comedies. Good-Bye Acting, Hello Lines \ND where, Ladies and Gentlemen, in this new field are we developing true medians with original means of getting iighs? The new talking comedies have ■t so far given us one outstanding comedian comedienne. Where are the Harry irigdons, the Mabel Normands, the Charles haplins, the Roscoe Arbuckles? What eech, so far has tickled our ribs like :ose old shoes of Charlie's, like that funny I addle of Arbuckle's, like that little wistful lile of Harry Langdon's? In their place, we find legitimate dramatic Jlctors pinch-hitting with comedy lines for liiat old guard of comedy actors. 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