A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
000217
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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THE JAZZ SINGER (1927) 203 One famous silent star never had to worry about the advent of talkies— Rin-Tin-Tin. Here he is in one of his pictures, made in 1927 for Warner's. ABOVE RIGHT The year 1928 was one of toil and tribulation for the producers. The success of the new talking picture had made it ominously clear that the days of the silent film were numbered. New stages must be built, and new apparatus installed— and what about the silent stars? Could they read lines? Would they hold their public? Warner Brothers worried least. With their Vitaphone they had a head start on the rest of the industry, and they had at least one star who was a genuine stage actress, and a good onePauline Frederick. Here she is, in a scene with Richard Tucker, from On Trial, an all-talking picture produced by Warners in 1928. BELOW Many of the other stars, pending the frantic efforts of their studios to equip themselves for sound, came out with silent pictures. Greta Garbo, for instance, made The Divine Woman, under Victor Seastrom's direction. She is shown here with her director and with Lars Hanson (left), her leading man.