A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Page scan 000232 from A pictorial history of the movies

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 #:
000232
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:
June 20, 2024
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218 THE TALKING PICTURE Another musical was Rio Rita, which Luther Reed directed lor RKO in 1929. The screen version was as popular as the original stage production had been. The costars, seen here, were John Boles and Bebe Daniels. The comics Bert Wheeler and Robert YVoolsev were also in it. ABOVE RIGHT Sunny Side Up had a thin plot, but it had songs by DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson, lavish sets, and the current top romantic couple, Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. And they talked and sang. The sum total was another big money-maker. BELOW Broadway, an adaptation of the famous prohibitionnight-club play, wasn't exactly a musical film, but it had lots of singing and dancing in its cabaret scenes. Rather than go East for its Broadway atmosphere, Universal elected to build its own Broadway. This photograph will give you some idea of the incredible detail and perfection of Hollywood miniature sets. The stage hand, looming over the Palace Theater, will give you an indication of the scale to which the set is built.