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 #:
000244
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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230 THE TALKING PICTURE Warners starred John Barrymore in a version of Mel\ ille's great novel, Moby Dick, notable for Barrymore's extraordinary make-up and distinguished acting. Barrymore had played this role in the silents, the film then being called The Sea Beast. BELOW Howard Hughes sank well over a million dollars into Hell's Angels, which he began as a silent film in 1927 and finally released in 1930. When sound came to stav, he was obliged to scrap much of what had already been shot and begin over again. Accidents and the difficulty of retaining the services of his actors for long periods of time were other handicaps that Hughes had to face. He was determined, however, to make this air thriller of thrillers, and eventually he succeeded. The flying sequences (the airplanes were the real stars of the picture) have seldom been surpassed.