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Hov? to Break Into Talkies
Often as eager aspirants have been warned not to attempt the movies, there is actually some chance of their breaking into talking pictures, as this article clearly explains.
By Inez Sabastian
IF you're one of the thousands of people who feel that life won't be complete until you've tried to break into the movies, you've had "Don't J" said to you, emphatically, over and over. Every one, from clergymen to motion-picture moguls, has said it.
Well, I'm going to say, "Do !" For I've been talking to some of the makers of talking pictures, asking them what you could do, and how you could go about breaking into talkies — for talking pictures are something new under the sun, and they've upset Hollywood. There's
more room at the top than there has been in years, and more room all the way up, too.
People who thought they were pretty well set, so far as working in pictures was concerned, are now learning that the big companies are renewing contracts only with players whose worth in talkies is unquestioned. Some of the old-timers, like Betty Compson, Gladys Brockwell, and Bessie Love, are coming back strong. Stage players, such as Ruth Chatterton and Jeanne Eagles, are stepping in, and in some cases are remaining. Nobody can tell what's going to happen.
And newcomers are breaking in, because of their voices, and because the opportunity to speak has given them a chance to show that they have personality.
I talked with Bryan Foy, the keen young man who has charge of making short subjects and features for Warner Brothers. "Brynie," as everybody calls him,
Major Edward Bowes, in charge of Metro-Goldwyn's sound effects in New York, with Tito Ruffo, the baritone.
Bryan Foy, who has made history as a director of talkies, says there is much more hope for the extra to-day than ever before.
is a son of the famous Eddie Foy, and began making pictures with dialogue three years ago. Before most of the people in the industry realized that talkies had descended upon' them, he had made the first all-talking picture, "Lights of New York," and now he has directed another, "Queen of the Night Clubs," with Texas Guinan.
"You've got to have intelligence and acting ability, to work in talking pictures," he told me. "The days of the beautiful and dumb are gone, so far as talkies are concerned. And there's a lot more hope now for the extra, who has a chance to step out of the crowd and do a bit, than there has ever been before.
"The minute a person talks, the director has a chance to see whether that boy or girl has personality. He's not just seeing what they look like. If they've got it, he'll remember them. The next time he wants some one for a small part, he won't just run through a lot of screen tests and pick some one who looks all right ; he'll recall somebody he's heard talk. There's more chance to make an impression, now, than there ever has been before."
Fine ! How many people have you seen on the screen who did just some little thing, and did it well, only to vanish forever from sight