The Picture Show Annual (1940)

Record Details:

Title:
The Picture Show Annual
Date:
1940
Author:
Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Publisher:
London, Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Volume:
Picture Show Annual (1940)
Leaf #:
000153
Language:
English
Collection:
United Kingdom, Global Cinema, and Year Book
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
January 01, 1000
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0 Charley Grapewin O Right : Frank Morgan. T HAVE often thought that a most interesting film could be made without a star, using a cast consisting of the best- known supporting players If such a film were made and proved the success I think it would be, then many more pictures could be made on the same lines, for there are so many first-class supporting players. The Editor has made a very good selection in the photographs which illustrate this article, but the number given does not exhaust the list. The big thing about these supporting players is that they never disappoint us. The star may not be up to standard, the story may be weak, but if it is at all possible the supporting cast will pull the picture through. The stars realise this, for (apart from the up-stage ones) they are always ready to give full praise to the supporting cast. Many cinemagoers think it a shame that these fine actors and actresses do not get promoted to star parts, but the truth is that few of them want this honoup They are very pleased with the position they hold and would not change it. They do not get a star’s salary, but they make big money and they are never out of work. If a star flops in two successive films producers begin to look at the contract. It may not be the fault of the star, but money talks louder in the screen world than in any other busi- ness. If a star Left: Noel Madison. <s> Below: Bob Bums.