The Picture Show Annual (1931)

Record Details:

Title:
The Picture Show Annual
Date:
1931
Author:
Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Publisher:
London, Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Volume:
The Picture Show Annual (1931)
Leaf #:
00061
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book, Global Cinema, and United Kingdom
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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Picture Show Annual 53 protests of critics and public, and rely on screen music plus an organ. I feel sure that these people are making a mistake, for it is always bad policy on the part of a showman to force anything on the public, and I question whether such a policy will pay in the long run. The exact amount saved by the exclusion of an orchestra is known, but no accountant can tell how many people have gone to another cinema when the pictures have been about equal in merit, just because the other cinema had a good orchestra. But this fact apart, we may be quite sure that screen music, vocal and instrumental, will continue to play a big part in future productions, and that the quality will steadily improve. E. W. Bern ice . scored a hit Marilyn Miller made her talkie debut in " Sally," from which the spectacular Butterfly Ballet scene, featuring the Albertina Rasch dancers, is seen above.