The Picture Show Annual (1931)

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Picture Show Annual 65 Thumbnail Sketches in the British Studios On the Set with Famous Directors and Popular Players WHEN silent pictures were doomed, I faced the new situation with regret. There will be no more amusing times in the studios, I reflected. No more romance, no more camaraderie. We shall be shut up in boxes, like so many sardines, not permitted to talk unless spoken to, lifeless and mechanical ! 1 was wrong. Before the Talkies IT is twice as interesting to watch the making of a picture to-day than it was before the revo'ution in (he movie world. Hitherto I had seen film stars register emotions which perchance betrayed the hero's desire to love, live and die for the woman with " sex appeal " ; his emotions wooed to ecstasy by Rirpsky-Korsakov's music as supplied by a couple of violins and a piano tucked away in the corner of the studio. The producer s voice, persuasive or domineering, according to his temperament, directing the camera, which purred gaily like a contented tabby cat. Seen, but not Heard TO-DAY ? The camera is seen, but not heard. It is frequently shut up in a glass booth, " shots " are rehearsed until perfect, for the microphone is a tell-tale. From the moment the red light glows in the studio complete silence is observed. When all is ready, a pair of F