The Picture Show Annual (1931)

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Picture Show Annual 139 the age of fourteen and fifteen, were enacting bereaved mothers and betrayed daughters with much intensity and utter seriousness, for they have done that most difficult of things — moved with the times, and changed their technique with the passing of the years. Perhaps their extreme youth helped them to do this, for they really grew up with the industry ; but, at any rate, those who retained the old eye- rolling, chest-heaving tactics speedily faded. Theda Bara, for instance, when the heavy vamp's day was over, could not adapt herself easily to any other role, and vanished from the studios. We should raise our hat even higher when we realise that in the face of experienced stage actresses The three Moore brothers, whose cheery Irish smile has always been a favourite with filmgoers, since their early acting days. Carmel Myers. n a Below : Carlyle Blackwell, who scored heavily in the early days of the film, and had courage to launch his own company for making talkies when the British film world was in a turmoil. mm