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the Talkie Test?
Voice Test for a Role in an AllAcid Test Seem Like Child's Play!
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it is now. Today, the applicant must possess the 'combination' of face and voice.
"By reason of my experience, we generally determine by an interview in my office if an applicant even has possibilities. Some are elimi' nated before they reach the testing stage. Quality of the voice, the comformity of the features and form, expression of the eyes or mouth and personality are the prime factors. Sometimes a defective eye will be offset by a pretty mouth or a marvelous personality will outweigh a photographic defect. Few people
Above: a test that is no trial to any girl. Charlotte is being costumed under the supervision of Sophie W achner, fashion creator.
In the old days the aspirant for movie honors was only required to emote. Now, she must be able to emulate Pavlowa as well. Right: Charlotte taking her dancing test with Edward Royce, stage director.
How's your voice? Charlotte must keep hers in trim for daily instruction by Alice Kelly, voice teacher. Just one test after another!
are absolutely perfect. The law of compensation in face, figure and fashion has its play here also.
"For some reason, small girls like Janet Gaynor and Lois Moran possess more appeal than a girl of more robust stature. Some girls appear quite ordinary, but on the screen they are transformed. It seems as if their spirit shines out under the camera's eye and the mike's ear. Only a severe test will determine if O. K. or N. G. "Before all-talking pictures were made, character and personality as well as beauty were required. Now we must also con' sider the timbre and pitch of voice and the manner of its registration on others' ears. The silent screen artist was compelled to express the heart through facial expression, but now in all-talking productions the heart must be expressed through not only the visage, but the larynx, tonsils, adenoids and buccal cavity have their say!
"When we are satisfied that an applicant has possibilities, the first step is to send her, or him, to the make-up department, supervised by Charles Dudley, where she is skillfully prepared for the test.
"If the candidate passes inspection, she is taken to the test gallery where we shoot 50 feet of film in making a (Continued on page 101)