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live In. Hence, it is only to be expected that other film organizations will eventually produce news in sound. The Pathe News already are offering such a service, and other organizations, such as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Famous Lasky, will soon offer sound as part of their regular news reel service.
In the early development of a silent motion picture, the short subject comedy was a factor in developing talent for the feature-length photoplay. It is interesting to note, by the way, that several of the screen stars served their apprenticeship in the old days as players in short subjects. They were thus fitted in a measure for the more important work they did in feature length motion pictures, and several of them attained stardom. When it is considered that the number of real motion picture stars, even in the fullest development of the silent photodrama, was limited to a comparatively small number, the importance of this early apprenticeship can readily be recognized. Among the most prominent of those who had their beginning in the motion picture industry via the short subject route are Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Gloria Swanson, Norma Talmadge, and Lillian Gish. In addition to these there are many featured players who received their fundamental experience while appearing in short subjects. It is therefore likely that the short subject in sound will play an important part in the development of talent for the feature sound motion picture, just as sound itself was introduced by that door.
Similarly, since many experiments that might prove to be too expensive to undertake in connection with the production of a feature motion picture can well be experimented on in short subjects, practically every important producer may be expected to encourage and foster short subject productions.
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