Star-dust in Hollywood (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
Star-dust in Hollywood
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London : George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
Volume:
Star-dust in Hollywood
Leaf #:
000296
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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Star-dust in Hollywood about, coming nearer to or going away from the microphone, his speech would seem louder or weaker. These differences the mixer smoothed out by adjusting his amplifiers. The scene was far longer than those used in the silent film. Here were no snippets of action mosaiced together, but a EARLY TALKIES The camera is in a padded waistcoat. long patch of conversation, the words, indeed, more important than the action, which had become so simplified that we judged it might be boring to watch. The technique was as yet in its infancy. The magic of sound had overwhelmed the interest of movement. These first audiences went to hear the films, not to see them. At the end of the scene our superior publicity muttered to us : [280]