The talkies (1930)

Page scan 000269 from The talkies

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
000269
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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THETALKIES 185 part in its relation to the action and assures a continuous flow to the picture." Clara Bow, star of Wings, and possessor in excelsis of that mysterious quality known in America as "It," delivered herself thus: "Six months ago I didn't like talking pictures — thought I'd never like to appear in them. I was afraid of something which seemed to be so different from the profession I had learned, but now I know it was all because I had never worked before a microphone. To-day I am crazy about talking pictures, and I hope I never have to go back to silent films." Harold Lloyd saw added scope in comedy situations and the solution of tremendous difficulties. "Sound is going to help the comedian. It will give him a whole new bag of tricks. Before he had to depend on pantomime alone. Any sound, such as the quacking of ducks, is amusing. We had always tried to obtain such effects for comedies through the orchestra; a drummer who was clever generally added laughs. But, of course, he couldn't approach the results we will be able to attain with the microphone. The possibilities are unlimited. But the problem of producing comedies with sound is terrific. In drama it is difficult enough to keep the charac