The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
000276
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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l88 THE TALKIES a bit 'on edge' regarding 'Talkies,' but I am interested in them — decidedly so." Joseph Schildkraut, star of Show Boat, voiced the feelings of the actor with both stage and screen experience, thus : "Even stage players have to watch their step in dealing with the microphone. Especially is this true of the old-timers who trod the boards when the technique called for voice volume that would crack the eardrums in the last row of the gallery." Then there were the Art Directors too. When Talkies first arrived they saw nothing but menace in a situation which demanded that all the sets should be built of a new material which had a high sound-absorption factor, and that they should take a form which allowed of no "dead spots" of reverberation. As they have worked in the new medium so they have found a new expression in their "sets," and the evasion of the "dead spot" shapes has given them fresh ideas for the actual composition of their scenes. One of the most elaborate Talkies yet produced, from the point of view of art direction, is The Broadway Melody, and Cedric Gibbons, who was responsible for this branch of the picture says : "No matter how engrossing the dialogue and sound-effects may be, we shall not be able to forget that primarily