The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
000279
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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THE TALKIES IQI sacrifice of all beauty in pictures to the soundrecord. "One must remember that the present high standard of efficiency in the photography of motion-pictures is the result of many years of painstaking research, devotion to ideals, and much expenditure of capital. Shall the beauty of the film, then, be sacrificed to the exigencies of sound as they exist according to present-day sound-picture technique? Beauty, it may be said, is the enchantment, and to permit anything to impair it would seem to be throwing away treasure beyond price." Not long ago, in one of the large Hollywood studios, the cinematographer in charge of the production was discussing the problems of obtaining better photography in the sound-sequences, when the sound-engineer gave tongue thus : "To hell with photography! What about sound?" Admitted this is not the right spirit in which to attack the problem of a job which demands co-operation from two highly skilled, but utterly different types, of professional men ; but there is something to be said for the sound-engineer, who certainly has a tough problem to tackle. To quote one of them : "Apparently some of the motionpicture actors, directors, and cinematographers, seem convinced that all it is necessary to do to