Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them (1937)

Record Details:

Title:
Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them
Date:
1937
Publisher:
London : E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd.
Volume:
Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them
Leaf #:
000167
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 Casting Director one mold. These are "character men" and "character women." Out of these are secured those individualistic persons, who, when carefully chosen, greatly increase the authenticity of a specific picture. One recalls the little old woman coming out of the elevator in Grand Hotel, the Swedish masseuse in Love Is News, the provincial storekeeper in Rose-Marie. It is in the selection of these that the casting director reveals his best abilities. As a guide to the casting director, "remarks" are carefully worded in his two files. The following are illustrative: "iMary Ames" is thirty-six years old, five feet eight inches tall, weighs 138 pounds, prim, stern, society grande dames, or hard-hearted old aunts." "Margaret Graham, 45," is briefly listed as "very Scotch." "iMartha Hines," we find, is "five feet seven, excellent for mothers and kindly landladies." "Helen Bane" is a "sweet character type, good as a mother or grandmother." There is evidently a casting difference in grandmothers, for "Florence Lane" is listed under "refined grandmothers." "Edward Brooks," who is listed as "a magnificent drunk," has been on the "water wagon" for nine years. "Emmett Hope" is listed as "like Judge Ben Lindsey." "Jimmy Parker" has been a devout church member for years, but he makes his living as a successful cinematic "crook." "John Wade, 57, five feet one and one-half inches tall, weighing 160 pounds," is listed as a "Sea Dog." [133]