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 #:
000171
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 6 possibility. The Corporation steadilv discourages anyone's going to Hollywood for the purpose of securing employment through it. Its ranks are refilled mostly from within the industry by one-time players of higher grade who for various reasons no longer seek steady employment but thus keep their connection with a profession they love. The Corporation points out to the ambitious that its lists are not a good start toward stardom. While an occasional person has risen to eminence out of the minor ranks, there are only about twelve such instances in the ten-year history of Central Casting Corporation. It cannot be emphasized too greatly that the essentially human background of any motion picture constitutes one of its greatest assets. The psychological appeal of the picture is stirred by it. The drama of commonplace living is accentuated. The audience becomes unconsciously trained in its ability to sort dramatic falsities from dramatic truths. To trained observers a badly cast minor part, played insincerely and incompetently, is as disconcerting as discordant music to a musician. [137]