Talking pictures : how they are made, how to appreciate them (c. 1937)

Record Details:

Title:
Talking pictures : how they are made, how to appreciate them
Date:
c. 1937
Publisher:
Richmond : Johnson Publishing Company
Volume:
Talking pictures : how they are made, how to appreciate them
Leaf #:
00056
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Technology
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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Talking Pictures ing from Shakespeare to Dashiell Hammett, from the nonsense of a Marx Brothers comedy to the tense drama of The Good Earth, these are and will always be the cornerstone of the film business. Without fine stars, sensitive supporting players, even the greatest story cannot come to life on the screen. But without fine stories not even the greatest and most popular star now living could continue his popularity for six months ! Hollywood depends upon stories. No studio could continue its work without an ample and varied supply of stories from which to draw. These, the result of man's most fanciful dreams and most inspired visions, must be discovered and adjusted to the need of the studios. Dreams! Remember that word. In a sense novels are merely some man's dreams, put into written words. Plays are dreams transformed into actors walking to and fro across the physical stage of a theatre. Motion pictures are dreams transmitted to a metalized screen, there to be seen by more millions than can be reached by almost any other means of communication. All phases of literary art are closely linked with dreams which spring up like the Phoenix in the mind of some man or woman. All stories are integral in the warp and woof of the photoplay fabric, and they provide the reply to Hollywood's perennial request, Dreams Wanted. [34]