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 #:
000162
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 The class might be "pretty girl," the subclass "Latin type"; or "tough men," the subtype "Oriental." It will be interesting to analyze more carefully several of the thirty-nine subdivisions into which the casting director allocates the humans of the world. "Beards" is a class which sounds interesting, if not romantic. (And there is less romance in the slang expression, "Beavers"!) The importance of this subdivision is seen when a costume picture is made — a Parnell or a May time or a House of Rothschild. Into this class are grouped all men who either have prominent beards, or can grow them quickly. One man, Professor Schmalz (all names used are fictitious), who has a fine European "spade beard," has played thousands of counts, diplomats, and types of this sort. "L. Nardon" is listed as "concert singer in appearance, wears a Vandyke." "H. Frank," one finds, "has a long, full gray beard, excellent for Westerns." There is written of another: "Beard grows very fast, can develop a swell, tough stubble overnight." This man keeps busy in underworld pictures, in characterizations presupposing either lack of or indifference to razors. "Dress men" is a broad class, which includes fairly good-looking men who are at home in well-cut business or dress clothes. You would not find under "Dress men" one who writes on his application: "Tough mechanic with two teeth missing." There are two classes which are decidedly not set in [132]