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The Film Abroad
American slang, a cowboy twang, complicated American colloquialisms, or a specialized dialect may lead to an unfavorable reception when they cannot be easily understood.
The dialectal peculiarities, however, of almost every section of importance in America have been made almost commonplace knowledge by the films. The speech of the New Englander, the New Yorker, the Southerner, and the Westerner has been used in talking pictures at one time or another. This has led to a finer understanding between the sections of our nation. It has made the literature of particular localities plainer than it was before the talking picture.
One outstanding difference is noted between player popularity here and abroad. In the international field, when an actor once becomes a public idol, audiences stay with him for a longer period. The more leisurely mode of life existing outside the United States brings a less constant demand for change. Stars, at least a dozen could be named, who have not been heard of in America for ten years, are still attracting large audiences abroad.
Theatres abroad are on the whole less advanced than those in the United States. Many of the newer theatres across the sea are air conditioned, have comfortable seats, and excellent means of projection and sound recording. The theatres of France, Germany, Russia, and Japan are frequently modernistic in architectual design.
In America the silent, or non-wired, non-soundreproducing theatre has almost completely disappeared, but it remains very prevalent internationally. It has
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