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THE CHINA MAIL,
MUSIC DRAMA FILMS
THE TALKIES
HOLLYWOOD AND THE-NEW PICTURES
[By Ralph Elint.] Hollywood, Calif. The advent of talking pictures is causing great stir in local film circles, even to the point of marking the beginning of
well-known, actor, who was brought from Princeton University for cer tain sequences in "Varsity," and, by virtue of his dependable diction is already signed up for further eer-. vice with this company.
spaces of the new sound-proof stages a new order of filming is being evolved. A new. co-operation is de manded to-day to create the right at mosphere for making proper records of the actors" speaking, efforts. A greater attention to detail is requi- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer la ruching site, and a greater desire to make Its sound stage ahead by day and good is evidenced. New responsibi- night. An ambitious programme of lities are being placed on every pictures for talking treatment is on one's shoulders, and a fresh Impetus the M. G. M. books, sound effects, to motion picture making is the rena in "White Shadows of the South a regular thing. "Excess Baggage" and "While the City Sleepe" with Lon Chaney are some of the M., G. M. productions to be eo issued...
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a new era la picture making..sult. With Vitaphone an almost Seas" is to be Wherever one goes, the one recur- Instant "play-back" of what has rent subject of talk is sound pic-been recorded is possible, helping For the most part this new the director to test his company on Itures. phase of film-making is being hall- the spot before taking up the next Evon scene. One of the latest Warner ed with genuine enthusiasm.
Fox Films, having done as much where there is marked opposition to Brothers talking pictures is perhaps for the advancement of sound pictures as Warner Brothers use of the spoken word, there is at "Caught in the Fog," obviously least acknowledgment of the benefits hastily manufactured product de- in an indirect way through their of adding incidental sound effects to signed to make the most of the pre- Movietone Newsreel is also com enhance dramatic values. In spite sant vogue. Conrad Nagel; May mitted to a large and ambitious pro- on their Fox Hillie ogramine, and of the many difficulties this new McAvoy, and Mack Swain are
heard in various treatment of the cinema entails be
talking studio lot are pushing to completion and in some cases these problems sequences as the film progresses. It sound-proof stages, which is a suf- appear almost insuperable the all has to do with a group of people flclently sincere gesture of their ap- whole film colony seems convinced caught in the fog on a houseboat in proval of sound in pictures, Racul of the great possibilities in further Florida waters, and the action flut- Walsh is to be intrusted with their vivifying the screen with sound. ters round the familiar string of initial films in sound, with Earl Warner Brothers are naturally pearls as it passes from hand to Darr Biggers "Behind That Cur-
Henry's and O.
"The sitting "on top of the world" since hand. Howard Brutterton directed bain" their first attempts in the field of the picture, and the story and adap- Caballero's Way" figuring conspicu- talking Alms are reaping them aj tation are by Jerome Kingston and, ously among themr.. rich and well deserved harvest. Charles Condon, respectively.
F. W. Murnau-Fox director- like Samuel Goldwyn, Charles First to take the talking picture to the point of complete elimination The other west coast producing Chaplin, Herbert Brenon and other of the printed word, they are nat- companies are all more or less on the important screen gentry, are averse urally the centre of things cine- qui vive to get into the "talkle" race. to seeing the already developed art matic. Their first 100 per cent talk- Paramount, with Roy Pomeroy at of screen pantomime tampered with ing film, "Lights of New York," is the head of its sound department, is by any new element which will tend expected to gross as much as their further along than most. Mr. to reduce its potency. But it is not Immensely successful. "The Jazz Pomeroy, long-time master of tech- too much to expect that talking Singer," which had the popular Alf nical effects for Paramount, within films will be generous enough to Jolson to swing it. Now a Warner a comparatively short space of time leave the specialists in pantomime to feature picture being made which has produced some remarkable ro- their particular field just as In has even the introductory, matter of sults, easily the best I have heard painting the colourists and black- main title and cast introduced by for tonal quality and naturalness of and-white men each have their place. word of mouth, so that there is not effect, Paramount's forthcoming) one syllable of print from start to "Varalty" - will contain talking Warner Brothers' three sequences which are ahead of any sound-proof stages are being taxed thing yet heard publicly Heard to capacity in order to meet the pub within the sound-proof stage at the lic demand for the new type of film, atudio, I was amazed at the effec- and a new sound-proof stage, largest tiveness of the talking scenes of its kind, is nearly ready.. This secured by Paramount's adaptation now unit of production will permit of the talking process. Charles of more extensive sets and mass Rogers, Mary Brian, and Chester effects, and a companion stage of Conklin all come out with flying equal size is soon to follow.
colours from their initial talking ordeal for "Varsity," and there is a gripping quality of pathos and naturalistic charm in their foal sequence,
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This, cross-word puzzle has been made by an experi but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
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Warner Brothers already have in readiness for release several feature pictures, with "Noah's Ark" topping the list as a $2,000,000 special. Al
For the present it will not be pod- Jolson in "The Singing Fool;" "Conquest," with Lois Wilson, sible for Paramount to secure all the H. B. tonal smoothness and accuracy in Monte Warner;
Fanny Brice in "My their theatres as is now to be heard Home Towner"in Mr. Pomeroy's laboratory, owing Man; "The with Richard Bennett and Doris to certain technical difficulties in Kenyon are waiting delivery. "OA duplicating the original records, but Trail" is about to go into production, it will be only a matter of a few necessary with Pauline Frederick, Lola Wilson, months to effect the
changes. Clivo Brook proved espe- and Bert Lytell in the cast. all this together with the endless cially effective in his first speaking Vitaphone items, musical and other tests. But perhaps the best voice wise, that are constantly being pre- pared.
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Sound pictures are undoubtedly a blessing however disguised to the film world at large. The routinary, humdrum atate of affairs that was apparent in Hollywood last year has given way to a period of expectancy, uncertainty, and definite unfold. ment. Those governing picture de- atinies and those involved in por traying the various screen roles are now forced to ask themselves what! they have to offer this new kind of film-making. From now on it is a matter of measuring up to new re- quirements Instead of calmly riding along on the strength of good looks or attractive personality.
This is unquestionably a testing time for all concerned, but Holly wood is at heart convinced that a bigger and finer screen is to emerge from the sound stages that are now beginning to dot the horizon. And wherever sound is mentioned, some- one is bound to add colour and three dimensions to the growing status of the screen, all of which indicates that from now on the making of motion pictures is going to be an
to be found in Mr. Pomeroy's little increasingly difficult and absorbing. album of "talkio" tests Is Philip affair-Christian Science Moni- Holmes, son of Taylor Holmes thetor.""
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turn
to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered squares and running eith:: horizontally or vertically or both.
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