Agitation Against “Dubbing" Films
THERE is a certain amount of agitation at the present time against the practice of "dubbing" in films. "Dubbing" is the trick of fastening by mechanical ingenuity upon the folk of one nation the speech of another. The movement of actors' lips in their own language is studied.
Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
On Car By
February 25, 1939.
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Trick' Charge WESTON
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on the
Hnillday' was caught eventually in feld at Hampton Lucy, three miles. from Stratford-on-Avon
CONSTABLE HUGGINS, of the Warwickshire police, told at Strat- fori-on-Avon, recently, of his effort to arrest a motorist who, as the officer stood on the running board, ncccter- #led,
saying "I'm going to crash the as I ear, and you'll get the ne will."
The motorist, John Halliday, aged twenty-seven, and his eighteen-year- Thelma Equivalent meanings in the "dubb, the trial scene, and only at the very old companion in the car, ed" tongue uttered by the substitute fend drops to a lower level with Joan Williams, of Battleroad, Hast- with synchronised solution both melodramatic and un-lings, faced charges of obtaining a actors are then
trick, und incurring exactness fastened on to the sound convincing, because it is not consis- car
voices are tent with what we have seen of the liability at a Redhill, Warwickshire, truck. So that strange
with foreign accused man's character. Anyway, it hotel. brought into ufliance"
FORCED TO LET do faces, and yet one more camera trick is the measure of Mr. Brook's success
Both were committed for trial, the adds to the general chicanery of the that, no matter what the fellow does, film. Pierre can speak with the you like him. His gulety is infee-girl being allowed ball. Halliday
charro overpowering: was committed also with the ous, his
on a further volce of Peter, or Peter volce of Pierre, Rene Clair is the though the man is quite contemptible, charge of obtaining £5 by fraud.
Constable fuggitis said that when Jatest to prove it. Clair, I under-is bearing commands reluctant ad- stund, objects to this practice on the miration to the end. The film is so he tried to arrest Halliday score that each character in life has essentially Mr. Brook's pleture that Warwick road he seized Halliday by his own distinctive voice which can- none of the other players gets much the throat, but the man accelerated, not and should not be varied. Yet chance. Jane Baxter, is at last given forcing him to let go to avoid serious in the best example of "dubbing" chance to phry a grown woman con- injury. have seen, viz, that in "The Cheal," vincingly, Barry K. Barnes does all! the most Unt can be done with the faithful for not one second could acute observer detect the fact that barrister friend: Peter Bull is ade- it was not Guitry's voice speakiu quately obnoxious as the corpse-to-
ELSIE CARLISLE but that of his English invisible be; and Edward Rigby gives an amus- likeable old was per-ing thumbnail sketch of counterpart, The Buston
GIVEN MORPHIA fect. "She Kidnapped a Man" can-seallawag of the Turf. The produc not claim the same degree of skill tion, by Michael Balcon, and
direction, by Robert Stevenson (whole crooner, who was seriously TALSIE CARLISLE, variety star and in its dubbing. The enda of the
Theo had a hand in the scenario) are sentences seemeil picture suiters from many crudities ick to the point of brillance: and with an Internal complaint at her from which it it rescued by the chief taking it all in all, "The Ware Case" home in Deanery-street, Park-lane, actor, Victor de Sien. He is food-is one of the best British tims for Wa was being given morphin injec-
tions to draden the pan. looking, and has a nice voler and years.
For 25 years it has been a conven- | Mr. Billy Carlisle, her brother, said manner. There is in the enst also
by practical LON cannot beton, supported Miss Jazzband. This
"At present she cannot be moved. considered truely representative siderations of programme building, When she is a little better she will Itailun film, but it has tremendous that all "story" films should run at go to a nursing home."
A now British com- vivacity
Explaining a denial by his brother semount of least an hour. ank no sarall
11: Tried Goldoni-ke intrigue.
carlier, that their sister was experiment. Harry, Casider Your Verdiet" based on a ill, Mr. Carlisle added:-. Hollywood Academy, dictator of play by Laurence Houanan. is to thej We all thought it would be a pass- taste in the motion picture world, average film what a short story is to]ing trouble, and for business reasons has announced its choice of the tenha travel. It runs about 30 minutes! thought it lost that news of her ill- best in perfommers of 1938. The -jtat long enough to show the killness should not be spread about. We
ing of a blackmailer in Hyde Park, had her engagements to consider. and the trial that arises from it. The! "Now, however, we have the do emmax is ingenious if not very con-tor's diagnosis, and it is very much sineing and the direction has lovers! mere serious than we imagined.. of onginality.
"Two specialists and two ductors are attending her, and she has nurse with her day and night."
men are:
defective.
Charles Boyer in "Algiers," James Caguey in "Angel; with¦ dirty faces."
Robert Donat in "The Citadel," Leslie Howard in "Pygmalion." Spencer Tracy in "Boystown, ̈*
The women Bret
Fay Bainter, in "White Banners. Beite Davis, in "Jezebel." Wendy Hiller, in "Pygmalion." Norma Shearer, in "Marie An- toinelle.'
Margaret Sullivan. Comrades."
in "Three
From these "pominations" to
Bird Flies Into Bullet
Melbourne, Australia.
the
Miss Carlise last broadcast with (her radio partner, Sam Browne. She was ill then, and left her bed to go to Broadcasting House. Afterwards she collapsed.
Australian sportation labour under: 'Possum's Undoing
greater inconveniences from birds:
an sportsmen in any other part of!
Pasadena, Cal.
the world. In addition to the huge One warmth-loving opossum tually crews which amuse themselves by located the steam heating pipes carrying off golf balls, a magpie got beneath the bathroom of the E. Post
as and best in its work during a rille match here home an ideal nesting place. by swooping down and intercepting When discovered a month later by the the 23rd
the bullet of a contestant. It lost family, they transferred it to a still its life, and the rifleman had to fire warmer place in the oven, where it again,
came out a roast.
awards to the best man
be announced at the woman will Aundemy's banquet, on February.
back to Alexander Konda came London on Sunday, the 5th Februnty, from the United States with £500,000 for British Blm production. Ile hus arranged for seven, films to be made at Denham. Three he will produce himself for London Films, and four will be produced by Irving Asher. whom he has lent to Columbia Ple- lures. First of his own films will be "The Thief of Bagdad," with Sabu! and Paul itobeson. This will be made in colour on a big scale, and is due to begin within the next few weeks. Next will be a new produce: tion starring Merle Oberon, who is expected back in London about the end of March. The third to be maile at Denham will be "The Jungle Book," again starring Sobu. Rumours that he ever intended to make this; picture in Hollywood are untrue,
The feature of the films this week is the return or rather the "come- back" of Clive Brook. Now comes perhaps the best picture he has ever inade, and certainly the finest acting? perfonnance of his career. "The Ware Case" was always an extremely effective bit of hokum. The
new dim version retells the story with such suave power and subtle under- tones of parsion that it becomes something more important. It is the story of a parasite, typical of a breed, conmen chough in the 18th century, now happily dying out. "The Ware: Case" establishes ilg characters adroitly, achieves painful suspense int
AUFS
Bryan Grover, British engineer who flew into Russin with- out permission, to regain his Russian wife, thereby violating the whole catalogue of international flying regulations, is shown with her arriving In Harwich, England, by plane. le paid a 1,590- ruble fine to the Soviels The couple hater remurried in England.
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