Agitation Against “Dubbing" Films
Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 25, 1939.
On Car By Trick' Charge WESTON
CONSTABLE HUGGINS," of the Warwickshire police, told at Strat- ford-on-Avon, recently, of his effort
stood on the running board, acceler-
THERE is a certain amount of agitation at the present time to arrest a motorint who, as the officer against the practice of "dubbing" in films. "Dubbing" is theated, saying "I'm going to crash the trick of fastening by mechanical ingenuity upon the folk of one car, and you'll get the same us I nation the speech of another. The movement of actors' lips in will." their own language is studied.
The motorist, John Halliday, aged twenty-seven, and his eighteen-year- in the ear, Thelma Equivalent meanings in the "dubb-, the trial scene, and only at the very old companion ed" tongue uttered by the substitute end drops to a lower level with a Joan Williams, of Battleroad, Hast- actors are then with synchronised solution both melodramatic and un-ings, faced charges of obtaining a and incurring exactness fastened on to the sound convincing, because it is not consis car by a trieis,
voices are tent with what we have seen of then liability at a Redhill, Warwickshire, track. So that strange brought into alliance with foreign accused man's character. Anyway, it hotel.
FORCED TO LET CO 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,
infee-girl being allowed ball, Halliday Im. Plerre can speak with the you like him. His gaiety
his charm overpowering was committed also on with the tious,
further voke of Peter, or Peter voice of Pierre. Rene Clair is the though the man is quite contemptible, charge of obtaining £5 by fraud.
Constable Huggins said that when latest to prove it. Clair, I under his bearing commands reluctant ad- stand, objects to this practice on the miration to the end. The Alm is so he tried to arrest Halliday on the score that each character in life has essentially Mr. Brook's pleture that Warwick rond he seized Halliday by his own distinctive voice which can-one of the other players gets much the throat, but the man necelerated. not and should not be varied. Yet chance. Jane Baxter, is at last given forcing libm to let go to avoid serious In the best example of "dubbing" I chance to play a grown woman con- injury.
Halliday was caught eventually in have seen, viz., that in The Cheat, inclugly. Barry K. Barnes does all for not one second could the most that can be done with the faithfut a field at Hampton Lucy, three mites acute observer detect the fact that barrister friend: Peter Bull is ade-from Stratford-on-Avon.
Gultry's voice speaking quately obnoxious as the corpse-to- but that of his English invisible be; and Edward Rigby gives an amus counterpart. The lusion was per- thumbnall sketch of a likeable old fect. "She Kidnapped Man" enn-scallawag of the Turf. The produc not claim the same degree of skill thm, by Michael Balcon, and
direction, by Robert Stevenson (who of the in Its dubbing. The ends
The also had a hand in the scenario) are sentences seemed defective. picture suffers from many crudities allek to the point of brilliance: and with on internal complaint at her from which it it rescued by the chief taking it all in all, The Wave Case" home In Deanery-street, Park-lane, actor. Victor de Slea. He is good- is one of the best British ms for W was being given morphia infec-
tions to deaden the pala. looking and its a nice voice and years. manner. There Is In the cast also a Miss Jazzband. This
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ELSIE CARLISLE
GIVEN MORPHIA
LSIE CARLISLE, variety star and radio crooner, who was seriously
For 25 years it has been a conven-1 Mr. Billy Cortiste, her brother, and cannot beton, supported by practica con-"At present she cannot be moved. considered a truely representative siderations of programme building. When she is a little better she will Italian film, but it has tremendious that all “story" Aims should run at go to a nursing home. vivacity and no small amount of feast an hour. A new British com Explaining a denial by his brother. Goldoni-like intrigue.
tried an pany
experiment. Hurry, earlier, that their sister was" Consider Your Verdict" based on nil, Mr. Carlisle added:- Hollywood Academy, dictator of play by Laurence Housnan. is to the "We all thought it would be a pass- laste in the motion picture world, Laverage film what a short story is to ing trouble, and for business reasons lina announced its choice of the tenju novel. It runs about 30 minutes thought it best that news of her ill- best film performers of 1938. The long enough to show the kill-ness should not be spread about. We
ing of blackmailer in Hyde Park had her engagements to consider, at the trial that arises from it. The
"Now, however, we have the doe- ching is ingenious if not very con- tor's diagnosis, and it is cincing and the direction is touches more serious than we imagined,
very much of originality.
"Two specialists and two doctors are attending her, and she has nurse with her day and night."
en ure:
Charles Boyer in "Algiers." James Cagney in "Angels with dirty faces."
Itobert Dunal in "The Citadel." Leslie Howard in "Pygmalion." Spencer Tracy in "Boystown."
The women are:
Fay Bainter, in "White Banners." Belle Davis, in "Jezebel." Wendy Hiller. In "Pygmalion.“ Norma Shearer. In "Marie An- toinette."
Margaret Sullavan, in Comrades."
"Three:
at the
From these "nominations" fil to the best man and best awards woman will be announced Academy's banquet, on February,
Bird Flies Into Bullet
Melbourne, Australia,
Miss Carlise list broadcast with
; her radio partner, Sam Browne. She was ill then, and left her bed to go to Broadcasting House. Afterwards she enllapsed,
Australian sportsmen labour under: 'Possum's Undoing
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greater inconveniences from birds! than sportsinca in any other part of
Pasadena, Cal. the world. In addition to the huge One warmth-loving opossum finally etows which amuse themselves by located the steam heating_pipes carrying off golf balls, a magpie get beneath the bathroom of the E. Post
in its work during a rifle match here home as an ideal nesting place.
by the 23rd swooping down and intercepting When discovered a month later by the
the bullet f a contestant. It lost family, they transferred it to
its life, and the riteman had to fire warmer place in the oven, where
Alexander Korda camION back to again. London on Sunday, the 5th February. from the United States with £500,000! for British in production. He has arranged for seven hims to be madeį at Denham. Three he will produce himself for London Films, and four! will be produced by Irving Asher. when he has lent to Columbia Pic-l tures. First of his own films will be "The Thief of Bagdad." with Sabu! and Patal Robeson. This will bej made in colour on a big seale, and, is due to begin within the next few weeks. Next will be a new prodav tion starring Merle Oberon. who is expected back in Lention about the end of March. The third to be made at Denham will be "The Junglei Book." again starring: Sabti. Rumours that he ever intended to make this) picture in Hollywood are untrue.
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The feature of the ims this week? is the return or rather the "come- back" of Clive Brook. Now comes perhaps the best picture he has ever made, and certainly the finest acting performance of his career.
"The Ware Case was always an extremely effective bit of hokum. The film version relells the story with such stave power and subtle under- tones of passion that it becomes something more important. It is the story of a parisite, typical of a breed common enough in the 18th century, now happily dying out. "The Ware. Case"
characters establishes its adroitly, achloves painful suspense ini
came out a roast.
Bryan Grover, British engineer who flew into Russia with- out permission, to regain his Russian wife, thereby violating the whole catalogue of international dying regulations, is shown with her arriving in Harwich, England. by plane. He paid a 1,500- ruble flue to the Soviets. The couple later remarried in England.
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