THE HON-SILENT DRAMA.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 264, 29 November 1928, Page 1

THE HON-SILENT DRAMA.

“The principalities and powers of Hollywocd, Elstree, and other places where they film,” says the Daily Herald, “are busily preparing that latest medium of clamour, the ‘talkie-movie.’ No time is to be lost. A London theatre is being adapted pell-mell for the purpose, and the racket will be let loose next month. So the strong hold of silent drama passes. No longer will people be able to sit back and study the stars of the screen to the sound of music and- their own laughter. The cinema is to become threedimensional; not! content with twinkling on the silver sheet, the. stars in their courses are to speak. “Going to the pictures has, for many a tired man and his wife, been like going to a city of refuge—refuge from the everlasting imposed din of the streets and the workshops. A two-reel comedy has been a respite—a six-reeler a happy holiday. And now those hours of comparative quiet are to go for ever. But are they? Is it not possible that the ‘talkie movies’ will faff for lack of support—that people who have willy-nilly to endure the uproar of modern life will refuse to pay good money to have that uproar prolonged? It is not, «re believe, impossible. Let the cinema magnates reflect on the importance of silence to their industry, at least ‘off the lot;’ let them tread warily in their new adventure.”