MAKING THE “TALKIES”
Tlie sound picture has effected «■ revolution in production methodsEach scene of a silent picture is g\w sometimes a quarter of an hour, sometimes only a few minutes rehears before the cameras start If the sequence is not to the liking 01 the director it is immediately retaken. . The sound picture, however, must approached from a different angle. K” cently on the sound stages of the P*JJ' mount studios, William de Mille, tn director of the Paramount sound version of Sir James Barrie’s “Half ae Hour,” and a cast including " Chatterton, H. B. Warner, and JooLoder, the English actor, devoted days to the rehearsing of their spoKlines. During the progress of the re *l ears jt “play-back” records were made order to determine whether the von*® recorded and reproduced properly. The morning of the third day f* the players letter perfect in them 11 : and the first scenes were put without a slip. A forgotten v:ora i line is sufficient to ruin a the waste much valuable time, so * , ture screen actor or actress of the iu , will have to be endowed with a g memory.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 557, 9 January 1929, Page 14
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188MAKING THE “TALKIES” Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 557, 9 January 1929, Page 14
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