TALKIES V. STAGE
THEATRE WILL NOT BE OUSTED
MR. CARRILLO’S OPINION
"Talking pictures will never supersede the theatre.” So said Mr. Leo Carrillo, of "Lombardi, Ltd.,” in an address to the Auckland Rotary Club at its luncheon today, held in the Lewis Eady Hall.
Anticipating the inevitable “Why?” Mr. Carrillo’s answer was framed in the form of another question: "Where are you going to get your actors from, if the legitimate stage passes out?” When the talkies first started, thousands of "silent” actors and actresses immediately went in for voice training and as a means of training for talkie work alone, the legitimate stage must persist. The stage, as a means of entertainment. had existed almost since the beginning of time and so had firmly established itself as a means of entertainment. It was not now going to go under.
"The talkies are here to stay,” he admitted, "biU their chief effect on the legitimate shage will be an improvement In the comfort and build of legitimate theatres.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 899, 17 February 1930, Page 11
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