FILM FOR BLIND
j Successful Trial with Talkie DIALOGUE EXPLAINED A party of more than 100 blind I children were recently the subjects of an interesting experiment when they attended a motion picture theatre in San Francisco and “saw” an all-talking production. The experiment was conducted to ascertain the possibilities of talking pictures as a means of entertaining the blind. “The Virginian,” a Paramount talkie, with Gary Cooper, Mary Brian and Walter Huston. was screened. Teachers, and a few of the children who could see siightly. distributed themselves among the totally blind ones. Then, when the dialogue was not sufficiently explanatory, those who could see whispered explanations of the action. The successful results of this experiment were plainly visible on the bright countenances emerging from the theatre and experts have become keenly interested in discovering a means of producing talkies for the blind.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 910, 1 March 1930, Page 24
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143FILM FOR BLIND Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 910, 1 March 1930, Page 24
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