Show Lessons of Past Year Point Way W y A To Ta Fewer but tut Better Talkies u 11 I L L I IS I I S I I F 4 4 i I I IA I i L h I I t t I I II I If 31 0 t p. p 42 The plays play's the thing in the thi n new till talking movies and individual st stars r. r of yesteryear are becoming less less' and less important according to King Vidor lower left Samuel Sam el Goldwyn right predicts predict a cut in inthe in the number of productions but sa says the qu quality lity will be improved Ne New I Technique e Being Developed Developed 7 Doom HS ar System of Silent lt Drama D v- v Days t J By GENE GENE GENE-COHN COHN i NEA Behind th the scenes O of the Ue talking pictures ture which havo lavo definitely ly moved move l Into Jo the tho amusement nt lifo life of ot during the pasty eur the the- film tUrn domes domos still o In ra a chaotic d dark l lk ik What hat outstanding changes which He lie Just ahead and what has hasa a year of pf f e taught tho the talkies talkie King Vidor ono one of ot tho the most In Intelligent intelligent In- In of tho film directors dIrector rand and whoso whose Hallelujah h was hailed l b by Now New York critics ns' ns th the best Application Ap Ap- ap- ap of ot th the tho ne new v medium believes be believes be- be First First- that First hat an entirely n now new w dialog dia dla- dialog dia- dia I log method must bo ho Invented Second That nd That the past year has has' I Indicated the tha passing of or the old star system built ii up during during- the tho silent drama Iama days s f I Samuel Goldwyn who each year ear presses a prophetic eye eye ec to 10 key keyhole S y- y hole sees see the tho major picture I ers drastically cutting cutting- down n their theirl output and the gradual arrival of ot th pr pl- d dL cU n pr program tas tasIs as asis s' s sIs Is Is' Is practiced bY bYthe by the theatre Ho lIo lIoI believes better belter pl playwrights play will I wend their wa way to 10 Hollywood that Instead of or scores of or hastily hasUly- made program subjects of ot the 01 old h 1 t type tie pe there will be a more more- careful elaborate dab dab- orate and well vell considered prod product ct FOREIGN STARS TO RETURN Most of ot the cinema elnOma ma caliphs whoso whose thrones are Arc Oil on Bro concede concede- the foreign language problem and ana some somo feel that the foreign start stars whose exit seemed certain will now be In demand beI be- be I causo of or their bilingual ties tics At the moment for Instance Greta G Garbo Is making makinS her production production pro pro- production of Anna Christy not only In English put but G German Cerman as well Maurice Chevalier already an nn Idol In Paris is In the process of at ofa ofa a n. bilingual picture on Paramount's Paramount's Para- Para mounts mount's Long Island lot Jot with Claudette Colbert Colbert also also Lot ot French extraction playing extraction n playing the tho leading varL Such players as LIU Lilt Damita who Is French Vilma Banky Bank who can speak French German or Hungarian Hun Hun- garian garlan Ivan Ivan Isan Lebedeff who Is a n. general linguist Paul and nd Dun Duncan an Rinaldo 1 both th linguists linguist's to tto say nothing of s some me of ot the girls and boys who were packIng up to togo togo togo oh on certain go home now honic take on a Importance In relationship to th the thie foreign market To be S sure suret l CI the thc French or German German German Ger Ger- man markets ts taken by themselves are arc but sv fraction of or tho the world Is sales The largest buyer South America which at the moment moment moment mo mo- ment remains a lr problem m. Ono One company company com coin pany of now no operates just outside of oC New Now York YOLk Hollywood has made some ome effort at using the available l. Sp Spaniards s and Mexicans but s c results The Tho c contrivance of an an entirely new dialog medium m 5 seems to mo rno moone one of the the- most Important new steps cald King In Vidor When the this talkies first started they used a a. sorn ad lib but lib but It Some of them still sun use It where a n. direct stage adaptation is not de demanded de- de d Then they began tho lines written forthe theatre That's better bet tiet I I ter tee but but it s 's Isn't the solution The Theline's lines hues s frequently run too long and I the screen action Is impaired NEW DI DIALOG LOG ESSENTIAL Something as n new w as talkIng talking talk talk- I tn ing pictures Is required M My own opinion Is Is' that it will be- be Homing fleming I wa that va t that at Is like Hemingway's H HOming Heming ways way's w writings writings terse terse and ani c colorful color color- lor- lor ful ful ul characteristic and l I y To Xo me the most interesting happen hap- hap pen Ing of or the Ufo past year was wae tho the decline of ot the star stal system m Some of tit the thc biggest t people ob 01 obviously ob- ob vIo do Into this hew n w medIum me rue- dum Some of oZ tJ them are m are on on th their lr V way wax bd but and sorn some are arc bluff bluffing g It St through through- for fora time a a. The Tile two sac me- re at c different l poles so far faras 8 as tempo is b concerned TIe 10 rus rush and action of of- 1 paulo panto- mime i made necessary by tho by the sl- sl le nall all the of chests chest and emoting beco becomes ell so 80 anti anticlimax climax when presented In tion the voc vocal l medium Au ALI dl In America a. a have hayo lived to see eo themselves laugh heartily at t least at it o one ons u outstanding star vo v.-ork v. In the silent len dramas Va placed paced cd hIm hl among the three or four lead Iced ers I dont don't think k Its It's altogether 1 t the trie c matter of ot either Its It's Just Just- tempo and of ot acton action while speaking or of speaking w while ne acting INTELLIGENCE IS ISN'T BARRED t The rise of sophistication sophistication-Is ls is a henith healthy Indication Change has h made mado It possible for lor director to toca ca carry v his Intelligence e with him on on ona onri c a ri t. t The lh old hokum h k m buck bucket t has g n to the well once once to too ort often n. n predicts t a at least leAsta a GO IiO per nt ci-nt cut In the production of the major companies d the year car f One O oC ot the very largest largest- studios recently made mado It known kno that that whereas th they y u us d to turn out ut silent flUent pictures a iti year r they they- would make something like Uke fifty this this' year Year pointed d out G Goldwyn n. n MyOwn My Myown y yown own bet is that they'll ll be closer l ser to twenty five And you'll see ice this readjustment all all' along the line Everyone E eton 1 knows that mighty few good playwrights feed Broadway with more than one one outstanding outstanding- play pIny a year Well an author Is not not likely ly to be be able blo To fo do any better better bet bet- ter thatis r the 1 that that Is and d doa dOa do a really good Job For or Instance e I 1 havo been using Sidney SI y Howard Howard- a and l It IL t k hl practically a a a. year to prepare Condemned FOREIGN TONGUES HEARD An AR for tor linguistic honesty the tho William Fox offices s point out that th their lr lat latest t. t talkie Tio T o Sky Ha Hawk k wa was made madet by a a- cast exclusively of British and aid Germ German ri players Since the scene Is L. London the English accent prevails throughout throughput And Arid AndIn AndIn in scenes scenes- nes' nes where wh re th the Germans are shown conversing convening In th their lr Zeppelin flu lin Un they speak In their native tongue A tremendous adv advance nce Int in interest interest In- In t terest rest I is is' thus creat created d In London and d BerUn Finally the movie will makers be bc bemore mor more closely allied and rare are are already heavily financing many productions ns |