Show Timing Laughs Talkie a ie Problem ro em The comedy directors s trying to tomake make funny tunny sound pictures s h have ve a It difficult problem th that t of timing laughs laugh's Jack White head he of the the- directorial corps at the Educational Studios Studios Stu Stu- dios told us Ul that one U timed poorly laugh might spoil a whole picture It works this this' Way ho said Suppose you have havea a a gag that you think will convulse an audience and andou you ou allow a few s seconds to elapse before you go on with th the next sequence se se quence fine If It the thee audience laughs laughS' But Jf Jt there is no laughter and the players obviously are stallIng stallIng stalling stall- stall Ing aroun around 1 waiting for or the hilarity to die down then the audience loses loges Us ya comedy mood and it 11 is hard to stir sUr them up again White s said ld that aU all possible attention attention atten aUen- tion was wag being paid to the problem One of ot the best solutions discovered red thus far is to td have tie the comedian I pantomime after a spoken gag gag i the silent client humor then bringing a a. I laugh laush even If the dialog has failed to do so I |