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"Giving the American public credit for having a functioning brain in their head would be like givng the Mona Lisa a perm."
Barak Obama
(imaginary)
Posted by john cox | September 14, 2010 6:53 PM
Posted on September 14, 2010 18:53
Wasn't Pickford one of those popular actors who's movie career was doomed with the advent of sound? The voice just did not "match" the person on the screen?
Posted by GarandFan | September 14, 2010 8:42 PM
Posted on September 14, 2010 20:42
Hey GF - you mean like Lina Lamont in "Singing in the Rain"?
"No, no Miss Lamont! Rrround tones, rrround tones..."
Posted by Ed B | September 14, 2010 9:37 PM
Posted on September 14, 2010 21:37
She was no Lena Lamont.(Love that movie!)
In fact, she won the first Academy Award given to an actress in a 'talkie'.
An interesting life:
http://www.marypickford.com/library/about-mary-pickford/134
Posted by Terry_Jim | September 14, 2010 11:39 PM
Posted on September 14, 2010 23:39
Actually I think it was Greta Garbo that had the heavy accent and voice that they wore worried about. There were probably a lot of others.
Posted by Cowboy | September 16, 2010 1:50 AM
Posted on September 16, 2010 01:50
If I remember correctly, Rudolph Valentino couldn't speak English. Talkies were a career-killer for lots of the silent stars.
Posted by Carl | September 16, 2010 11:11 AM
Posted on September 16, 2010 11:11
I've seen a few silent movies on TCM. It's amazing how those actors could communicate so much emotion without a word.
Posted by Terry_Jim | September 16, 2010 11:48 PM
Posted on September 16, 2010 23:48