Lets go to the movies. For more than half a century, these words have meant an invitation to magic. The magic of moving pictures. The spinning of dreams in a darkened theater. For three decades, the dreams were silent ones. The magic of movement alone. Then suddenly, on a night in october 1927, a voice was heard from the screen. Proclaiming a fabulous era in hollywood. The night the movies became the talkies with the premiere of a jazz singer and the voice of al jolson. Its interesting the first sound Motion Picture was a musical in which al jolson only sang and the reason for that is they said, well, who wants to hear actors talk. Most of the running time its a silent film using titles with an orchestra score. Every once in a while the orchestra stops and jolson pops up and starts singing. Wonderful tales are always hard to find some folks have one some folks have none jolson always talked to his audience. It was one of the things he was known for was his patter. And specifically, his
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best films was brilliantly set up. so henry fonda appears in the ship s dining room and every eligible wants his attention because he s a rich guy. every jane in the room was giving him the thermometer and he feels it s just a waste of time. barbara stanwyck in lady eve was one of the best comedic performances of all time. when she s got the mirror and she s watching. it s really funny. not just this brilliant dialogue, it s also the incredible physical comedy. it s a wonderful balance of low comedy and high comedy and life is both, isn t it? sturges had a stretch during the 1940s where he turned out hit after hit after hit. it s an unprecedented streak of really quality films. cinema roll 5. alfred hitchcock. hitchcock began working in the industry as an art director at the ufa studios in berlin where he got to watch some of the great german directors of that era like frits lang and