"OVER-ACTING."
NEED FOR REPRESSION. Repression of expression is one of the essentials of motion picture acting, and the first lesson to be learned by stage artists in film roles, according to R. D'Abbaddio D'Arrast, film director, whose advice to actors is: " Flay to the first row rather than tho last." D'Arrast, who works with tho finesse and skill of a Continental artist, wrote and directed Nancy Carroll's film, "Laughter." He employed a cast, three of the members of which are both stago and screen actors, and for this reason had to continually stress the need for repression. -" Stago actors need to be told more than anything else to forget the traditional back row, when they change over to the screen medium," he explained recently. " There are no back rows, technically speaking, in motion picture theatres. The slightest gesture, tho faintest inflection, is caught by everybody in the house. Moro motion pictures have been spoiled by over-acting than by poor stories, bad directing, or improper recording."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19310110.2.159.76.9
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20768, 10 January 1931, Page 11 (Supplement)
Word Count
165"OVER-ACTING." New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20768, 10 January 1931, Page 11 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in