THE TALKING SCREEN
DOES NOT AFFECT GOOD PLAYS MELBOURNE, Doe. 9The talking screen docs not affect, good pi avs on the legitimate stage, according *lo Mr. Herbert Cyril, a theatrical producer, who, with Ins wife, Miss Minnie Love, the actress, arrived at Melbourne by b.AI.N. Chitral. He said that the talkies onlv affected the stage when weak plays were presented. The theatres in London, however, were out of date. Discussing British talking films, Alt. Cyril said that thev were progressing, biit they had a-long way to go belore they reached a really high standard. The fault lay with the companies, Which would not spend money in putting. the necessary details in the productions. Several British pietiin firms had commissioned . him In endeavor to select suitable sites for the establishment of studios. MV. Cyril,-who was a member of the London Stock Exchange, has also been commissioned by ft number of large English firms to investigate the possibility of investing nunu;y in g‘Hedgeii municipal loans in the Commonwealth.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 5
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166THE TALKING SCREEN Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 5
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