Did You Know That—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 804, 26 October 1929, Page 27

Did You Know That —

A young Aucklander has devised a sound unit for attachment to amateur motion picture sets. It is said to be efficient and easily attached to stan- ; dard machines. Louise Dresser is complaining of "too many mother roles.” She wants j to play love scenes, contending that people are as interested in the love : affairs of older people as they are in I young flappers. ; Within the past few weeks the ‘ " estern Electric Company have iu- | stalled special apparatus in country | theatres of the Auckland Province, | several of which have begun to show [ talking films. I Budapest, Hungary, and Vienna have I yet to hear their first talking and | sound-synchronised production. It j 'jas been decided that not until after ! \tay, 1930. will any talking or sound j productions he presented at the ' theatres in Budapest. A number of Auckland enthusiasts | who possess the recently exploited ! "home” motion picture units are considering the making of short amateur films in their spare time. Full equipment and even directions and ideas are now obtainable. Dieting is required as much for the voice now among film artists as it Is for the figure. In order to keep voices at a uniform level, the players are often found fasting at the noon hour rather than returning from lunch to speak in a different key.