Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-07

UScn CO0St0cEo0
as a sort of foot-of- the-rntnbow
1T where the fortunate may ma their
pots Of gold.
Unknown boys and Girls have
sound fame there overnight
smile, pair Of soulful eyes, q shock of
" many sheckek
Ehe counter of 10-eent store the wheel of
Wae6. the saddle of COW pony were flelds
x0r garnering buds TO be developed into STAR
Until the talkies came. and voieex aset;o,
ma dramatic force began to matter
Now what are the chances of the asn,r,no
Unknown
The talking screen has increased the oaali
nceuons necessary for an actor or actress" de-
ehafes Josef Won Sternberg noted director.
NO unframed person has been brought for
W@[o senSa1onally since the screen found its
VOICE In silent-picture days the unsehooled
youn9Ster With charm often flashed to the ton
Decaaase OF the ability of his director who could
oSW good performance from him, bit bx bit
NOW director suggest voice infection
enoneiataon and emphasis. but the voice IL the
players Nv
Who are the big attractions in talkies9 Ruth
Cnatterton and Maurice Chevalier-with YEAR
O1 careful stage training behind them"
NM. Won SteTnberg went to Germany to direct
1nml Jannings' FIRST talkie and there found
Mariene Dietrich, lovely young "maedchen" Of
SsoSC,+ gave
account OF herself in the Jannings picture that
sne was brought to Hollywood Her performs
ence In her first picture has made her q Holly
wood sensation
Had she been an unframed actress hacking
m knowledge of languages, she would never
nave been given opportunity To show what
she could do" says her discoverer.
Trained ability to act is his idea Of the
essential requirement for success on the audible
screen.
NTNHE tallies. requiring breeding and ed,ca-
ton to show through the voice have auto
matacalg set high-school education as the
VeTy minimum young player must have before
attempting to get work in the studios IN the
assertion Of Cecil B. De Mile long known as
creator Of stars
I'm addition to school work. youngsters With
nlm ambitions must study to flt themselves for
creative activity before the camera lust A thew
might pursue course of medicine or civil
engineering. There can never again be a star
made BY pure accident. The younester who
wins In 1S3O-1931 will have studied exerv
modern or ancient play he or she can nnd. He
Wlu nave read and practiced the fundamental
pxtnciples OF proper voice production. He will
nave set himself a regime of physical exercise
mat WIN keep him fit at all times
Unknowns can make good in taIkies Former
players die or lose their popularity and new
races must smile from the screen hut IL tales
longer to attain perfection in speaking line
bnAn 70 attain facility with pantomime
dancing and singing contribute 50 much Ia
tne general grace of person that have re-
Qufred every player under contract to me tn
axe lessons in BOTH but particularly the former.
Gais rule existed from the very start Of INV
ent-picture days
wise players keep themselves abreast Of the
ssmes and prepare for changes as they come
azong. Lazy or too egotisticaf artists Of hoth
sage and screen failed I'm talhies one az the
Greatest stage actors faile1 because he refused
20 90 anything I'm the screen version az his
seAeD paaV tl1at he had mot done hseovu Na,e