do you find it strange watching tv shows/movies
knowing the actors/actress has passed away
just not the same watching them :O
just not the same watching them :O
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JSul3 · 70-79
@DrWatson Many of the actors in silent films had various dialects/accents and that would not translate well when the sound era began. Many never could make the transition.
Lon Chaney only made 1 sound film, the remake of his earlier The Unholy Three. Chaney wasn't a fan of the coming of sound, as he believed it took away from the skill of pantomime.
Lon Chaney only made 1 sound film, the remake of his earlier The Unholy Three. Chaney wasn't a fan of the coming of sound, as he believed it took away from the skill of pantomime.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@JSul3
Yes. And even the ones without accents might have had voices that would not have gone over well in sound movies. And Lon Chaney actually had difficulty projecting his voice during that remake, as he had contracted throat cancer and would die shortly afterwards.
On the other hand, some did make the transition. I remember watching a scene in a Thin Man movie, in which William Powell was all alone searching a room. It struck me how, simply by how he moved around, he absolutely commanded the scene, and I said to myself, "That's his silent film experience showing." (I had recently watched "The Last Command", 1928)
Yes. And even the ones without accents might have had voices that would not have gone over well in sound movies. And Lon Chaney actually had difficulty projecting his voice during that remake, as he had contracted throat cancer and would die shortly afterwards.
On the other hand, some did make the transition. I remember watching a scene in a Thin Man movie, in which William Powell was all alone searching a room. It struck me how, simply by how he moved around, he absolutely commanded the scene, and I said to myself, "That's his silent film experience showing." (I had recently watched "The Last Command", 1928)