Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1929 — Page 11

MAT 31, 1929

UNKNOWNS ARE HARD KIT BY •TALKIE' FILMS Featured Movie Stars Hang on in Minor Parts of New Pictures. BY DAN THOMAS NEA Service Writer HOLLYWOOD. Cal, May 31. What is happening to Hollywood’s a ’ing population' 5 Apparently none of the celluloid favorites have lost out because oi the Influx of talking pictures, except four or five foreign s’ars. And these same talking films have caused more than 500 stage players ♦o be Imported from New York. Yet there is less work than there was in the days of silent productions. You may ask how 300 additional players can be taken care of with 'rr work available. The answer is • -,ey can’t. But it isn't, the favorites who arc losing out. It i the unknowns v. ho appear in crowd scenes or play bits too small to receive mention among the members of the ast. Consequently the o. ppearance oi these people is not noticeable to Mr. and Mrs. Fan. Lack of voice quality may be given ;r he reason for these actors being lorced to seek other lines of employment Extensive stage training or remarkable voices aren’s r.ecessar; But the voices must be pleasing and distinct. "I would say that the old-time bit actor is the one who is gradually being forced out,” declares Fred Beer.- casting director at the MetroGo dwyn-Mayer studio. "One of the reasons is that large rashs ha ! . e been eliminated to a considerable extent by speaking pictures So far our recording problem' are too great to handle large crowds any oftener than is absolutely nr •es.-.vr;.. particularly ou f ol doors. ‘Right now men and women who

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u-ed to be featured players are being given roles that used to be filled by unknowns. In casting talking films we are confronted with an entirely different set of requiremnets than those which used to govern us.' “We have found that many actors who are rated good on the stage lose something when they step before the combined forces of camera and microphone. “While the bit players and extras are the one who are losing out because of dialog films, those of them who are securing work are being paid far better than they ever were before. These new pictures call for a higher quality of acting and nati urally the salaries paid for it are i relatively higher.”

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ARMS CUT WILL SAVE BILLIONS, SAYS STIMSON Failure of Parley Would Cost U. S. SI ,170,800,000, Secretary Asserts. B’l I nittri Prr*t WASHINGTON, May 31.—Secre- ! tary of State Stimson acted today to forestall criticism expected from the big navy group in this country against President Herbert Hoover’s statement at Arlington national cemetery Thursday that the existing naval construction program would be curtailed by the proposed international reduction agreement. Stimson said failure of the reduction move might cost the United

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States $1,170,800 000 for naval construction. The President's speech at Arlington said: “Limitation upward is not our goal, but actual reduction o! existing committments to lowered levels.” This was interpreted to mean a change in the bill adopted by congress last session authorizing construction of fifteen 10,000-ton cruisers and two airplane carriers. Stimson> statement follows: "In connection with the President's speech at Arlington, in which he advocated naval disarmament and stressed the imperative character of this problem, I wish to call attention to another aspect of the same question “The President Thursday spoke about it with reference to its direct relations to the promotion of peace and to relieving the world from the threat of war. In addition t these considerations we do not always realize the immense material bur- ! den which is imposed upon the nai tions of the world today by the cost of the modern ships of war. That | cost is mounting with every fresh i discovery in warfare. “A modern capital ship costs be-

tween $35,000,000 and $40,000,000several times the cost of the battleship of a few years ago. Even a modern 10.000-ton cruiser costs more than double the original cost of the library of congress. “I have in my possession a memorandum from the director of the budget showing the cost of the program recommended by the navy department in case the policy of naval reduction which the President advocates is not adopted. That memorandum shows that the authorized and contemplated naval program for the construction of new ships alone amount to $1,170,800,000. In addition to this’ enbrmous sum for new construction there will also be required very large increase in the already large naval budget to cover the operating costs ol these new ships. “When it is borne in mind that the foregoing figures involve the construction program of only one nation, and that if it proceeds other nations will be impelled to follow suit, the burden of unproductive expenditure which will be imposed upon the economic world during the next fifteen years can be to a certain extent realized." ■

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