Word: motions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trials and tribulations of a movie comedian and the rise of the talkies in the motion picture industry were the topics which Harry Langdon, famous movie comedian, now appearing at the Keith Albee Theatre discussed with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "Anybody who thinks the life of a movie actor an easy one is all wrong," said Harry. "It takes me about 14 weeks to make a picture and in that time I have to work hard all day. Then, because of tremendous overhead, which sometimes amounts to $10,000 a day, we have to do night sequences in which...
...Investment in the motion picture industry today is an extremely hazardous proposition," declared H. T. Lewis, Professor of Marketing in the Business School, when interviewed yesterday by a CRIMSON reporter. Professor Lewis has recently been conducting an intensive research into the problems of motion picture production and distribution...
Much is being said now about the introduction of the third dimension, that of depth, into the motion picture which, in its present state of development, gives an impression only of length and breadth, with but little perspective. I look forward to seeing many productions of the new type on the screen before the end of the year, and the opportunities for further growth along this line are practically unlimited...
...Owen '23, famous nine-letter Harvard athlete, now playing with the Boston Bruins. An orchestra is being secured, and there will be various specialty acts by well-known entertainers. Appropriate souvenirs have been purchased and will be distributed to all who attend. Among the amusements offered will be a motion picture, which is yet to be selected, but which will, it is hoped, come up to last year's standard...
Maurice Chevalier. This keen, young, handsome French song-singer has long been a good reason for a trip to Paris. Now he has come to the U. S. Primarily he came to make motion pictures but, while the operator is changing the reels, Mr. Ziegfeld has captured him for that Midnight Frolic which Mr. Ziegfeld insists is "atop" the New Amsterdam Theatre. Best songs: about Valentine, and M. et Mme. Elephant...