The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 25, 1932, Page 8

. 000 Test Pictures Made Each Year } Are Never Shown Before Cinema Fans pay re Screen Voice Tests Through | Five-Year Contract | »— par wels ¢ Which Newcomers Get i i Their Starts ce! —— | Hollywood, April 25—Sadie Thomp- ‘bon in “A Test of Her Talents.” You never have heard of that pic- Fture. Yet it and some 2,000 more like Fit are made in Hollywood each year. | None, however, ever are seen by the public. And most of them never are seen by audiences of more than 10 them, you might say. But you are) wrong. Each of these pictures entails | fan expense of from $500 to $1,000. That goes on studio ledger books as/ some of the most wisely spent money | of the year. j « These unsung and unheard-of films are the screen voice tests through which every newcomer in the p.cture) business gets his start. ‘There was a day when screen tests were delegated to inexperienced | studio technicians. Today, the ablest | Girectors, with carefully selected) staffs of cameramen, sound record- | ers and make-up artists, make all tests. It is on the strength of these | tests that new players are given con- | tracts and old players are given new) characterizations to portray. | Screen tests are divided into two} classes. About half are tests made|Here’s Kent Taylor, who got a five- pefore a picture goes into production. vear contract after chance had given! to determine the best type of make- him a role in a test scene made to| up for a particular character. sate eis are persprinlity arid voice tests/Check @ new type of backeround. Be- of persons who never have been on low is the artist's conception of a the screen. These persons may be ‘screen test, in which actors are placed prominent stage artists or they May in ridiculous positions to test their be unknown. ~ * * poise. REE taeda to make tract actress. ‘The other was an un- Eth auanee case of Clara Deane,” Known boy, Kent Taylor. When the dn which she appears as a young girl jtest was shown to studio executives, | a they forgot all about the background | Pecans or iti nee. aie woman in their enthusiasm for the boy. ‘The by the picture, numerous tests were | next dey he was handed a five-year THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1932 THAT MILUE AND NER MOTHER: NAVE DEPARTED~ AND POOR OLD LONE SOME UNCLE BIM IS LAID OP WITHA BROKEN LEG- LET US_GET BACK TO THE rs) BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE- 4 38: AND TAKE A PEEK INTO A REAL HOME WHERE TWO HAPPY PEOPLE DWELL ~ AND LOVE RULES- COULD THERE BE A MORE IDEAL COUPLE “THAN TOM AND HENRIETTA’ FOR HER SE > 7 WHO 1S MORE DRSERVING OF A GOOD HUSBAND AND A GOOD HOME THAN HENRIETTA ? . THE WORLD 1S ONE GRAND SONG = SHE GRASPS RVERY OF HER HAPPINESS = COUNTS EVERY HOUR — | i ty Au. JUST \| SEEMS. LIKE A DREAM = Yom 18 SO Soaue me A) DARLING-S§ CALL ME SWEET HEART-) CALL ME, THE GUMPS—TWO SOULS THAT BEAT AS ONE : ne is NEVER SO HAPPY AS WHEN TS_PREPARING SOME NEW DISH DELICACY - Liye THAY. SHE COOKS NERSELP = SOME LL = ND HOW HE BENNO! SHAT IS GoSKED BY THOSE rae cab RE ne rom = Went - He's STILL IN A Cane {T'S ONR JOYFO., HONEYMOON FOR HIM= WONDERFUL = ViLove RIM So- necessary before she discovered the correct makeup and voice inflection for each period. Approximately 9,000 fect of makeup tests were filmed of Fredric March when he was preparing for his diffi- cult dual role in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” . When one considers that the average feature length film runs only about 7,500 feet, that is a lot of test- Tests for make-up only usually are short and require no acting. But those in the other division, seeking new talent, are made from a variety of camera angles, including long shots, close-ups, profiles, full face, full \figures (in bathing suits for girls). And the subjects have to play a scene \from a play or picture. HERE IN: OTTAWA THINK OF YOU WITH A HORN BLOWING LUKE FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS Now), IN TEACHING A D6 To CARRY A BASKET, THE FIRST LESSON SHOULD GE WITH A RUBBER BALL... THROW IT A SHORT DISTANCE AND ORDER HIM To FETCH IT.... KEEP REPEATING THIS UNTIL HE \) LEARNS IT... S ‘THEN You GUBSTITUTE A STICK FoR THE BALL AN’ HE'LL BRING THIS THE SAME AS HE DID THE BALL... NOW, WATCH AND i'VE GOT \ TO GET TOA | FILLING STATION } BEFORE 1 RUN} [\ out OF as. al NOTICED? YOUR HORNS NEVER WAS HE SO NAPPY— SUCH A WIFE = SUCH A PAL = WHAT COULD a NAPPEN TO BREAK NEAH— GOT TO GET ONLY GETTIN’ 6 MILES ON A GALLON WITH THAT TOOTING ‘T FIXED. P Res. U.S. Pat.O8.. Con by The Chicago Tritune. SAY ll! Doe's LIKE IT... JUST. KEEP DOING THAT OVER AND OVER AND SOON THE DOG WILL CARRY ITu AROUND FOR You To WELL, ALL You 00 1S To . PLACE THE HANDLE OF A SMALL BASKET IN HIS MOUTH AND HE'LL CARRY ‘IT AS EASILY AS HE DID “THE BALL AND . THEN You CAN SEND HIM WITH THE BASKET RH SOME PERSON WHO'LL) CALL HIM BY NAME AN' SAY," BRING IT TRI REALLY WORKS ; ing. But every test was necessary, | *——__________________-@ Carefully made tests reveal to studio | 7 . i executives and directors not only how | Stickler Solution players photograph and speak but| ° how their personalities register on the | Sit tet personality is such | Ge LaTi Ne ee * | Perhaps one of the most unusual tests ever made was one in which a! Be A uli Fu L new type of scenic background was| being tested. In order to approximate | The large letters are the consonants production conditions two players that were missing from the above words. ‘were put into the scene. cra ‘One of them was Clara Dodd, a con- | THEY’RE ILLINOIS BEAUTY QUEENS SEE WHO’S HERE WELL, AFFEL, 1 THINK THIS, CAMPAIGN OF YOURS WILL WORK OUT FINE FOR MY PRODUCT. 1 WANT TO CONGRATULATE You! 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