Oh the drama....oh the exaggeration....
Silent movies, a symbol of bygone days - was movie making simpler back then?
Certainly technology has advanced the quality of movie making but from reading up on silent movies, it was anything but easy!
Certainly technology has advanced the quality of movie making but from reading up on silent movies, it was anything but easy!
Dialogue was conveyed through expressive gestures, mime and title cards.
Brought to life by the music which was fundamental to creating the atmosphere and providing emotional cues. Smaller cities hired pianists to play the cue music that was provided by the movie studio.
In walks Leah Olive Vincent, born in Winnipeg and the daughter of David Robinson Vincent and Mabel Erroll Marshall, who played the piano for the local movie house.
I wonder how she reacted to the the first 'talkie'.
I wonder how she reacted to the the first 'talkie'.
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| Leah Vincent |
"Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience" - Jon Bon Jovi
History of American Film Music Through Film by composer Mark Oates
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