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A 1946 guest column by comedian Jack Oakie recalls the first time he got a gig in a movie that had sound, and that "frightening" new presence of the mike.
In August 1946, Jack Oakie, the Oscar-nominated star comedian, looked back on his career two decades earlier — specifically when he made the leap from a pantomimer to speaker on the big screen. In a Hollywood Reporter column commemorating the 20th anniversary of talking pictures, the comedian remembers tentatively transitioning to sound films in a piece originally titled "Before We Talked."
Read More >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-silent-film-actors-made-leap-talking-pictures-1138832
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