Silent Movie Star John Gilbert Speaks

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Silent Movie Star John Gilbert Speaks

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Silent movie stars were as eloquent with their voices as they were with their faces. John Gilbert, one of the biggest stars in silent movies, has often been wrongly said to have a voice unsuitable for sound movies. This clips proves that claim to be false.
John Gilbert clip excerpted from SILENT MOVIE STARS SPEAK CD, and is used here with permission from the distributor.
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@LadyViolet7 12 жыл бұрын

He had a great speaking voice! He was a very charismatic and talented actor.

@FuturamaFiz 8 жыл бұрын

I think his voice is wonderful! I could listen to it all day :)

@qalbmaplus 11 жыл бұрын

hi voice is elegance

@MerylStreep1536 13 жыл бұрын

He had such a nice voice!! I don't understand why people his voice was not suitable for the movies. I rather like his voice! It's nice and manly. I like it!

@albertobello8717 5 жыл бұрын

Love his voice!

@leeparks15 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely voice 🌹

@SilviaFernandez-kk7nh 6 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with his voice, beautiful speaking voice and a fine actor. This recording is wonderful. Love hearing his voice.

@cristinawilligs 8 жыл бұрын

he had a good voice better than many actors today, the high pitch might be because of the recording technology

@playgirlc 7 жыл бұрын

nothing wrong with has voice. I think he had a falling out with louis b mayer and that's what hurt his career (going from memory, I could be wrong)

@weltonvillegal6258 5 жыл бұрын

You are correct.

@billtolles7406 9 жыл бұрын

His voice is fine. The story of his voice being "squeaky" is BS.

@dollydagger4306 6 жыл бұрын

Bill Tolles I know! From the criticism he received about his voice when he made his first talkie in Royal Wedding (or was it Romeo and Juliet with Norma Shearer?) I expected to hear Gilbert's voice a thousand times worse. Unattractive voice bullshit.

@DataLal 9 жыл бұрын

The main reason why John Gilbert's voice was inaccurately perceived as being high and nasally is thanks to the primitive speakers in movie theatres, even a few years after the advent of full-blown talking pictures. The speakers warped his voice and emphasized the higher part of his range over the lower parts, leading to a voice that sounded nasally, tinny and effete. Sadly, sound projection technology (and the public's poor impression of him as leading man material) didn't change fast enough to save his career, and it devastated him.

@RADIUMGLASS 6 жыл бұрын

datalal624 the technology was still new. Very true what u wrote.

@dollydagger4306 6 жыл бұрын

His voice isn't a liability. I like his voice and yes he had the voice of a sexy leading man. Why did MGM think his voice was high-pitched, and whiny? They ruined Gilbert's career, not he. This made him very unhappy up to his untimely death. Poor guy. 😟

@stmichl9433 4 жыл бұрын

Dolly Dagger you can Blame LB Mayer and the Mayer family ruined Many stars and caused countless Abuse, molestations and trafficking of minors. Mayer ruined Gilbert because Gilbert stood up to him. Mayer doctored the sound recordings on that picture and ruined Gilbert's career. Paid off the recording engineer. The Mayer family should be forced to pay compensation for crimes against many of its former Employees. That is a Shameful Family and LB Mayer should not be idolised or venerated as a Pioneer in Hollywood. He is a criminal.

@SatchmoSings 11 жыл бұрын

Magnificent timing and expression and superb diction And the timbre his voice? It sucks!

@Rouben19 11 жыл бұрын

I also liked The Phantom of Paris..... and Downstairs was a very nice effort on Gilbert and MGM

@MissingMoya 11 жыл бұрын

And the treatment of Lew Ayres. The man signed up to be a medic rather than a soldier because he was a committed pacifist. He found a way to serve his country, but the public never forgave him. Of course, John Wayne never served, they just assumed he had, and he gets to be remembered as a real man's man and Hollywood legend. Watch "Holiday" from 1938 and get a taste of what we missed out on. They need to revive the framed Fatty Arbuckle's image too.

@govcalif 6 жыл бұрын

yeah i remember lew ayres an old codger guest star in tv shows. he should have been much more.

@KuznVinny 8 жыл бұрын

That's funny. I was thinking the same thing. I think his voice is far from the best, but the others usually are little better. It may be (see Wikipedia) that it was an excuse by the studios to dump the man for other reasons.