ingria@mit-prep.ARPA (Bob Ingria) (03/02/86)
> In an earlier note about "The Brother From Another Planet", Alan > Wexelblat asked:- > > >Side note: can anyone think of any other movie in the "talkie" era where the > >main character never speaks? Actually, the title of your posting reminds me of a movie that might count. It was called, if I remember correctly, ``The Next Voice You Hear''. The premise is that the Voice of God starts being heard on the radio every day at the same time. Although the (other?) characters in the movie hear the voice, the audience never does, since the radio broadcasts are only heard off-screen. ***SPOILER WARNING*** Actually, it's more complicated than that. For six days, the broadcasts are heard off-screen. On the seventh day, in the climactic scene of the movie, all the characters are gathered to hear the Voice of God together but there is only silence at the appointed time. The regular radio announcer comes on and announces that it seems that, since it is the seventh day, God has decided to rest, just as at the creation. ***End SPOILER WARNING*** Internet: ingria@prep Usenet: ...allegra!mit-eddie!mit-prep!ingria
daver@felix.UUCP (Dave Richards) (03/05/86)
In article <1389@decwrl.DEC.COM> williams@ecadjr.DEC (Lather, rinse, repeat...) writes: >In an earlier note about "The Brother From Another Planet", Alan >Wexelblat asked:- > >>Side note: can anyone think of any other movie in the "talkie" era where the >>main character never speaks? (the only one I can think of is Mel Brooks' >>"Silent Movie", but that really doesn't count, as only one person says >>anything in that movie. (for 10 brownie points, can anyone remember who speaks > "Dumbo" (1941) - At first, this was a facetious choice, but as I > thought about it, it dawned on me that this choice was quite > valid. Why?? Well, just about every animal in the film spoke > so language is accepted, but Dumbo never said word one. > >Skip Williams Your mentioning of a Disney film, plus the non-specific aspect of the question ( Alan says only "main character", not actor/actress) prompts all kinds of titles, like; "Old Yeller", "Charlie the Lonesome Cougar", "Beaver Valley", "Clarence the Cross-eyed Lion", etc. Then there's Lassie (wasn't that a movie?), The Flipper movies and show, "Gentle Ben", more etc. More along the line of what Alan was looking for, I think: The french film maker Jaques Tati (sp.?) I consider a comic genius and visual wizard. He portrays different characters in each of his films but none of them have spoken as far as I recall. This gives them almost universal appeal, for although most of the other actors speak in french, it is absolutely not neccessary to know what they are saying to enjoy the film. Some of his films are: "Mr. Hulot's Holiday", "Traffic", "My Uncle". Dave P.S. If I'm wrong about him speaking in any of these films, someone please correct me.
ecf_ujaj@jhunix.UUCP (James A. Jones) (03/09/86)
> >Side note: can anyone think of any other movie in the "talkie" era where the >main character never speaks? (the only one I can think of is Mel Brooks' >"Silent Movie", but that really doesn't count, as only one person says >anything in that movie. (for 10 brownie points, can anyone remember who >speaks I'm surprised that other people haven't answered this question yet (at least I haven't seen an answer). The only person to speak in _Silent Movie_ is Marcelle Marcoux (sp?). Mel Brooks (and Marty Feldman?) call M.M. on the phone to ask him if he wants to be in the silent movie they are making and he says "No!". -jj USENET: ihnp4!whuxcc!jhunix!ecf_ujaj BITNET: L64A0110@jhuvm