John Gilbert's speech in front of the court in Redemption (1930)
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- Опубликовано: 31 янв 2016
- John Gilbert final speech in his first Talkie "Redemption" from 1930. The movie itself isn't great, but his acting most of the time is. And his voice isn't silly or funny sounding as some people at the time said. I like it. I like him.
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There is absolutely nothing wrong or odd about his voice... I wish life had treated him more kindly..
It’s a tragedy that his life was cut short. He was a excellent actor and nothing is wrong with his voice his diction is perfect.
There is something seldom mentioned regarding John Gilbert's professional decline; his contract. It was signed shortly before his sound debut and guaranteed him a quarter of a million dollars per picture. At the exact same time as his first talking picture, the stock market collapsed which began the Great Depression. And at the same time, radio suddenly brought professional entertainment to the home. The catastrophic changes in the economy and the movie industry made Gilbert's contract impossible to justify. M-G-M became determined to cancel the contract and did everything in it's power to achieve that end.
Will never understand why he was treated so badly when sound came in. His voice was fine and he was such a good actor. His story is so tragic and unfair.
A really great actor. Too bad he was unappreciated in the early talkies. Movie business is unfair. There are a lot of really talented actors that really deserve more recognition, not just the ones that get the awards.
I love his voice. It’s devastating about what happened to his career… Bless his heart 💔
Happy Happy Birthday John Gilbert. You are my favorite of all the silent films stars. You could have had a wonderful career in the talkies. You had a wonderful voice. I thought you sounded a bit like Ronald Colman. You had a wonderful voice and was a damn good actor. You should have been at any studio other an MGM. Being there was the worst thing that happen to you. God Bless You!
I never believed the myth that Gilbert's voice was 'bad' for talkies and now here is proof that his voice is perfectly fine. I believe that he was simply a victim of the public's changing taste in movies stars. He may have burned a few bridges with those in power by the time studios changed to talkies, too. But in his prime, he was matchless; a true movie star: handsome, charming, intelligent and a huge box office draw. He deserved much better out of life than he ended with.
Great performance.
My God. John Gilbert was a man on fire. And I mean that in the best possible sense.
Frankly, I think he was excellent!
And for his voice Hollywood destroys John's career? Oh god. This is ridiculous. John's voice is strong and emotive and his tone is like Tom Hiddleston's voice, like Leonardo Di Caprio's voice. It's not so bad.
my all time favorite silent movie star.ruthless tyrant M.G.M boss louiy b. mayer practically destroyed his career,never did like mayer after what I read and heard about him.
John Gilbert's voice was fine but a little high pitched. Sometimes people have an image of you. If his fans believed that he had a deep, smooth voice and heard something else that may have impacted his image. Besides, falling out with the boss never helps one's career either.
It's weird to watch an old timey movie without a strong old timey accent. He sounds kind of modern.
In "His Glorious Night" there was nothing wrong with Gilbert's voice; the pitch & tone were quite normal and I, for one, cannot detect any sign of technical tampering by the sound engineers as the legend has it. The problem was that the fans were expecting a broad American accent & the shock was the 'posh' & rather 'camp' upper class English accent that caused sniggers among the teenage girls. Whether Louis B. Mayer, knowing that Gilbert the professional, would speak in this unexpected manner as the part required, planned it that way is open to speculation. This would be one way to humiliate Gilbert whom he hated.
His voice doesn't sound squeaky to me. Can't imagine what all the fuss was about.
"...his decline as a star had far more to do with studio politics and money than with the sound of his screen voice, which was rich and distinctive."
Actually, he sounds surprisingly naturalistic and modern
He had a wonderful voice