The 1935 version of "A Tale of Two Cities" is a movie stuck in time between two eras: Silent film and sound, theatricality and realism, literature and melodrama. In the early years after the advent of sound, filmmakers were still figuring things out. The sound usually wasn't very good, evidenced by the disparity of levels at which dialogue and music were recorded. While watching the film, I found myself turning the volume up and down in order to hear what an actor was saying or to quiet the din of a rowdy crowd scene.
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
The 1935 version of "A Tale of Two Cities" is a movie stuck in time between two eras: Silent film and sound, theatricality and realism, literature and melodrama. In the early years after the advent of sound, filmmakers were still figuring things out. The sound usually wasn't very good, evidenced by the disparity of levels at which dialogue and music were recorded. While watching the film, I found myself turning the volume up and down in order to hear what an actor was saying or to quiet the din of a rowdy crowd scene.