Mamoulian

The Great Armenian-american Director Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987) Remains A Favourite Among Film-makers, His Films Combining Great Technical Originality With A Uniquely Poetic Visual Style. Mamoulians Technical Innovations Are Evident From His First Film, Applause (1923), In Which He Incorporated Two Separate Soundtracks Into One Printing, Thus Overcoming The Difficulty Of Sound Levels Which Had Frustrated The Pioneer Directors Of 'talkies', And In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (1931), In Which He Synthetic Sound Painted Directly Onto The Soundtrack. Such Inventive Solutions To Film-making Challenges Were Linked To Mamoulians Abiding Sense Of The Magic Of The Cinema.