The Speech: Function of Gestures (1950)
1950 · Ephemeral film · 9 min
Synopsis
Gestures render public speeches much more effective.
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- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Communication: Speech
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Speech: The Function of Gestures · Christine Hennig · 2002-12-19
George is a dealthly dull after-dinner speaker who thinks he's great because he keeps getting invited to speak, probably because of a severe shortage of speakers in his town. John, however, is invited to speak because he's genuinely interesting. The difference between the two? John uses gestures when he speaks, while George just stands there like a mannequin and drones on and on and on. The film gets weird when illustrations are shown of George's body wrapped up tightly in rope (slightly weird), George's enlarged cranium wrapped up tightly in rope (really weird), and a mutant arm attached to…
★★★★ · Speech: The Function of Gestures · Mr. · 2007-06-30
Some entertaining nutso animation in here. Recommended.
★★★★ · Dated but good for its time · ERD · 2006-06-11
The gestures and inflection used back in 1950 are now dated in many ways. Some of the information given, however, was good. In general-it was an entertaining instructional film on speech making for its era.