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From: lputnam@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Lee P Putnam)
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Subject: Re: female voice-over
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Date: 9 Apr 91 18:21:59 GMT
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In article <1991Apr7.154454.5148@arris.com> rshapiro@arris.com (Richard Shapiro) writes:

>If you mean "female voice-over" in general, there are a few, but not
>many. "Rebecca" and "A Letter to Three Wives" are two that come
>immediately to mind. Kaja Silverman covers this topic in a very
>interesting way in her book "The Acoustic Mirror: The Female Voice in
>Psychoanalysis in Cinema" (Indiana University Press, 1988).

>As for trailers, that's harder to say. I would guess you'd find some
>if you had access to trailers for "women's pictures" from the 30s and
>40s (a genre that would include both films mentioned above). But
>trailers for older movies are fairly rare items, at least for the
>public at large. It may be that you can't find any for that reason.

I received several responses to my initial plea. However, perhaps
because of my poorly written request, I was given titles of examples
of female voices used in _narration_. But as the writer above picked
up on, I was looking for _trailers_, those things they show before the
mean feature.  It always seems to be the case that I hear a male say
such things as,"coming soon to a theater near you..." Have you ever
heard a female say such things?  If so, email me once again...

-lee (p.)