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304 HAROLD B. FRANKUN [j. s. M. p. E.
and important strides may be expected in this connection within the next few years. Where inadequate orchestras used to render their ineffectual accompaniments, motion pictures are now reaping the special benefits of musical synchronization. Music of the best caliber becomes available to every type of theater. Legitimate theaters may now install reproduction apparatus to be used not only for the showing of special sound motion pictures but also for furnishing entr'acte music.
Standardization would be of advantage in considering the sound-onfilm and disk method of recording and reproducing. The present condition where studios and exhibitors have the choice of sound-onfilm and disk methods is one that has resulted in duplication. Standardization will eventually eliminate one or the other, and in the interest of greater efficiency it would appear that the system of recording sound on film will ultimately be the standard adopted by most producers. The advantages of the sound-on-film method are many ; economically, it is the safer and surer method. When the sound is recorded as part of the film itself we eliminate the possibility of mistakes in shipment or in handling — a possibility that actually does arise in connection with the disks. Furthermore, the sound-on-film system is handled much more easily in the projection booth, and our experience would indicate that fewer surface noises result when this method is used. The gradual but sure loss of film due to breaks and careless patching frequently throws the disk method out of synchronization.
The sound motion picture has met with greater success in theaters of medium seating capacity and this fact may have a marked effect upon the design of newer theaters ; for, while satisfactory reproduction has been attained in theaters of huge seating capacity, yet the problem in such houses is so formidable as to require constant and minute supervision. Auditoriums will be specially designed with the greatest regard to acoustical conditions. We may well expect — except in theaters located in the very largest communities, where stage entertainment may be expected at some time to be a part of the program — to see the elimination of the present size stage with its lofty gridiron. Projection booths have already become the subjects of special study by theater architects and engineers. In the newer Fox West Coast Theaters, for example, a special observer's box is provided as part of the booth, so that projectionists may see and hear everything just as it comes to the audience. Experiments are now being made looking to the substitution of remote controls for the present methods of booth