The film finds its tongue (1929)

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Record Details:

Title:
The film finds its tongue
Date:
1929
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Volume:
The film finds its tongue
Leaf #:
000247
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 02, 2025
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CHAPTER XIV JOLSON TAKES THE LEAP Now there came a technical " accident" that was not entirely an accident but that altered the entire future of talking pictures. One of the first pictures scored in Hollywood was "Old San Francisco," a, silent film already completed, featuring Dolores Costello. An excellent orchestra had been assembled, composed of musicians from the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and under the improved conditions of the new studio, an exceptionally perfect recording had been made of the score. This orchestra of ninety men cost, by the way, nine hundred dollars an hour. The last reel in particular, the climax of the picture, was well recorded. Now came word from the east that the censors had objected to a brief part of that last reel and ordered it cut out. This of course would destroy the synchronism of the Vitaphoning, as any cut in the film destroys it. It is for this reason that 195