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 #:
000309
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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IN THE THEATRE 247 table with a glossy black record on it. It's like a large edition of a phonograph record, except that it plays from the center out instead of from the outside in, as is the case of a phonograph. It's got an electrical pick-up that leads to an amplifying panel, from which the voice currents go to loud speakers behind the screen. A Talkie is in progress. The left-hand machine, No. 1, is in operation. Number 2, beside it is being made ready. Film is being threaded through it. Each machine has an operator, and besides them there is a third, a Chief Operator. The Chief is putting the new record in place, just as you would on your own victrola, except that he puts a weight on it to keep it from turning on the green cloth and getting out of synchronism. The other operators get number two ready and then stand by. No. 1 operator is looking down at the screen. Beside him at the port-hole is a cue-sheet. As a certain scene comes into view, he reaches overhead to a big dial-switch and turns it up a point, making the sound a little louder. Those in the room hear the change from a loud speaker up in one corner of the ceiling. They cannot hear the