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technique of the talking film is still little known, and therefore requires continual tests, accurate study and keen observation of the various phenomena, in order to overcome the difficulties that have continually to be faced. Problems of acoustics, of place, and of materials, problems of laboratory, of development and of printing, are still awaiting solution and stabilizing in exact laws. In addition to the artistic and inventive sense,. in addition to the complete mastery of the laws of optics and photographic chemistry, the technique of the talking films requires a knowledge and a profound study of the complex laws of acoustics. The mistakes made in the early stages of the silent cinematograph and which make us smile today, are being repeated in the case of the talking film, but men of talent, endowed with great ability and means are working unceasingly and we shall soon be able to smile also at the first steps of the talking film.
We have tried to give a general idea of the present state of the talking film, without entering too deeply into technical arguments of a detailed character. We have touched on the salient points of this interesting problem, which is still in its childhood, and which is full of fascination for all those who take an interest in cinematography. Every day famous scientists, technical men with high reputation, inventors and industrialists are strenuously endeavouring to bring this new instrument to perfection. We think that the progress of the talking film will be rapid and sure, and that it will not be long ere men and machines reach perfection. Then as we have said at the beginning of these pages, human genius will have placed another powerful tool at the service of the people and for the greater progress of civilisation.