International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jul-Dec 1929)

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band, he has succeeded in registering the sound in a perfect and permanent manner on a very fine wire of barely a few tenths of a milimetre. Poulsen's wonderful invention, as perfected by Dr. Stille, seems at last destined to a brilliant future. It may very advantageously be substituted for the phonograph disc, thanks to its small volume in proportion to the amount of sound registered; the elimination of all friction will afford perfect clearness, while its sensibility being so much greater than that of the disc, will ensure absolute faithfulness of registration and reproduction. We may anticipate an early and practical application of the steel wire in the domain also of the Talking Cinema. If it is found possible to synchronise this system with the film, we shall be able to enjoy entire auditory spectacles without any need of changing the discs, and above all, with sound so faithfully and so clearly reproduced and sustained as to be infinitely superior to the phonographic or the photo-electric systems. Apart from the phonograph and the cinematograph, the Mnemophone will be of the greatest service as applied to the telephone, as it will make it possible to receive messages automatically. This new rediscovery of man's genius is no doubt destined to an immense number of further applications and uses, besides those mentioned,, and future experience will certainly show the whole importance of the listening and speaking wire. THE TECHNICAL TENDENCIES OF THE CINEMATOGRAPH AS REVEALED BY AN EXAMINATION OF PATENTS. It looks as tho' Cinematography were rousing itself from a long and tranquil slumber and giving manifest signs of agitation in its sudden awakening. Sound, color, relief — all these qualities which impart so much beauty to Nature — have hitherto been regarded as fascinating problems, but not urgent ones ; to-day they seem to have become a sine qua non of the very existence of the Tenth Muse. This up-to-date Muse, who combines a very practical business sense with her artistic spirit — a sense so keen indeed, that she is often tempted to abandon Parnassus and descend among men, shining with gold and full of its lure — is surrounded by such a throng of admirers and fanatics as often to arouse the envy of her elder sisters. Few branches of the knowable have such an attraction for human ingenuity as the cinematograph. The allurement of big profits, the pas — 198