Sound motion pictures : from the laboratory to their presentation (1929)

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io SOUND MOTION PICTURES the Bell Telephone and General Electric laboratories; and the present commercial success has been effected principally because of the perfection of amplification. While pictures synchronized with sound were possible before, the reproduction was not of a quality to make them acceptable to the public. Now, however, the earlier problems have been solved, and sound synchronization is at last a commercial success. Similarly, it is believed, study and experiment will make of the various sound synchronization devices a perfect apparatus that will faithfully reproduce in any theatre — no matter how large — the subject which is to be recorded. Thanks to the miracle of the new art, the screen takes voice and life. Titles give way to actual dialogue spoken from the lips of the players. The phantom figures of the silent screen become real characters of flesh and blood. They live — they talk — they sing — just as in real life! Hence sound synchronization is bringing to the motion picture theatre a second chapter of progress, not only because of the great delight shown by the public in the art form itself, but because of the re-created interest that it has brought about within the industry. The advent of sound or talking motion pictures has resulted in quickening the pulse of the entire profession. Originally, the motion picture held popular sway in the field of entertainment because of novelty alone. As the public, however, became accustomed to seeing motion pictures, and the novelty wore off, the products earned their due and were judged by their entertainment value and the quality of the offering. The coming of sound in motion pictures has therefore stimulated the industry, not only because of fresh possibilities on account of sound, but because of the renewed effort being made in the production of silent pictures. All of us have been aroused to new enthusiasm and stirred to new and greater activity, with results that benefit the