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

Record Details:

Title:
Sound motion pictures : from the laboratory to their presentation
Date:
1929
Publisher:
Garden City : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Volume:
Sound motion pictures : from the laboratory to their presentation
Leaf #:
000298
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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274 SOUND MOTION PICTURES The hit of all-time hits! The cinema rave of raves! DIRECT TO YOU ... in all its SIGHT-SOUND GLORY . . . Hailed as the outstanding SOUND EPIC OF THE SEASON with tremendous casts . . . gloriously embellished by the massive . . . no-piece Roxy Theatre Orchestra of New York City. And you hear marvellous singing . . . scientifically attuned to embellish the sparkling action of the picture brilliantly . . . OUR SILENT SCREEN ISN'T SILENT ANY MORE!! YOU HEAR IT! IT SINGS! MIRACLE OF MIRACLES! THE WEDDING OF SOUND AND SIGHT IS NOW YOURS ... at this theatre. [Name of picture] is one of those two or three pictures that may justly be described as BIG . . . and BIGGER . . . because you HEAR and SEE . . . golden voices . . . and the marvellous music of America's greatest artists. The next is a type of trailer used in introducing Fox Movietone Talking News-Weekly or Movietone or Vitaphone (that is, talking and singing) shorts: IT WONT BE LONG NOW! before this theatre will proudly offer its patrons Current Events to SEE and HEAR! [or, "The World's Greatest Artists to SEE and HEAR"] coming as a distinct innovation in modern theatricals ... a "step ahead" . . . from the silent drama . . . which isn't silent any more. . . . FOX TALKING NEWS WEEKLY. It will bring the world of current events to your doorstep. . . . You SEE the characters in action and what's more . . . you HEAR them! [or, "It will bring the best from Broadway, the cream of vaudeville brilliancies, the best beauties from beyond, the