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USE OF SOUND 321
that an electrical cord may connect the sound reproducer with a radio loudspeaker. This machine will play any of the electrically reproduced standard phonograph records. It is furthermore so designed as to be used as a motion picture projector, or as an electrical phonograph, or for the reproduction of a synchronized talking motion picture produced by the manufacturers. Regular releases of talking and singing films are issued at frequent intervals. These are in the form of dramas, recitations, and songs. As the voices come from the phonograph record the portraying characters appear on the screen in synchronization.
It will be only a comparatively short time before a combined talking machine-radio-motion picture, together with sound-reproducing equipment, will be procurable in a compact cabinet for home use. Such a combination will probably be offered under the auspices of the Radio Corporation of America. It is this possibility that in all likelihood caused the corporation to acquire control of the Victor Talking Machine Company. Undoubtedly the introduction of such a machine will mark the dawn of a new era in home entertainment.
With the perfection of this machine, moreover, simplified sound cameras will make possible the photographing of sound subjects by the sound-on-film method, will be simple enough to be operated by amateurs, and will bring to amateur motion picture photography a tremendous additional interest. It will then be possible to make sound motion pictures, for example, of children at play. It can be imagined how precious will be such a visual and sound record that may be passed down from generation to generation. The pleasure that one may derive from having intimate sound pictures of important events will also be great indeed. The addition of colour to such home sound motion pictures is entirely practical by use of a colour filter now in actual use.