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

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INDEX Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, aid of, in research, 223; control by questionnaire inaugurated by, 225. acoustics, 66, 70-73; reverberation, 66, 71, 92, 95-96, 99, 102; echoes, 72; resonance, 72; a major problem, 89, 90; studied by Professor Sabine, 91; and the Foss Art Museum, method of obtaining good acoustical conditions, 92-93; factors in obtaining good, 93-94; ventilation and, 95, 98; method of securing absorption, 97; sounding boards, 97; partials, 98; echo, 99, 100; dead spots, 101, sound foci, 101; varying absorptive powers, 103; harmful effects of dome, 103; absorption coefficients 103-04; 105 106 (tables). advertising, vital to screen, 259; importance of designating type of synchronization in, 260-61; misrepresentation unethical, 261; classifications, 261-63; catch lines, 265, 266-70; trailers, 271-75; "See and Hear" copy, importance of, 262, 263, 264, 265, 276; examples of exploitations, 275-76; marquee and lobby announcements, 276; copy for newspaper stories, 276; 100 per cent, dialogue picture, 277; shortreel dialogue comedy, 278; Talking News Weekly, 278; novel stunts, 280; use of microphone in, 280; honesty in, 280; best sort of publicity, 281. advertising campaign, planning an, 263; specimen campaign, 264-65. advertising through sound motion pictures, 318-19. Air Circus, The, 25, 272. Alfonso, King of Spain, 25, 220, 303. Alias Jimmy Valentine, 29. amateur motion picture photography, 321. American Bell Telephone Company, "talkie" made for, 9. American College of Surgeons, 313. American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 319, 364, 367, 372. amplification of sound, 317-18. amplifier and rectifier equipment, 117— 18. amplifier system, 119-20; output panel, 120; 41-A amplifiers, 120; 42-A amplifier panel, 120-21; 43-A amplifier panel, 121. amplifiers, 119. amplifying room, 206. Appreciation of the Photoplay, new university course, 371. army training and sound motion pictures, 315-16. Association of Motion Picture Producers, aid of, in research, 223; sound introduced at meetings under auspices of, 224; holds first educational session, 224. Astor Theatre, N. Y., Alias Jimmy Valentine shown at, 29. Astrologic Institution, Vienna, 313. auditorium, size and shape of, 98; planning an, 106-07. B. F. Keith Theatres, 5. Barker, The, 31. Barrymore, John, 31. 389