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

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394 INDEX Madame X, 360. . Madelar, F. V., 90. Mahoney, Will, 297. Marching On, 300. McAvoy, May, 22. McCormick, John, 297. McCullough, Clark and, 297. Martinelli, Giovanni, 20, 297. man power, and new machinery, 6061; instruction of, 74. manager, responsibility of, 74, 77. manager, (theatre), and acoustics, 89-90. Manometric Flame, 252. "masking," 251. medicine and surgery in motion pictures, 313-14. Melancholy Dame, The, 301. Meller, Raquel, 25, 297, 300. Mendez, Lother, 231. Messter system, 337. Messters Projection Company, 5. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, 28, 29, 198; completes two sound stages, 200, 292, 294, 301, 360; control of, acquired by Fox, 372. Metropolitan Opera Company, 297. "Michalke" device, 8. Mickey, 294. microphone, invention of, 9. Miller, Dayton C, 252. Ministry of Public Instruction, 332. mixing chamber, 205. monitor room, 205. Moore, Colleen, 31, 294. Moore, Florence, 298. Moran, Lois, 300. Morecroft, Professor J. H., 345. Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, 98. Mother Knows Best, theme song from, 294. Monograph, 125, 141. Motiograph De Luxe pedestal, 141, 142. Motiograph De Luxe Projector, 141. motion picture a help to cause of good music, 287-88; music in development of, 288; revenue from foreign countries, 325; television a rival of, 340-41; and mob psychology, 34243 ; further possibilities of, 364. motion pictures, medicine and surgery in, 313-14; device for transmission of by radio, 349. Motion Picture Theatre Management, 3, 260. motor, 159. motor control box, 113; abnormal reading on, 159. Movietone, 9, 13, 14, 23-26; outdoor sounds reproduced by, 26, 38; method of sound recording, 42-44; and Vitaphone, difference between, 44-45; same type of horn used by, 45-46; equipment for, 46-47; and projectionists, 63, 112, 301, 315, 317, 371. See also Fox Movietone. Movietone City, erection and planning of, 26, 28; description of building, 25-28; Wurlitzer pipe organ, 27; Administration Building, 27; planning of, 28; dedication of, 28. Movietone programme, first complete, 25. Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America, 332. Mulldoyer, C. H., 28. music, affected by advent of sound, 282; effect of on animals, 283; different degrees of appreciation of, 28384; different effects of, on different people, 283-84; overdoing musical temperament, 285; cause of, helped by motion picture, 287-88; jazz, 288; reproduction of, 291; distance transmitted, 291; for sound of benefit to musicians, 291; and dramatic dialogue, 293; ensembles, 293; theme songs, 294; and sound pictures, 361. musical accompaniment, 219. musical instruments, 247-50; percussion, 249; wind, 249; string, 249.