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

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396 INDEX projectionists, 62, 63, 76-77, 80; note to, 125. Quillan, Eddie, 20. quota law in Great Britain, 331; in France, 331-332. radio, device for transmission of moving pictures by, 349. Radio Corporation of America, 13; absorbs Victor Talking Machine Company, 13, 32; acquires B. F. Keith and Orpheum chain of theatres, 32, 47; projector manufactured by, 49; disk-type machine produced by, 53; perfects sound and synchronizing equipment, 198; equips N. Y. studios with sound equipment, 200, 321, 342, 364, 372. R. C. A. System of Recording, 200. Radio-Keith-Orpheum, 372. Radio-Keith-Orpheum Circuit, 13. Radio-Keith-Orpheum Company, 32, 198. Radio Pictures, 13. Raff and Gammons' "Kinetoscope Parlor," 5. R. C. A.-Photophone, 7, 12; companies using, 13; first public demonstration of, 31; formation of, 32; organizations affiliated with, 33; 47-56; similar to Movietone, 48; diaphragm not used by, 48; types of theatre equipment of, 49; data on types of theatre equipment of (Table) 52; 198; recording apparatus, 212-16; recording method of, 2i4«=i6; 261; survey by, in foreign countries, 338. R. C. A.-Photophone Company, 32, 33R. C. A.-Photophone projector system, 148-52; threading the projector, 149-51; four-unit motor generator sets, 151-52; operation of, 152; projector and reproducer preparation, 153; preparation of amplifier, 153; show operation, 154; fading, 155; sound check, 155; change-over, 155; stopping projectors, 155; shutting down amplifier, 156; phonograph operation, 156. See also Photophone. R. C. A. system, 157. R. C. A. sound projector system, inspection and checking, 183-86; projector and reproducer, 183, 186; optical system, 184; amplifier, 187; loudspeakers, 184, 185, 191; storage batteries, 185; weekly inspection and check, 185; projector and reproducer, 185; optical system, 185; amplifiers, 185; adjustments, 186; amplifier fuses, 187-88; batteries, 188, 190; voltage amplifier tubes, 188; power amplifier tubes, 189; motor generator set, 190; loudspeaker field supply, 191; signal circuit, 191; centring, 192; jack contacts, 192; pick-up, 192; dial settings, 192; speed control switch markings, 192; motor reading table, 193-94. R. C. A. Radiotrons, 50. rearranging, 210. record library, organizations that furnish, 292. recording method of Photophone, 214-16. recording room, 205. records, average wear of, 79; breakage of, 79-80; inspection of, 80. reeds, 286. rehearsal of opening programme, 74. Reinhardt, Max, quoted on talking pictures, 336. reproducers, 168-183. reproduction, fidelity of, 219. research, aid of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Association of Motion Picture Producers in, 223. resistors, 178. resonance, 72.