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

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398 INDEX soundproofing studios, 200. sound apparatus, science and, 312-13. sound equipment in private homes, 320-21. sound news reel, development of, 302-03. sound photography, experiments in, 6. sound pictures, beginnings of, 4-5; first commercial success of, 5-6, language problem in, 11. sound pictures, attitude 01 motion picture industry toward, 18-19. sound motion pictures, speedy development of, 29; progress in making, 222-23, 22S5 success of, 227; old hands successful in production of, 231-32; routine in making of, 232; and education, 314-16; and business, 316-17; and army training* 315—16; conventions, banquets, and meetings recorded by, 317; and advertising, 318; in church work, 319-20; in political campaigns, 320. sound projection, preparing theatre for, 64; instructions for handling, 78-79. "sound props," 218-19. sound recording, Western Electric system of, 202-11; outdoor, 211. sound recording, methods of, compared, 362-63. sound reproduction, prophecies as to future of, 312, 318, 319, 322. sound studio, general features of, 200-07. sound synchronization, a commercial success, 10; effect of on motion picture industry, 10-12; disk system of, 217. sound trailers, 305. sound waves, study of, in phonograph, 252. sounds recorded through medium of Fox Movietone, 24. Spain, American films in, 333. Spaulding, Albert, 297. speakers, placement of, 75. speaking and singing, difference between, 255. speaking, mechanism of, 240. speed (of sound pictures) 68, 80. Spencer, Herbert, 239. Spoor, George K., 364. stage, sound proof, 202. stage entertainment and de luxe theatres, 298-99. stage plays, adapting them to screen, 229, 231. stage presentations, 369. stage stars who have appeared in short sound pictures, 297-98. stages, soundproof equipment of, 198; soundproof, erection of, 224. standard sound devices, equipment and operation of, 64-75. Stanley Company of America, control of, acquired by Warner Brothers, 372. starting and testing, 121-29; synchronous pick-up-mechanism, 12124; film reproduction, 124-25; disk reproduction, 125-27; horn controls, 127; Note to projectionists, 125; fader and horn settings, 12729; waxing films, 129. State Theatre, Schenectady, N. Y., first public demonstration of R. C. A. Photophone at, 31-32. static, control of, 350. stereoscopics, 365-66. Stiles, L. S., 5. storage batteries, 82, 83; care of, 8788; 169-71, 175; water in, 173174, 176; maintenance of, 177, 185. story, new type of, 230. Strange Interlude, 221. Straubenmuller, Dr. Gustave N., 316. Street Angel, theme song from, 294. string instruments, 285-86. studio, changes in, 217. studio recording machine, 207. studios, design of new, 200.