The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
00027
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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THETALKIES 5 those who have been fortunate enough to be in the business when the dreams of the old-time inventors have come true. The idea is so old that it is lost in the "mists of antiquity." From time immemorial mankind has tried to produce speaking and moving representations of his fellows. Even the Egyptians are believed to have had a device for reflecting the images of men and women on to smoke screens by means of mirrors of polished metal from illuminated "studios" underground. Many a guilty miscreant has stammered out his or her confession before their relentless accusers as vision after vision floated before their terrified eyes, and accusing fingers singled them out for the hideous retribution they had to make. The Greek Oracles did a roaring trade in mysterious utterances whispered through loudspeakers hewn, either by nature or by the officiating priests, out of the rock of the grottoes where their shrines were situated. Coming to the 'eighties we find that in 1888 one hero, Mr. Le Prince, actually took a motion picture of his mother-in-law. It was not a very flattering portrait, but there is no doubt about the date at which it was taken and that it was a motion picture, because the august lady departed