The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
00041
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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THETALKIES 15 first birthdays of science. I must press on and mention again Herr Ruhmer, who achieved some astonishing successes with Light telephones, which were indeed the first wireless telephones. Ruhmer succeeded in telephoning with a searchlight several miles ; but he made another contribution to the Talkies which was much more important than that, for he actually succeeded in photographing on to a strip of film the vibrations of sound, and probably gave the idea to Lauste of this form of sound record. It was, however, left to the genius of this remarkable old gentleman to conceive and invent a machine which would combine the film sound record and the motion picture film. Lauste's ingenuity was really extraordinary. When we come to discuss the various methods in use to-day, we shall realise that there was no fundamental feature of Talkie work that his British patents did not cover; they are indeed well worth quoting, for in their prosy official phraseology lies a romance of invention which was as extraordinary as it was unfortunate. This invention (says the specification) relates to a new or improved cinematograph and phonographic method or process, and to means for recording and reproducing simultaneously the movements or motions of persons or