The talkies (1930)

Page scan 00050 from The talkies

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
00050
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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24 THE TALKIES why they should bother with any further complications to their work, which was already making as much money as they could turn over in twenty-four hours. Not for the first time a deserving idea was ignored while the financiers stacked up their money-bags, and it was not until the shadow of bankruptcy was beginning to darken the interiors of their palatial homes that they sought desperately for some new and startling line of activity, and poured every remaining cent that they could raise into the production of the first Talkies. As it turned out, these made a fortune for their sponsors, Messrs. Warner Brothers, and by their success established themselves as a new form of entertainment. A German firm had in the meanwhile, as early as 1 9 19, produced complete designs and given practical demonstrations of a Talking Picture system, and most investigators into the technique of Talking Pictures will admit that they at least found interest in the Triergon patents. The first man to have any success commercially with sound films, before the recent furore, was Mr. De Forest, the scientist, who gave to the world the amplifier valve, the importance of which has been compared by some with the