The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
00053
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 25 invention of steam. Whether or not so big a claim is justified I cannot say, but Talking Pictures were only one of many branches of scientific development which leapt forward under the magic touch of these tiny glowing bulbs with their enormous powers of amplification and lightning response to feeble and hitherto hardly guessed at impulses of one kind or another. If The Ja%% Singer and The Singing Fool had failed, it is fairly safe to say that Talkies would have had to wait a few more years before they made their debut. As it is they were followed by a wild scramble by every film company for apparatus to make films talk, which has been very successfully exploited by electrical concerns, who had been studying and improving upon Lauste's expired patents, and waiting their opportunity. The particular system on which The Singing Tool and The Ja%% Singer were recorded was the Vitaphone of the Western Electric Company of America, whereby a 1 6-inch gramophone record is synchronised with each reel of film. Close on the heels of Vitaphone came the FoxCase "Movietone," which photographs the sound record on to the side of the picture. Both Movietone and Vitaphone employ certain devices patented by the Western Electric Company of