The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
00099
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 63 and is the sort of delightfully simple device which experience, and only experience, produces. When the director is ready, someone jumps in front of the camera and brings two specially constructed boards together with a loud clap. The actual point of impact of the boards is photographed by the picture camera. Instantaneously with this, the sound is registered by the sound camera as a black smudge. However, we must not delve too deeply into the photographic side of the business at this point because we shall be dealing with that later on. We know what is required for the sound-reproducing part of the projector — a light sensitive cell and a source of light which is arranged to shine on to the cell through the film. The illustration shows an early arrangement which was made by British Talking Pictures for fitting on to any existing theatre projector. At the beginning there was undoubtedly a strong case for disc-records, because it then seemed likely that the sound-record on the same film as the picture, which looks such an attractive proposition, may have to be given up eventually for this reason: films get worn and scratched when they have been passed through the theatre