The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
000155
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 97 responsibility is still as great as before, but the risk of trouble has been reduced to a minimum. The importance of this will be obvious when it is realized that, whereas it is a comparativelyeasy matter to run off a fresh print from the negative, any accident which befalls the negative itself means a re-shoot of the portion of the production affected. British inventors not only produced the first film moving pictures, Will Barker and Mr. Hepworth, whose original automatic film developing plant was in regular use in 191 6, were in the field in Britain with this invention three or four years before cinema-men anywhere else. Hepworth' s machine automatically conveyed the positive film, on to which the picture had been printed from the camera negative, through the processes of developing, fixing, washing, and drying. A number of these machines gave good service in his Walton laboratories for years. Like others, these inventors had to face a good deal of ignorant prejudice from the old-time "Developers" with their secret formulas and private systems. They were reluctant to surrender their craft to what they feared would be an inflexible and unimaginative automaton. They have, however, learnt better now, and to-day