"Television: the revolution," ([1944])

Record Details:

Title:
"Television: the revolution,"
Date:
[1944]
Publisher:
New York, Essential Books
Volume:
"Television: the revolution,"
Leaf #:
00026
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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"THE BLOCK-BUSTER" your box-office than ever before. And, if you've been holding your breath waiting for vaudeville to come back, relax. You don't have much longer to wait; for television will be bigger than the Orpheum Circuit in its heyday. It may be you're a network radio man: by sacrificing (for a while) a principle which has long been dear to your heart, you may guide the growth of the greatest network in the world. If you're a man- ufacturer, television can be the means of telling more people about a better product in a more dramatic way than ever before. And if the mo- tion picture industry approaches the future with its usual pioneering spirit, it will foster a new market for films which can triple Hollywood's production schedules. Maybe you don't have any connections with the new industry. Maybe you happen to be a schoolteacher, or a tool-maker, or a business man. Or a housewife, or a Clark Gable fan. Life will never be the same after that Saturday aft- ernoon when your radio serviceman pokes his head in the side-door and says: "The antenna's all rigged up now. Just snap on the switch and adjust that brightness control. This little re- ceiver will bring 'em in like a Rembrandt paint-