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

Record Details:

Title:
"Television: the revolution,"
Date:
[1944]
Publisher:
New York, Essential Books
Volume:
"Television: the revolution,"
Leaf #:
000104
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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'WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE MOVIES?" 0 JUGGLER likes to have another juggler on the same bill with him. Hollywood is inclined to be wary about television. Understandably so. To thousands whose living depends on the pic- ture industry, sight broadcasting appears to jeopardize companies which have taken years and fortunes to build. Not since Hollywood rose to power has anyone come along to challenge the statement: "Motion Pictures are your best entertainment." Now a new medium arrives which has the potential to challenge the cin- ema's exclusive sway. We can't expect the peo- ple of pictures to welcome sight-broadcasting with open arms and without reservations. The plain truth of the matter is that television is not a threat to Hollywood's status quo. Most of the worries about the menace of tele are pure eye-wash. Sight-broadcasting and movies are two entirely different media. There need be no 85