. Bell telephone magazine . Western Electric equipment was installed in the old Manhattan Opera House to recordthe sound for the Vitaphone premiere—notably the scoring of Don Juan. This photo-graph shows a lull between takes of an operatic short in which Anna Case sang and the Cansinos danced lOO Bell Telephone Magazine ^ JohnBarrymorei Don Juan y.»»y«/ W««R mATRE. Bway,, r a 6««i-AnnaCas«EfremXimbalist-fUroMBauef Melfopolitan Opera, Co. Ctiorus |IY,MturmomcO«iiestraoflO/«e». 0?z Broadway in 1^26 position to sound films by both pro-ducers and exhibitors, which in 1928suddenly
. Bell telephone magazine . Western Electric equipment was installed in the old Manhattan Opera House to recordthe sound for the Vitaphone premiere—notably the scoring of Don Juan. This photo-graph shows a lull between takes of an operatic short in which Anna Case sang and the Cansinos danced lOO Bell Telephone Magazine ^ JohnBarrymorei Don Juan y.»»y«/ W««R mATRE. Bway,, r a 6««i-AnnaCas«EfremXimbalist-fUroMBauef Melfopolitan Opera, Co. Ctiorus |IY,MturmomcO«iiestraoflO/«e». 0?z Broadway in 1^26 position to sound films by both pro-ducers and exhibitors, which in 1928suddenly reversed itself and becamea tremendous demand for equipment;the increasing adoption of the sound-on-film method of reproduction, whichis practically universal today; themodification of arrangements withWarner Brothers and Vitaphone, andthe establishment of Westerns sub-sidiary, Electrical Research ProductsIncorporated, in 1926 to handle theCompanys activities in the sound pic-ture field; ERPIs withdrawal fromthe theater equipment field in 1937when it licensed other manufacturers;and the further change when in 1941it became a division of Western Elec-tric; the growth to more than 16,000sound-equipped theaters in this coun-try today and to nearly three times as many in the rest of the world at lastcount. Those and many other facts arematters of recorded history; but thehistory of the last 20 years is beyondthe scope of this narrative. What is set down here is but a saluteto the pioneers
Size: 1912px × 1307px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthoramerican, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookyear1922
