. Bell telephone magazine . awrence L. Armantrout Frank H. Lovette people, motion pictures naturally have di-alogue, music, appropriate noise—just asautomobiles have self-starters and radioshave loud speakers. To them the changefrom silent motion pictures to todays in-adequately nicknamed talkies is simply anaccomplished fact. This younger genera-tion is still outnumbered, however, by peo-ple who experienced the change, marveledat it, and appreciate how great is the ad-vance, in artistry and interest, which cameabout two decades ago. The leading partwhich the Bell System played in the changeis
. Bell telephone magazine . awrence L. Armantrout Frank H. Lovette people, motion pictures naturally have di-alogue, music, appropriate noise—just asautomobiles have self-starters and radioshave loud speakers. To them the changefrom silent motion pictures to todays in-adequately nicknamed talkies is simply anaccomplished fact. This younger genera-tion is still outnumbered, however, by peo-ple who experienced the change, marveledat it, and appreciate how great is the ad-vance, in artistry and interest, which cameabout two decades ago. The leading partwhich the Bell System played in the changeis told in this issues second article. The entirely different backgrounds ofthe two authors have fitted well togetherto give their story historical joining the Western Electric Com-pany in 1943. Frank H. Lovette hadbeen—among other things—publisher of adail} newspaper, executive officer of the oldFederal Radio Commission, secretary toa member of Congress, and the author ofthree books. His present pos
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