First Sound of Movies Promo
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- čas přidán 10. 04. 2015
- This is a preview of the award-winning and popular showcase of the historic DeForest Phonofilms with its story of the pioneering work done in the development of the sound-on-film process.
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My Mother used to tell us that when my Grandfather saw his first talking picture, he didn't believe it was real , he was convinced there were people speaking behind the screen !
It is a shame that Warner Bros. were given the credit for bringing sound to motion pictures, when we have proof that DeForest brought Phonofilm to use years before the "Jazz Singer" made its debut. A terrible misjustice was was perpetrated on DeForest, but now the truth is known many years later, giving him his rightful place in the development of the system that made taking pictures possible. The system using sound on film, not a record in sync with the film speed, attempted by Edison and with Vitaphone that eventually was discarded and "sound on film" was adopted as the standard. Congrats to DeForest for finally getting his deserved recognition.
I have no pity for DeForest because of what he did to Edwin Howard Armstrong and also tried to do too Theodore Willard Case but all were great minds and essential pioneers.
DeForrest had talent but borrowed (stole?)/,too heavily on the work of others and was dishonest
Calvin Coolidge didn’t know how to play to the camera. He reads from a piece of paper like a small-town mayor at a Fourth of July picnic.
Hollywood "hype" was well established by 1927! I remember my granny telling me how they all felt ripped off when they went to see the Jazz Singer cos the first half of the movie was silent!
Just to chime in with agreement re: no mention of Theodore Case, and giving DeForest more credit than he deserved. I also take exception with the notion that DeForest was a genius; that was his personal opinion of himself.
You misrepresented the legal cases. DeForest was no choirboy himself.
The very first shot is quite similar to the scene in "Singin' In The Rain" where the people at the Hollywood party watch a movie like this, of a man speaking to the camera to demonstrate a sound film. When it's over, of course the partygoers are scornful - "it'll never catch on."
I'll take this music over most of today's!
In a nutshell...Case began working on his sound-on-film process in 1921. The inventions of the Case Research Lab from 1916 to 1926 were the creation of Case and Earl I. Sponable, who worked with Case at the lab until he went with Case to Fox Film Corporation in early 1926. From 1921 to 1924, Case provided Lee De Forest, inventor of the audion tube, many inventions from his lab that made DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process workable, though DeForest had been granted general patents in 1919.
Lee De Forest deserves the true credit for bringing sound to movies.
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When I see Eddie Cantor on this early sound shorts, I can't help but remember the old Looney Toons from the1930s. The resemblance is on spot.
Marconi's first name was not Guillermo. It was Guglielmo.
Im.pleased Dr Lee De Forrest is getting the credit he deserves
Ever since I first saw the Phonofilm of Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle on 60 Minutes (special segment on Mr Blake's 100th birthday) and seeing samples of other Phonofilms at the AFI Theater in Washington, DC, I've wondered why DeForest's sound-on-film system didn't catch on. Now, thanks to your video, I know what Fox did to get around paying Mr. DeForest for the use and license of his Phonofilm system. Even with the modifications made by the engineers at Fox which enabled reproduction at 24fps as against 20fps (DeForest Phonofilm) it's clear that his copyright was infringed upon and it should not have taken 10 years to clear that up. Thanks for the good information!
My parents knew Ben and Oscar at the time the scene at :14 to :18 or so was filmed. Oscar went on to play major parts in a bunch of feature films and have his own TV show. He was a real character, for sure.
A great job bringing this history to us! It's a bit sad to think that while Valentino recorded 2 songs in 1923, no one thought to record his speaking voice even as an introduction. As he was dying and his last film Son of the Sheik was playing in August 1926, John Barrymore's partial sound picture was playing down the street in NYC.
The sound is head and shoulders over what I expected and have heard from other films that came later. This is really spectacular. Thank you so much!