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Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on September 23, 2018, 09:58 PM:

Hello? Paul in Florida? This is right up your alley!

https://vimeo.com/249693969?ref=fb-share&1

Posted by Luis Caramelo (Member # 2430) on September 24, 2018, 04:50 AM:

chip,just marvelous,thanks to share this great vídeo,

film forever.

best;
luis caramelo

Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on September 24, 2018, 07:40 AM:

The icing on the cake for this wonderful medium !

Posted by David Hardy (Member # 4628) on September 25, 2018, 02:26 PM:

WOW ! That was absolutely wonderful and right up my street too. Excellent ! [Smile]

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on September 27, 2018, 10:40 AM:

I've always assumed that Sound on Disk was Western Electric's brainchild, whilst RCA Photophone was a sound-on-film system.
But here we have a disk clearly marked as Sound Recording by RCA Photophone System.
This is somewhat of a mystery considering W.E. and RCA were competing sound systems, with RCA's sound-on-film the eventual winner.

Posted by James Wilson (Member # 4620) on September 27, 2018, 12:21 PM:

Brilliant!!!!

Posted by Dave Groves (Member # 4685) on September 27, 2018, 12:43 PM:

What a fascinating couple. But what will happen to their collection as time doesn't appear to be on their side.

Posted by Kenneth Horan (Member # 3) on September 27, 2018, 10:30 PM:

The marking on the disc "Sound Recording by RCA Photophone System" is indeed true. The soundtrack was recorded sound-on-film and simply re-recorded onto disc for theaters not equipped for sound-on-film reproduction. Photophone means "photo" as in optical track being photographed on film, and "phone" as in telephone technology used in the system. RCA Photophone was, indeed, a sound-on-film system originally using a unilateral variable area photographic record.

Western Electric's variable density sound-on-film system became the industry standard shortly after the introduction of their sound-on-disc system. Even Warner Bros switched from sound-on-disc to sound-on-film by 1930, still using their "Vitaphone" trade name.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on September 28, 2018, 02:31 AM:

Thank you, Kenneth.
I understand that many cinemas who had invested in Western Electric's sound-on-disk system were reluctant to spend more money on the newer sound-on-film system.
For that reason Western Electric kept their disk system active for quite a few more years.

Posted by Steven J Kirk (Member # 1135) on October 20, 2018, 11:57 AM:

That was a very interesting video. I love his proscenium and would love to build something like that myself.

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