[78-L] Mit-Out Sound

joe@salerno.com jsalerno at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 13 12:06:39 PDT 2008


Is this film available on DVD somewhere?

joe salerno


David Weiner wrote:
> 
> WB-First National stopped cutting direct-to-disc at some point in 1930,
> certainly by early 1931. But soundtracks continued to be dubbed to discs
> until 1935 or so to accomodate smaller theatres not yet equipped for
> optical-sound prints. Vitaphone cutting equipment, including the recording
> table and wax master, can be seen in a demonstration short subject from 1926
> included on the "Jazz Singer" DVD. The 1930 WB-FN film "Wide Open" is also
> said to contain glimpses of Vitaphone equipment.
>  
> -Harold
> 
> And the 1930 WB film SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD shows a musical number being
> filmed, in all steps, from on-set, to within the camera booth, then inside
> the sound recording booth. 
> 
> Dave W.
> 
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