[78-L] How a Columbia Record is Made (silently)

[David Lennick]

On 10/7/2010 10:02 AM, Michael Shoshani wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 09:54 -0400, David Lennick wrote:
>> I wonder if this had a synchronized sound track on discs? Seems odd that they'd
>> make a silent film in 1928 with all that sound and fury in the orchestra.
>
> I was actually wondering the same thing, given that we see the orchestra
> going at it furiously and all. 1929's "Blackmail" was Britian's first
> sound feature, but I wonder whether experimental sound shorts were made
> earlier.
>
> ...I mean, Blumlein was experimenting with EVERYTHING in those days, and
> he was with Columbia before the EMI merger....
>
> _________________________________

Or they sent it around and had Ena Baga playing furiously in the pit. Hope she 
got danger pay.

Columbia manufactured 33RPM records for theater use prior to the EMI merger. 
Intermission music, dubbed from existing 78s..one never knows.

dl