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

[Jeff Sultanof]

Silent films were still being made in 1928 with no special soundtracks, and
there were many theaters that did not have either Vitaphone or Movietone.
This film looks like a commercial that didn't cost that much to make.

I don't know the piece he's conducting, but here's a clue: I'm looking for a
piece that is probably one of the ballets, with an instrumentation that
includes three harps. There are few pieces that have two harps (Afternoon of
a Faun as an example) let alone three.

Jeff Sultanof

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

> 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....
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> See http://www.terramedia.co.uk/Chronomedia/years/1923.htm
>
>       Julian Vein
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