[78-L] Speeds and Somewhat Less Than Happy Feet

[Michael Biel]

On 2/25/2011 2:31 PM, DanKj wrote:
>   Now, here's a new sensation:  A Vitaphone disc from KING OF JAZZ, which someone has decided needs to be slowed down around 10% to match the picture.  Problem is, the picture is from a surviving sound-on-film print, and isn't the same length that a 1930 Vitaphone print would have been.

If I remember correctly, that Technicolor print was discovered in 
Europe.  Does anyone know the history of the video transfer of that 
print??  Remember, European TV is 25 Frames Per Second and they tend to 
transfer films at that 25 rate instead of 24.  If it was done that way, 
the film and track is 4% fast!  Yes that disc is a dub from the optical 
soundtrack, but it has to run at 33 1/3 RPM to match the 24 frames 
projection rate used in theaters.  I'd trust the disc unless there is an 
actual film print which could be run in a calibrated 24 frame projector.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>    Hear The Rhythm Boys slog through molasses, a drunken MC, and some stranger dubbing for Paul Whiteman!  You'd think this would have been noticed by the record's owner, but no.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYDGdVvQjUY