Moving Pictures That Talk
- The early history of film sound 
by Mark Ulano, C.A.S.
  
Sound recording and the ability to photograph and reproduce motion pictures began intersecting at the very beginning...... In 1891 a Dr. Georges Demeny makes claim to synchronous sound.....Even earlier, in 1891, Edison was making inflated claims of achieving synchronous projected sound films....
 
    Moving Pictures That Talk - Part 1 
    - How is it Possible? 

    Moving Pictures That Talk - Part 2 
    - The Movies are Born a Child of the Phonograph 

    Moving Pictures That Talk - Part 3 
    - How You Gonna' Keep 'Em Down On The Farm After They've Seen Paree? 

    Moving Pictures That Talk - Part 4 
    ...their own eyes and ears. 
     

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