NEW YEAR! International COMMENT Circulation NEWS SEMI­ Sf] DIGEST FEATURES MON T HLY "Heralding the Epoch of Science in Pictures" Vol. 1. No.9. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, DECEMBER 20, 1928 Price: 5 Cents ELECTRICAL COMPANIES RECOGNIZE TELEVISION ISSUE VIBRATI ONS IHANOPHONE SOUND PLANS ANNOUNCED'1929MaySeeNew 1--______---' _:_ Gennett Laboratory Taken Over _:_ Field Developed By CE DRIC E. HART (EDITOR'S NOTE : Following is a n eX- I exclus ive s ta t em e nt was r eceived by a jr By DARTE elus ive d eclaration of the future a ctivities m a il, as w e g o to p ress, by S ecr e t ary­ HORNT ON WILDER'S prize­ o f the n ewly formed HG e nne tt-H a n a phone Treasurer H a r r y L. N olde r , of the Pacific Co.," as r e por t ed in our last is sue. This Djvision of the Sta r r Pia n o Co. ) ITH no denials to reports winning novel, "The Bridge r a mpant that several of Tof San L u is R ey," seems HE Gennett-Hanaphone Co. is a corponi.tion now b e ing organized W the largest electrical cor ~ , bound for interesting t reatment under the laws of Delaware. When its organization is completed porations are planning to enter the: at the hands of M-G-M . After T it will take over the recording laboratory formerly used for Gen­ television field in the next few working out elaborate scenic ef­ nett records in New York city, located at 601 0 Thirty-eighth Avenue, months and with transcontinental fech, engagin g a great cast, and Woodside, Long Island . While the organization is being perfected, tests of these free-air-talkers a arranging for special sound and the labora tory i. being changed into a recording sound stage suitable continued success, the motion pic-: talking seque nces, they have t a k ­ for the manufacture of short subjects for scoring and for cueing. ture industry is entering the yearl en, as technica l authority on The new company will have for officers, Fred Gennett, President; 1929 into what leaders agree will things Peruvian (story laid in Harry Gennett, Vice-President; Gene Marcus, Vice-President; Ed Jon­ be the most colorful and interest -; Peru), a Chilea n . sen, Treasurer, and Geo. Keates, Secretary. Ed Jonsen wil\ be the ing since t he creation of the: * * * engineer and in charge of reco rding of al\ sound pictures. He will screen. Chili is a long enemy of good be aided by Art Lyons as recorder and Wm. Duerr at the camera. Brema Problem Latin quality with Peru. And, be The new company has made a " . it known, the man's name is real­ contract with t he Hanaphone Co. short subjects or scorm g. After a spasmodic change of ly Borcowski (Russian) , which he of America, of 1321 Vine St., In Los Angeles, the company 1S things caused by t alkers, it is has changed to Carlos Borcosqui Philadelphia, whereby t hey will represented by w.. K. Nou:se,. of not without t he realm of reason' (good Spanish- a la mode ) . " My make a large n umber of subjects 6930. Cam1"OSe Drive. Apph catJOn to predict t hat the n ext problem co untry thees and my country for that company to be distributed for tllne from west coas~ p r~d u c­ to be seriously considered is t ele­ dat," is the vernacular of this by them and their franchise hold- ers should be made to hIm e1ther vision. Perfection of brema (pic­ technical director who uses press ers. There will be additional time at t hat address or eare of The t ure broadcasts) is rapidly reach- cred entials to gain entree for such which will be sold to other produc- Starr Piano Company, 1344 S· g a point not even predicted a job s, while one of the great E uro­ ers at cost plus or fixed rate, as Flo.wer ~treet, Los Ang.eles, . , ar ago and with those electrical pean direct ors, Julio Serrador , may be determin ed by n egotia- w ~l c h pom t Mr. No u ~se WIll m~m­ concerns which have made present who, incid entally was born in tions. The first work has already t!1:In an. office for h1 S connectIOn day t alker equipment what it is Peru, can starve here looking for been filmed at the time of making wIth t.h1 s company. doing t he experimenting and ex­ such few jobs as t here are of t his this announcement and will be It 1S expected that the New ploiting of television, earnest type, even to f orget his mega­ ready for distribution by J anuary Yo~k L~boratory will . confine its thought must be given this latest phone work entirely. 1st; h owever, open time is avail- entire time and atten tIOn to sh ort cl:Ji ld of science. (Continued on Page 4 ) able beginning J anuary 1st for Continued on Page 10) ( Co ntinued on Page 4) Girls and Science -:- Talkers Have -:- Both Angles INTRICA TE SOUND RECORDERS! SCHOOL ZONE- DRIVE SLOWLY! for Sound R ecord in g Gus Edwards, Noted V a udeville P r oducer, Is Shown With Bev)' of Photo Shows P ath. P h otophon e Engineer s a t W ork on Apparatus U s ed M e t ro-Goldwyn .. M a y er Beau ties While engineers are perfecting, through research and experimenta­ pose of aiding Pathe directors a nd cutters in editing sound and dia­ tion, talker apparatus, producers and their directors are finding new logue pictures. and novel means of cashing in on scien ce's boon (the ayes have it!) Meanwhile, his next door neighbor, Gus Edwards, on the Metro­ to the movies. Go ldwyn-Mayer lot, is devising many and varied means of. fi tting f.em­ John O. Aalberg, R. C. A. Photoph one engin eer, for instance, has inine charm to box office demands. He's finishing "From Broadway recently constructed a sound attachment f or the Moviola for t he pur- to Heaven" now. It's another all-color, all-talker production. -- - -----------------------' fage Two SOUND WAVES December 20, 1928 : "THE FINEST SOUND STAGE CONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA" Metropolitan Sound Studios Incorporated Licensed by Western Electric Most Recent and Highly Trained and Modern Equipment Efficient Technicians For Both Disc and Operating With Film Recordings Advanced Facilities CHARLES CHRISTIE, President PHIL L. RYAN, General Manager AL CHRISTIE, Vice-President BILL HOLMAN, Secretary-Treasurer / ESTABLISHED 1802 "The C@pofIT) trade mark has never been placed on an inferior product." Sanith and Alle r , Inc. Pacific Coast Distributors 1056 North Cahuenga Ave. HOllywood 5147 Hollywood, California December 20, 1928 SOUND W AVES Page Three I.o.----In_the_N_ew_s-----,I METROPOLITAN SOUND STAGES REACH ~P~AK O!!CTIVITY REED OUT Lu t h er R ee d, wel l Christies and throughout the country ;o~· O hi~ I WHO INVENTED TALKERS? I m a n y an d Manager Ryan varied li tera­ ry abilities, is Are Responsible no longer su­ ITH the shootin g this we ek pervisor at Mr. Don Miller, of " Fog," M'arshall Neil­ Fox's ~st Box 233, W la n's Br itish Interna t ional Coa st S tu ­ Tujunga, Calif. picture on one of the Metropoli­ di os, it was Deal' Mr. Miller: ta n Sound Stages, it is of particu­ learned a few lar a nd t ime ly inte rest to know da ys ago. Your letter ask­ that "Sona rt," of which George Reed is con­ ing who was the Weeks is preside nt, is a lso begin­ sid er ed by inventor of talker s, ning p r oduction a t the sa me t ime many to be the vitaphone, etc., on another s tage of this far-fa med one of the has been referred lot. be t minds in to our research de­ Sound Leaders the busi ness. partment. Here's Wha t the what we find: The . Because. of the rapidity and effi­ plans of the enclosed Siamese ciency With which this sound former music g e n tl e man per­ equipment has been ordered in­ critic of the formed thousands stalled, and operated, the Chr:istie New York Herald are have not of years ago to bl:o.t hers! Charles and AI, together been learned. His headquarters so und, behind a sil­ wltn Phd L. Ryan, who is widely are at the Hollywood Athletic ver screen. While known as general manager of the ' Club. Warner's exploited Met lot, have come to be known Vitaphone, we do as leaders in the sound game. DOUGLAS AND NORMA not know who, out . The success of these gentlemen SHEARER of many claiments, m t~ e talker venture is generally Few know that Norma Shearer, r eally invented attrtbuted to those same advanced that fascjnating M-G-M star, is talker s. Readers principles which have made them sister of Doug­ are requested to famous in other cinematic endeav­ las Shearer, send in replies. O1:s. "We believe in keeping pace With progress, and wherever pos­ movietone engi­ Yours, neer at the same sible, in advance of the game," lot. Douglas is THE EDITOR. states Ryan. "We foresaw the said to be one present situation, decided to meet of the most pre­ it, order'ed the best on the market cise in his busi­ ?,ot it.