10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOVIETONE»
Discover the use of
Movietone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Movietone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Film Study: An Analytical Bibliography
states that he spent close to a year viewing several million feet of Fox's
Movietone News film footage in order to select the best frame enlargements for
inclusion in this history. In addition, he made extensive use of five thousand
continuity ...
2
The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931
Gertrude Lawrence, star of Oh Kay, sang some numbers, which premiered with
Seventh Heaven at the Harris on 21 January.31 Fox feature specials were being
issued with Movietone scores and sound effects. What Price Glory?, the big 1926
...
3
The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 ...
MOVIETONE. FOLLIES. OF. 1929. (Fox; May 25, 1929) Directors: David Butler,
Marcel Silver. Story: David Butler. Dialogue: William K. Wells. Photography:
Charles Van Enger. Editor: Ralph Dietrich. Sound: Joseph E. Aiken. Costumes:
Sophie ...
4
A Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television: ...
The Fox-Case Corp. was organized to exploit the system, which was given the
name Movietone. Courtland Smith, who had been with the Fox Film Corp. and
had been instrumental in bringing about the purchase, was made president of the
...
5
Looking Past the Screen: Case Studies in American Film ...
That night, New York audiences at Fox's Harris and Roxy theaters were thrilled
anew by the vividness of the Movietone newsreel “accompanied by the roar of
the plane and the cheering of the crowd.” The Movietone crew had taken the
extra ...
Jon Lewis, Eric Smoodin, 2007
6
Hollywood as Historian: American Film in a Cultural Context
ruary press demonstration, this first Movietone newsreel drew an enthusiastic
response from the trade press and New York based motion picture reviewers.
Soon after Smith seized upon one of the most important symbolic news events of
the ...
7
Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of ...
In this impeccably researched history, Steve J. Wurtzler grasps the full story of sounds media, proving that the ultimate form technology takes is never predetermined but shaped by conflicting visions of technological possibility in ...
8
The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography
The factor which will supply this voice may be Movietone. Fox thinks so and is
making efforts to prepare the device for a permanent niche in exhibition.”35
Winfield Sheehan estimated that Movietone would be installed in 30,000 theaters
...
9
Communism in Australia: A Resource Bibliography
Cinesound and Australian Movietone Newsreels 1 . Queensland Rail Strike 1
948 , Movietone. 2. Four Coaled on Contempt Charges 1949, Cinesound [deals
with activities of CPA members during 1949 Coal Strike]. 3. Strike 1 949,
Cinesound ...
10
The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution ...
The demonstration was in two parts: experimental shorts — Hawaiian music on
the steel guitar, banjo and piano numbers, a canary singing — and the Meller
short, along with one or two newer Movietone shorts. Fox was moving ahead with
all ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOVIETONE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Movietone is used in the context of the following news items.
Here is the newsreel: AP and Movietone upload huge archive to …
In what is the largest upload of historical news content on the video-sharing platform to date, the Associated Press and British Movietone are to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Chicago shines in Movietone archives now on YouTube
They will place more than 1 million minutes of digitized film footage on the video-sharing platform. The archive will include coverage of major ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
1930s Liverpool under heavy snow news reel released on YouTube
... of 1 million minutes of digitised film footage being uploaded to YouTube from early next week by Associated Press and British Movietone. «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
From the Hindenberg to Marilyn Monroe, 10 moments from the new …
The Associated Press and British Movietone are uploading more than 550,000 clips to YouTube that feature news events dating back to 1895, ... «PBS NewsHour, Jul 15»
VIDEO: Watch youngsters frolic in snow on Hampstead Heath in 1955
The videos were uploaded by news agency Associated Press and newsreel archive Movietone on their Youtube accounts in the largest ever ... «Ham&High, Jul 15»
1 million minutes of old newsreels are hitting YouTube
The Associated Press and British Movietone have announced that they'll be putting their extensive newsreel archives on YouTube. In all, it'll ... «Memphis Sun Times, Jul 15»
Watch Baby Prince Charles' Christening - and See the Future Queen …
New footage released by Movietone, one of the world's largest newsreel archives, shows 4-week-old Prince Charles at his 1948 christening ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
VIDEO: Watch Queen's grandmother Queen Mary open Henrietta …
Queen Mary officially opens Henrietta Barnett School's junior branch in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Picture: Associated Press/Movietone. «Ham&High, Jul 15»
VIDEO: Watch MP and DJ open Camden adventure playground in …
The videos were uploaded by news agency Associated Press and newsreel archive Movietone on their Youtube accounts in the largest ever ... «Ham&High, Jul 15»
Beauty queens wear sacks over heads for 'Hot Legs' contest in …
The black and white video, released by the Associated Press and British Movietone and uploaded to YouTube, shows a 'Hot Legs' contest in ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
