[Jukebox-list] A Christmas Card for Everyone

[David Breneman]

--- Ron Rich <ronnnrich at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   It reminded me of my Uncle, who just passed at the age of 91.
> When I was very young, I used to go to work with him. He worked at
> the Fox Theater in Stockton CA, as the projectionist. I remember
> him showing me how the "sound on film" worked...

Hi, Ron -

They were 16", just like radio transcriptions (in fact
that's where the standard came from).  With a needle the
same size used for 78 records, you could record 15 minutes
of sound on a 16" disk at 33-1/3 RPM.  That was the 
Vitaphone system.  I would love to have seen one of
those projected with the original equipment!  Interestingly,
a completely restored version of "The Jazz Singer" has
recently been released on DVD by Warner Home Video.
I haven't seen it yet but I hear it's very good.


David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com


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