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Vitaphone View: Early Talkies in Widescreen? Yup!

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Hutchinson, Founder of The Vitaphone Project

Vitaphone View: Early Talkies in Widescreen? Yup! In previous blogs, I’ve discussed just how massive and fast the transition to sound films was. It was also very expensive. Consider for example the cost of wiring over 12,000 theatres for sound. … Continue reading →

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Vitaphone View: The Coming of Talkies – The Theatre’s Angle, Part 2

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Hutchinson, Founder of The Vitaphone Project

  Vitaphone View: The Coming of Talkies The Theatre’s Angle, Part 1 This is the second part of my two-part blog series on the effect of the coming of sound to exhibitors in the late 1920’s…….. ….. A New Deal on … Continue reading →

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