Hollywood Looks at India

sound recording and reproduction, talkies

Wilford Deming Jr.’s ‘Hollywood Looks at India’ debuts as a feature in Varieties Weekly. The article focuses on the experiences in Indian cinema industry that Deming Jr. has had as an expert on sound recording, which prompted him to concede that in the technical sense, the Indian studios considerably pre-date the American studios. Deming Jr. surveys the conditions in an average Indian studio laboratory. He states that lackadaisical laboratory processing renders the sound and picture quality inconsistent through the length of the film, an instance which even the American studios are not able to prevent.

Wilford Deming Jr.

Varieties Weekly

Varieties Weekly, Vol.1, No.4, August 22, 1931, pp.6-8

1931-08-22

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The New Theatres Ltd. (R.C.A Service)

Sound reproduction/projection equipment, advertisement

An advertisement that offers R.C.A reproduction equipment in cinema houses that would convert them into talkie houses in a matter of two hours. The complete double set of R.C.A talkie projectors with operators is offered on hire by the New Theatres Ltd.

Anonymous

Varieties Weekly

Varieties Weekly, Vol.1, No.2, August 8, 1931, p.2

1931-08-08

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RCA sound recording equipment 1937

Sound Recording Equipment

This moving image file of RCA sound recording equipment from 1937 is from the private collection of Jyoti Chaukhani. The equipment was used for talkie production at Bharat Lakshmi Pictures Ltd.

Jyoti Chaukhani

Jyoti Chaukhani, Bharat Lakshmi Pictures Ltd.

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RCA/Empire Talkie Distributors

Sound Reproduction Equipment, advertisement

Advertisement of RCA sound reproduction equipment, "the best by every test". The equipment's marketing agency is held by a talkie distributor- the Empire Talkie Distributors- with offices in Delhi, Lahore, Karachi and Calcutta. The advertisement claims the installation of about 200 units of equipment in India, Burma and Ceylon.

Anonymous

National Film Archive of India

Varieties Weekly, September 16, 1933, Vol.3, No.50, p.15

1933-09-16

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Western Electric Co.

Sound reproduction equipment

Advertisement of Western Electric Sound System in The Cinema in the form of twelve questions that an exhibitor may ask himself before installing a sound reproduction equipment. The equipment was marketed by Western Electric Co. Ltd. in Bombay.

Anonymous

National Film Archive of India

The Cinema, September 1933, Vol.7, No.2, p.31

1933-09

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