Sagar’s Super Talkies

Advertisement of Talkies, Talkie studios

Advertisement of Sagar Movietone’s “super talkies” in the Cinema. The advert highlights “clear recording, able direction, scientific singing” etc., as the hallmarks of Sagar’s super talkies. Prominently, the advert foregrounds Mirabai besides other talkies ready for exhibition and others under production, like Zarina, Subhadra Haran, Krishna Bhagwan, Krishna Sudama, Narasinh Mehta etc. the agents of Sagar’s talkies are listed at the end.

Anonymous

National Film Archive of India

The Cinema, April 1932, Vol.5, No.8, p.8

1932-04

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Pakdaman Raqasa

Advertisement of Talkies

Fezi Sound System was used for Elephanta Movietone’s 1932 talkie Pakdaman Raqasa or Innocent Dancing Girl directed by Shah G. Agha. Nazir Mohammad himself recorded the sound, and the film was advertised for distributors and exhibitors as one with “perfect and clear recording.

Anonymous

National Film Archive of India

The Cinema, June 1932, p.6

1932-06

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Sulochana

Advertisement of Talkies

Advertisements of film Imperial Film Co.’s Sulochana featuring Sulochana and D. Billimoria emphasized their swadeshi nature and their independence from foreign aid .

Anonymous

National Film Archive of India

The Cinema, November 1933, Vol.8, No.1, p.3

1933-11

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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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