Customer Reviews

The modern movie is 20 years old on August 6. Twenty years ago the movies added sound to sight. DON JUAN was the film, starring JOHN BARRYMORE. A year ater came "THE JAZZ SINGER," the first feature to use lip synchronization. Both films were produced and presented by Warner Brothers. The equipment which made them possible was developed and made by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric Company, units of the Bell System. ..... 1946 Bell Telephone System Ad, A5214.