Inventor DeForest had perfected what he called the “phonofilm,” a device that records simultaneously a motion picture and a phonograph record of whatever noises are made near the camera. Mr.

Exactly 100 years ago, on March 12, 1923, American inventor Lee de Forest conducted a public demonstration of his Phonofilm at a press conference. Even though it wasn’t a great financial success ...

Within a few years, motion-picture industry soon converted to talking pictures. The sound-on-film process that was employed was similar to the one de Forest had used in his Phonofilm.

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The quality of Phonofilm, a sound-on-film system that had synchronized sound and dialogue, wasn’t very good, but was the forerunner of talking films. Rand McNally published its first road atlas on ...

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The quality of Phonofilm, a sound-on-film system which had synchronized sound and dialogue, wasn't very good, but was the forerunner of talking films.

Powers was using an updated version of Lee De Forest's Phonofilm system without giving De Forest any credit, a decision he would later regret.