Word: sound
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...diverse enthusiastic G. and S. literature, The Story is designed for the uninitiated rather than the hobbyist Savoyard. The narrative of two colorful careers in discord and in unison, is amplified by the history of the various operettas, and enriched by hitherto unpublished scores?a valuable record and sound appraisal, readable, entertaining...
...rebut the prevalent wail that man, the individual, has fallen from his former high estate to the status of cog in machine. Historian Van Loon raises considerable doubt as to that former altitude, these present depths. And in a sound exposition of business expansion, Julius Klein recalls that an ancient Periclean law gave each Athenian the right to own five slaves, whereas every inhabitant of the U. S. today has at his disposal the power equivalent of 150 slaves. Human happiness lies in using the machine without worshiping it. Brilliantly, Bertrand Russell predicates the only remedy for science...
Brilliantly conceived by Beard, executed with talent that varies from the sound expert to the high genius, Whither Mankind is a stimulating contribution to that very civilization which it so cogently analyzes...
Directors, engineers, making sound pictures have long been troubled by the roar of beaded dresses, clash of pearl beads, clangor of bracelets tinkling. Last week Paramount ordered for stars and extras rubber beads, pearls, jewelry...
Subtitle shown on many screens last week: MOST TERRIFYING SOUND IN THE WORLD RECORDED BY FOX MOVIETONE NEWS. Pictures showed a lion roaring. Asked critics, "Was it made by a pail covered with cowhide sliding on rosined cloth...