- Finding His Voice
Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Finding His Voice
caption =
director =F. Lyle Goldman Max Fleischer
story_artist = N/A
animator =Al Eugster
voice_actor = N/A
musician = N/A
producer =Western Electric
distributor =Western Electric
release_date = c. 1929
color_process = B&W
runtime = 10:38 minutes
movie_language = English"Finding His Voice" is a 1929 film, created to instruct on how the Western Electric recording system worked.
Plot
A live-action hand draws a strip of (sound) film, which takes the form of a human head, who uses musical notes to form a body. Then he sings notes that form a xylophone. Then, he performs a short solo, until another piece of film (silent) jumps on him. The talking strip yells, "Hey, Mute! What's the big idea, ruining my act?" The silent strip uses sign language, with subtitles above, asking him about his voice's origin. He talks about a man named Dr. Western that gave him "a set of vocal cords", saying he needs to see him, too.
They go to his office, with "Talkie" telling him to put "'Mutie' through the 'works'." They go to a filming set, where Talkie performs a song named, "
Just a Song at Twilight ". Then, Dr. Western explains every step of the Western Electic process of sound recording, and Mutie finally earn his voice, as Talkie was performing his song. He jumps onto stage and disrupts his solo. He asks him to calm down, and they perform "Good Night Ladies " and "Merrily We Roll Along " as they sail on a boat, with an awkward ending of awhale eating the boat and an advertisement for Western Electric.Trivia
* Although the film explained the Western Electric, when the film was released, the sound was provided by
Vitaphone .External Links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019881/ imdb.com]
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