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tion or subject matter, the sale of such a production
would be nil.
The publishers seeking this questionable business
receive a fee for printing the book, which represents
a substantial profit. The publisher's only concern is
in this profit, and it is quite immaterial to them
whether the books sells or not. In fact, it is said of
some of these publishers that they do not even have
the usual facilities for placing books before the re-
tail trade.
Of course it is quite proper for anyone to pay the
expense of having a book, song or play published.
But it is not in accord with better business princi-
ples to mislead gullible authors into foolish busi-
ness undertakings.
Authors of books, music or other compositions
and others seeking information regarding publishing-
houses, firms and companies with whom they may
sign contracts of any sort should make inquiry among
those who are in a position to give valuable advice
upon such matters. Some associations of this char-
acter are the Authors' League of America, Inc., 32
E. 17th St.: the American Society of Composers,
Authors, and Publishers, 56 West 45th St., and the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, 105 West
40th St. The Society of American Dramatists and
Composers, 148 West 45th St., is still another suc-
cessful association and is affiliated with the Dramat-
ists' Guild of the Authors' League of America. The
information possessed by these two associations is
accordingly on file in the same office. We print be-
low warnings which have been issued by two of these
associations.
WEEK'S ODDS AND ENDS
HE PHOTOGRAPHS MUSIC
And Dr. de Forest's "Copy" Is the Sound Proceeding
From Voice or Instrument.
Dr. Lee de Forest, inventor of the audion tube,
described last week to the New York Electrical So-
ciety, at the Engineering Societies Building, New
York City, the development of a motion picture film
that talks and renders music. A demonstration of
the apparatus, which is called the "photofilm," was
given.
Dr. de Forest speculated as to the future use in
the. theater of the phonofilm, which is in all respects
like an ordinary motion picture film except that
sound is photographed on the edge, and by an in-
genious process is reproduced. The action and sound
are photographed simultaneously and reproduced sim-
ultaneously, overcoming the weakness of some past
attempts at talking drama, where the words have not
harmonized perfectly with the action. The sounds
are reproduced with great fidelity.
Dr. de Forest emphasized the mistake first made
LEE S. ROBERT'S LATEST.
You can dance anything with "Oh Harold," Lee in the use of the motion pictures in attempting to
S. Robert's new song, recently published by the For- photograph drama as it appears on the legitimate
ster Music Co., Inc., Chicago, and issued in music stage.
"Rut 1 claim," he continued, '"that an entirely new
roll form by the Q R S Music Co. Few people in
the United States will miss the featuring of the form of screen drama can be worked out, taking ad-
song which the Q R S Music Co. has accomplished santage of the possibilities of introducing music and
for the benefit of the music roll dealers. The com- voice and appropriate acoustic effects not necessarily
poser himself played the piece in his characteristically throughout the entire action, but here and there
brilliant way in recording it for the Q R S music roll. where the effects can be much more startling or
The Q R S advertising calls the song a "Collegiate theatrical, if you will, or significant, than is possi-
ble by pantomime alone, no matter how cleverly such
Walk" but the music lends itself to any kind of
can be worked out."
rythmic movement.
Numberless cases where incidental music, which
R. I. Mitchell, Lewiston, Me., has opened a new can be played only by adequate orchestras available
store at 57 Court street.
solely in a few of the largest theaters, can be sue-
HARDMAN, PECK & CO. Cr.T)
Manufacturers of the
HARDMAN PIANO
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Owning and Operating the Autotone Co. makers of the
A U T O T O N E (BSJKS2)
April 14, 1023
cessfully introduced into every medium sixed moving
picture theater in the land.
In giving the history of the invention, Dr. de For-
est said that the use of photography to record sound
waves was not new, as was generally supposed, but
had been invented a number of years ago. A long
series of unsuccessful attempts have been made to
use the principle practically.
PORTABLE SETS FOR SUMMER
Will Be as Desirable as Phonographs for Outing
This Year.
The fear of some radio dealers that the business in
radio sets and supplies would suffer a drop in sum-
mer is dispelled by L. Whittemore of the United
States Bureau of Standards who points out in the
Chicago Evening American that conditions were so
changed in the broadcasting lield since last summer
that radio would carry on as usual. He pointed out
that where last summer there were only 137 broad-
casting stations, covering a very small part of the
United States, now there are so many stations that
not 5 per cent of the population of the country is
more than 100 miles from a station.
Mr. Whittemore points out that the progress made
in portable apparatus further makes summer time
radio a popular outdoor sport. "Dealers who make
a specialty of complete built-up radio receiving sets
appreciate that for many purposes a portable radio
set is as desirable as a small portable phonograph,"
he said.
UNBROADCASTED PROGRAMS
An Imaginary "Lighter-Than-Air" Schedule Pre-
pared by Newspaper Humorist.
The week in radio, from the viewpoint of the news-
paper humorist, would be highly interesting if B.
Baer, the Herald Examiner funny man, could make
it a real instead of an imaginary program. This
is how 7 he presents his bearcasts:
Following is menu of lighter-than-air gossip for
this week:—Mealtime concert by Zoological Park
Glee Club. Patriotic song. By Swift and Armour.
Don't bite the ham that's feeding you. Lost chords
Ov/ning and Operating E.G. Harrington & Co.,Est.1871, makers of the
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Player-Piano
HARRINGTON PIANO
(Sufreme A mong Moderately Priced Instruments)
The Memel Piano
The Standard Piano
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