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Finding His Voice (1929)

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Finding His Voice (1929)
 Sponsor/Production Co.: Western Electric Co. Inc. Directors: F. Lyle Goldman, Max Fleischer. Writer: W.E. Erpi [Charles W. Barrell]. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 35mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 11 minutes.

Animated demonstration showing how the Western Electric motion picture sound system works. In this lively cartoon, “Talkie” brings “Mutie” to “Dr. Western,” who gives him a voice. The team shows how sound motion pictures are made and reproduced.

Note: Carlyle Ellis, the early industrial and educational filmmaker, contributes the voice for Dr. Western.