Motion Picture Sound Sources

Links:

• Altman, Rick, "The sound of sound: a brief history of the reproduction of sound in movie theaters," Cineaste, Winter-Spring 1995, v21 n1-2, p. 68-72.
• American WideScreen Museum
• Baldock, Mark R.VistaVison, June 1, 1997.
• DelGrosso, David. DTS Technology. October 1996.
• Digital Sound Page, 3 May 1996.
  
• Dolby Laboratories, Chronology of Dolby Laboratories from 1965 to 1989 and from 1990-present. San Francisco, CA. 1 May 1997.
  
• DVD Resource Page from Steve Tannehill has links to DVD information and to Jim Taylor's DVD FAQ
• Hilton, Kevin. "The Phantom Menace," Studio Sound March 1999.
• Holman, Tomlinson. "Lucasfilm's approach to bringing the theater experience home." Stereo Review, April 1994, article reproduced at Lucasfilm THX page.
  
• Lucasfilm, Ltd. THX Theatre Sound Systems, San Rafael, CA. 1 May 1997.
  
• Madam, Will You Talk?
• Mead, William. Cinema Technology Page, including SDDS FAQ. 1 June 1997.
  
• MSP - Movie Sound Page
• One Hundred Years of Film Sizes
• Roudebush, James. "Filmed in Panavision: The Ultimate Wide Screen Experience" article in Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity. January 1995.
  
• Scientific American. "The 1997 National Medal of Technology: Ray Dolby" in Explorations. May 1997.
  
• Sharnhorst, Dan. "Digital Sound" in Moviegoers Guide to Movie Theatres. 24 May 1997.
  
• Sun, Perry. Movie Sound Page. 25 May 1997.
  
• DVD Resource Page from Steve Tannehill has links to DVD information and to Jim Taylor's DVD FAQ

Books & Articles:

• American Cinematographer, "Sensurround." Nov. 1974, p. 1312.
  
• "BTL Historic Record Collection - Background Information," Bell Labs manuscript, August 24, 1979, AT&T Archives, Warren, NJ.
• Culhane,John. Walt Disney's Fantasia. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983.
  
• Daniel, Oliver. Stokowski: a Counterpoint of View. New York: Dodd Mead, 1982.
  
• Eyman, Scott. The Speed of Sound Hollywood and the talkie revolution, 1926-1930. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 413 p.
• Fielding, Raymond. A Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television; an Anthology from the Pages of the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1967.
• Hochheiser, Sheldon, "What Makes the Picture Talk: AT&T and the Development of Sound Motion Picture Technology," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 35, no. 4, November 1992, pp. 278-285.
• Kattelle, Alan. Home Movies: A History of the American Industry, 1897-1979. Transition Publishing, 2000.
• Klapholz, Jesse. "Fantasia Innovations in Sound," Journal of Audio Engineering Society 39, Jan/Feb 1991, pp. 66-70.
• Mordden, Ethan. The Hollywood Musical. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981.
• Neighbors, Bill. Interview with Business Unusual, CNN televison broadcast May 31, 1997.
  
• Thrasher, Frederic M. Okay for Sound; how the screen found its voice. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. 303 p.