Illinois Public Media News marks 94th anniversary of sound on film
6/10/2016 Julia Sullivan, ECE
The anniversary story features the voice of University of Illinois Electrical Engineering Professor Joseph T. Tykociner.
Written by Julia Sullivan, ECE
On June 9, 1922, movies were changed forever when University of Illinois Electrical Engineering Professor Joseph T. Tykociner showed how movies could talk in a public demonstration and lecture. Illinois Public Media News marked the anniversary with a radio story that includes audio of Tykociner's voice.
"The sound quality, as heard when engineers for the Motion Picture Association of America attempted a playback of the film in the 1950’s, was marred by background noise, but the result was unmistakable. Tykociner had made movies talk," the story said.