A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-25
Summary:

The problem of how to produce a perfectly synchronized talking motion picture has been studied by inventors for 20 years. Mr. C. F. Elwell recently demonstrated before the Royal Society of Arts that science has now solved that difficulty and it is due to the introduction by Dr. Lee de Forest of…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-02-04
Summary:

The De Forest Phonofilm was screened to the Royal Society of Arts recently by Mr. C. F. Elwell. In this film, perfect timing was achieved hence making it the talking motion picture. Mr. Elwell showed several talking reels. The demonstrator explains the entire mechanism of recording sounds and…