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Inventor Lee De Forest demonstrates ‘Phonofilm’ 90 years ago today (1923)

March 12, 20131920s, movies 1920sadmin


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(Saturday, March 12, 1923) — Inventor Lee De Forest demonstrated his sound-on-movie-film system, called “Phonofilm,” to the press today in New York.

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