Meet me in St, Louis and the Aspect of Sound

In 1904, when St. Louis encountered my voice, Eugene Roast successfully recorded the sound on photographic film. The present invention is called "acoustic grating" and the result is far from being used for public exhibits. As it is known, the camera used to shoot "The Talkies" must be stored in a large and soundproof enclosure. This soon hindered the creativity of the director and made the movie like "St. Louis" (1944) more "stare" more strictly. Due to interest in synchronization, this new technology is less noticed for other attributes used in silent movies, such as Charlie Chaplin's Citylight (1931) comedy element.

April 30, 1904 - holding a Louisiana purchase exposition. Spectacular ivory architecture, invention of ice cream cone, and is known for "Meet Me in St. Louis". The St. Louis Expo ended on December 1st and there were more than 19 million visitors. It covers an area of ​​1,272 acres. The 1904 Summer Olympics also formed an alliance with the exhibition, the first Olympic Games held in the Western Hemisphere. April 18 - 19, 1906 - The earthquake that hit San Francisco was estimated to be 7.8 on the Richter scale. Its seismic center near the San Andreas fault and subsequent earthquakes and aftershocks issued 478 deaths, the estimated death toll is nearly 3,000 in the future. Loss is between $ 350 million and $ 400 million. Refugee camps were built in 21 places throughout the city including Presidio, Ft Point and Golden Gate Park.

Let's meet at America's musical, St. Louis released in 1944. The story is very simple, centered around a middle-class family with 4 daughters and 1 son. It is in St. Louis, Missouri, and in the years before the Expo in 1904 it experienced the plight of the family and how they cooperated to overcome them. As we all know, American movie musicals have a dual focus story. As Altman stated in "American Film Musical", "American film musical focuses on her progressive trajectory, not the central role of everything of interest, but focuses on the dual focus As the result of the match between male and female is completely traditional and predictable, observers need to be insensitive to age and progress, but can be compared with simultaneity Altman, 2, page 19)