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2. History of sound recording - Wikipedia

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   Ring-and-spring microphones, such as this Western Electric microphone, were common during the electrical age of sound recording c. 1925–45.. The second wave of sound recording history was ushered in by the introduction of Western Electric's integrated system of electrical microphones, electronic signal amplifiers and electromechanical recorders, which was adopted by major US record labels in ...

3. Electrical transcription - Wikipedia

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   However, some very early (c. 1928–1931) radio programs were on sets of 12-inch or even 10-inch (25 cm) 78 rpm discs, and some later (circa 1960–1990) syndicated radio programs were distributed on 12-inch 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm microgroove vinyl discs visually indistinguishable from ordinary records except by their label information.

4. Orlando R. Marsh - Wikipedia

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   Orlando R. Marsh (August 6, 1881 – September 7, 1938) [1] was an electrical engineer raised in Wilmette, Illinois. [2] In early 1920s Chicago, Illinois he pioneered electrical recording of phonograph discs with microphones when acoustic recording with horns was commonplace.

5. King of the Roaring '20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein

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   The book was a best seller and several companies were interested in film rights. In October 1959, film rights were bought by Allied Artists, who had enjoyed a big commercial success with Al Capone (1959) and were interested in making more gangster films. The purchase price was described as "well into six figures as against a percentage of the ...

6. The Best Gangster Movies and TV Shows - AOL

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   Here are 22 of the best gangster stories of all time—12 crime movies and 10 crime series that deliver action, suspense, comedy, romance, and heartbreak, all nested within violent narratives of ...

7. Pre-Code crime films - Wikipedia

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   Two main types of crime films were released during the period: the gangster picture and the prison film. A triumvirate of gangster pictures were released in the early 1930s—Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932)—which were built on the template created by the first gangster movie, 1927's Underworld. All featured ...

8. List of crime films of the 1960s - Wikipedia

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   Gangster Story: Walter Matthau: Walter Matthau, Carol Grace, Bruce McFarlan: United States [8] Inspector Palmu's Mistake/The Rygseck Mystery (US DVD title) Matti Kassila: Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela: Finland: Crime comedy [9] The League of Gentlemen: Basil Dearden: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey: United Kingdom [10] Ma ...

9. Mafia film - Wikipedia

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   Little Caesar (1931). The years 1931 and 1932 saw the genre produce three enduring classics: Warner Bros.' Little Caesar and The Public Enemy, which made screen icons out of Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, respectively, and Howard Hawks' Scarface starring Paul Muni, which offered a dark psychological analysis of a fictionalized Al Capone [4] and launched the film career of George Raft.