One error synchronization could turn
a triumph into disaster and cheers into jeers from the
audience. the beginning 1914 told Hutchison that the full
resources the Edison enterprise would soon given over to
talking pictures and that they were going "perfect the
kinetophone the limit.IX-36
quickly declined and never fully paid back the expenses of
experiments. The decline the kinetophone is
best explained the problems maintaining and operating a
highly complex machine. expected, the novelty value soon wore
off, but the novelty the kinetoscope, for example, lasted
much longer than one year.
Edison was embarrassed the theatrical disasters his
new invention, but was not going let one failure stop
him. The first talking picture was introduced 1913,
but met with little success; was too difficult control
the kinetophone with string that reached from the machine
(which was next the screen), the projection booth. More than one kinetophone show was booed off the
stage! The problems could traced back the underpaid
operators and the rats who ate through the control cords. A
further problem was the lack enthusiasm and expertise the
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part the low-paid operators. The
projectionist was too busy run the machine and therefore the
exhibitor had hire operator specifically for the
kinetophone." Instead filming around the
existing schedule the Bronx and studios, Hutchison was
soon going have his own kinetophone studio West Orange
