Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
PICTURES. and
RADIO HOOKUP
IN AGREEMENT
FBO and Radio Cor
poration Unite; En-
tertainment Revolu-
ton May Result

The movies and radio recently
linked forces when q deal was closed
whereby Radio Corporation Of Am
erica and its associated companies
acquired a substantial interest in
fBO Pictures corporation, one of the
largest motion picture companies.
The negotiations were concluded by
Joseph z. Kennedy, president of FBO
PICTURES Corporation, representing
his company, and David Sarnoff, vice
president of the Radio corporation
OF America, representing the radio
interests.
This utilization opens to motion
pictures for the first time the tre-
mencous and pot~entialities
OF radio. 1t will. give the movies the
use OF ell present patents and pros
peetive developments of sound repro
duction and synchronization, radio
broadcssting, television, etc. Of the
Radio CORPORATION of America, the
Genera Electric Company and the
westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing company.
A complete revolution Of present
day entertainment may easily de-
velop rs the result of the close af-
filiation between the important lead
ers Of motion pictures and the power
full engineering organization Of the
radio group. The services Of the
technical stats Of the three greatest
electrical companies in the world
thus become available to the motion
picture industry to help that indus
try in its constant endeavor TO give
the public a new ard better enter
tainment.
Radio Available to All
It is announced that the devices
and developments controlled by
radio do not become exclusive to FBO
Pictures Corporation but will be
available to the entire motion picture
industry. 1t is substantially a COM
bination between the radio and pic
ture industries.
The first important development of
the combination will be the ~presenta-
tion picture industry. It Is substan-
tally a combination between the pre-
sentation of a new method of sound
reproduction and synchronization per-
fected by General Electric. The Of
ficials of the Radio Corporation Of
America feel that the method and
apparatus excel all previous efforts
in the direction Of talking movies"
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can be marketed at a price within the
reach of the smallest picture the
aters.
The possibilities presented by the
combination Of two big companies in
the fields of radio and pictures are
tremendous beyond speculation. The
affiliation created o sensation within
the motion industry which has been
struggling for years to find a prac-
teal and economical solution to the
problem of sound reproduction in
conjunction with picture production
and theater presentations.
Experiment Result
The radio corporation and its as
ISOLATED companies have been expert
menting with and developing a meth
cd OF sound reproduction for use in
connection with motion picture for
several years and as it reached
perfection decided upon a direct af-
filiation with an established motion
picture company as the practical way
OF putting it into general use.
FBO Pictures Corporation owns
large studios in Hollywood, produces
q program of approximately sixty
feature pictures a year and oper-
ates forty branch offices through
out the world. 1t was purchased two
years ago by Joseph P. Kennedy, a
Boston banker. It is announced by
Mr.. Kennedy that two representa-
tives of the Radio Corporation of
America and General Electric will be-
come directors of FBO Pictures Cor
poration and affiliated companies,
FB0 Studios, Inc, FB0 Export Cor
poration, FB0 Pictures OF Canada,
Ltd, and FBO Pictures, G.M.B.H.