The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

Phototone wrote:

marcapra wrote:

Allmost all talkies made after mid-1929 were also lip-synced.

This statement must be a typo. Are you really saying that all movies in the 30s and 40s were lip-synced? Doesn't make any sense.

All musical numbers, particularly involving a big production number were indeed pre-recorded under ideal conditions and then the performers danced and cavorted to the soundtrack which was played back on set as they performed. I am not talking about standard dialog scenes.

Lucius1958 wrote: Orchestras and choruses were expensive: better to use a pre-recorded track, when you might have to do multiple takes to get the scene right.

Bill