MUSICIANS MADE IDLE
NEW “TALKY-SOUNDY” FILMS “TINNED” ACCOMPANIMENTS (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Tuesday. What are known as “talky-soundy” films, which carry their own musical and vocal accompaniments, are likely tj throw two-thirds of the cinema musicians in Britain out of work in the next two years. It is estimated that 50,000 musicians in America will shortly be out of work also, leading to the saving of at least £ 1,000,000 a year. The Musicians’ Union in Britain, where more than 3,000 orchestras have been brought into existence by the cinemas, is endeavouring to obtain a guarantee that at least a third of the musicians now in employment shall be retained by the industry to supplement the “tinned music” or to act as deputies when the machinery is out of order.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280919.2.64
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 463, 19 September 1928, Page 9
Word Count
131MUSICIANS MADE IDLE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 463, 19 September 1928, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in