em was referred to as the vita phone. This would use a disc recording in synchronisation with the picture. This system was eventually adopted by Warner Brothers and proved a success in the film The Jazz Singer in 1927. (Taylor 1965 p,315) Fox also started to produce sound films on a system very close to that of the one invented by Lee de Frost. By 1930 most movie theatres had converted to sound. The Great Depression did provide an atmosphere of doom and gloom. The masses wanted something to uplift their lives and to take them away. (Puttnam 1997 p, 149) British films often reflected the life of the people, rather than offering them any hopes or dreams. They were dreary, depressing and monotonous. (Puttnam 1997 p,153)...
