Some Practical Aspects of and Recommendations on Wide Film Standards
A. S. Howell, Joseph A. Dubray · Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers · 1930
Modern motion pictures, and especially motion pictures synchronized with sound, have of late brought about a new problem bearing within itself as far reaching consequences as any problem the industry has had to face since its advent. We refer to the obviously insistent demand for a complete departure from old established standards and the creation and establishment of picture images of more appropriate size and proportions.