William Garity

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William Garity
Born(1899-04-02)April 2, 1899
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 16, 1971(1971-09-16) (aged 72)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active1939-1971

William E. Garity (April 2, 1899 – September 16, 1971) was an American inventor and audio engineer who attended the

Pat Powers
hired Garity to develop a sound system closely based upon Phonofilm that Powers called Powers Cinephone.

Garity is best known for his employment at Walt Disney Studios, which used the Cinephone system in the late 1920s and early 30s. In 1937, also at the Disney Studios, Garity developed the multiplane camera. Ub Iwerks, having left Disney to work at his own studio, developed an unrelated multiplane camera, during this same time period.[1][2]

In 1940, Garity developed

stereophonic surround sound system for Disney's Fantasia.[3] After leaving the Disney studio, Garity later became vice president and production manager for Walter Lantz Productions. He was inducted in the Disney Legends
program in 1999.

References

  1. ^ Parkinson, David (2007). The Rough Guide to Film Musicals. Penguin. p. 161.
  2. ^ LoBrutto, Vincent (2005). Becoming film literate: the art and craft of motion pictures. ABC-CLIO. p. 138.
  3. doi:10.5594/J09876
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