William E. Garity (April 2, 1899 – September 16, 1971) was an American inventor and audio engineer who attended the Pratt Institute before going to work for Lee De Forest around 1921. Garity worked with DeForest on the Phonofilm sound-on-film system until 1927, when 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 Fantasound, an early 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.
^Parkinson, David (2007). The Rough Guide to Film Musicals. Penguin. p. 161.
^LoBrutto, Vincent (2005). Becoming film literate: the art and craft of motion pictures. ABC-CLIO. p. 138.
^Garity, William E.; Jones, Watson (July 1942). "Experiences in Road-Showing Walt Disney's Fantasia". Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. 39. United States. doi:10.5594/J09876.
De Forest around 1921. Garity worked with DeForest on the Phonofilm sound-on-film system until 1927, when Pat Powers hired Garity to develop a sound system...
the production of Army Training Films." Statuette 1941 Walt Disney, WilliamGarity, John N. A. Hawkins, and the RCA Manufacturing Company "for their outstanding...
with the Jungle Book". Retrieved April 23, 2016. Garity and Hawkins (1941), p. 146 Garity, William E.; Hawkins, J. N. A. (August 1941). "Fantasound"...
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Jane Fonda, son Peter Fonda, granddaughter Bridget Fonda and grandson Troy Garity. In 1999, he was named the sixth-Greatest Male Screen Legends of the Classic...
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free and was given the tickets in gratitude—and saw Anything Goes with William Gaxton, Ethel Merman and Victor Moore at the Alvin Theater. After the show...
Classics cartoons. The most famous multiplane camera was developed by WilliamGarity for the Walt Disney Studios to be used in the production of Snow White...
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Lorna Erickson (Merry Anders), sets him up to be robbed by her paramour (William Bryant). Highly regarded within the industry, Bellamy served four terms...
president of the new company). The company had been struggling since founder William Fox lost control of the company in 1930. Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth...
Harline; Lyrics by Ned Washington Fantasia Special Award To Walt Disney, WilliamGarity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company for their outstanding...
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Nascar Hall of Fame Hall of Fame nomination. In 1986, Needham, alongside William L. Fredrick, was awarded a Scientific and Engineering Award for his efforts...
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1901–1969), a secretary who later legally changed her surname to Bacal, and William Perske (1889–1982), who worked in sales. Both of her parents were Jewish...
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