William Garity: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]

| Years_activeyears_active = 1939-1971

'''William E. "Bill" Garity''' (April 2, 1899 – September 16, 1971) was an American inventor and technicianaudio 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 (businessman)|Pat Powers]] hired Garity to develop a sound system closely based upon Phonofilm that Powers called '''Powers Cinephone'''.

Garity is best known for the his employment at [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Studios]], which used the Cinephone system in the late 20's1920s and early 30's30s. 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.<ref name=DParkin2007>{{cite book|last=Parkinson|first=David|title=The Rough Guide to Film Musicals|year=2007|publisher=Penguin|pages=161}}</ref><ref name=LoBrutto2005>{{cite book|last=LoBrutto|first=Vincent|title=Becoming film literate: the art and craft of motion pictures|year=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO|pages=138}}</ref>

In 1940, Garity developed [[Fantasound]], an early [[stereophonic]] [[surround sound]] system for Disney's ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]''.<ref name=GarJon-exp>{{Cite journal | last1 = Garity| first1 = William E. | last2 = Jones| first2 = Watson | title = Experiences in Road-Showing Walt Disney's Fantasia | journal = Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers | volume = 39 | location = United States | date = July 1942 | doi = 10.5594/J09876 | url = https://archive.org/stream/journalofsociety39socirich#page/6/mode/2up }}</ref> 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.

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