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Jan. 12, 1941: Fantasound — by its own name or any other name — is here to stay, and Walt Disney is going right ahead with plans for it. I had a long talk with him last week and he made this plain, among other things. Meanwhile, the uproar over "Fantasia" and Fantasound in New York is only now beginning to subside. It hasn't even started in Los Angeles, which will have an opportunity to rave (one way or the other) at month's end, when film — and equipment — take over the Carthay Circle. |
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ladailymirror.com 
Fantasound was perhaps the first attempt at stereophonic sound in any mass medium. ‘Fantasia’ had a stereo track when it played in a handful of first-run theaters in major cities. Subesequent theaters did not have the costly equipment so most people saw and heard ‘Fantasia’ only in the low-fi, mono of the day.
It would take more than a decade for stereophonic sound to make a reappearance. But it eventually struck. So Walt Disney’s statement, “Fantasound — by its own name or any other name — is here to stay…” turned into prophesy. It just took much longer than he had hoped.
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