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Theodore Willard Case

1888-12-12 – 1944-05-13

Theodore Case at his summer residence at Casowasco in Moravia, NY.Credit: Cayuga Museum of History and Art

Life & Legacy

Theodore Willard Case (December 12, 1888 – May 13, 1944) was an American chemist who invented the Movietone sound-on-film system.

physicist, inventor, film director, director

Yale University; Harvard University; St. Paul's School; St. John's Northwestern Military Academy

Harvard University · St. John's Northwestern Military Academy · St. Paul's School · Yale University

Willard Erastus Case

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