bᵻfˌoːɹ ʃiː bɪɡˈæn mˌeɪkɪŋ fˈɪlmz, ʃiː ɡˈeɪv ɐ lˈɛktʃɚ tə ðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk mjˌuːzɪkəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl səsˈaɪəɾi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi tˈuː tˈaɪɾəld lˈaɪt æz ɐn ˈɑːɹt mətˈɪɹiəl ænd ɪts pˈɑːsᵻbəl sˌɪŋkɹənᵻzˈeɪʃən wɪð sˈaʊnd.
Before she began making films, she gave a lecture to the New York Musicological Society in 1932 titled 'Light as an Art Material and its Possible Synchronization with Sound.'