Edward George Turner (27 March 1872 – 17 April 1962) was a British entrepreneur who operated the first company in Britain to rent films and he invented one of the earliest sound synchronization systems.
Below is a quote from Turner's writing for Kinematograph Weekly, a publication he wrote for in 1926: "For our first display we hired the hall adjoining the Constitutional Club, Guildford, from Monday, November 16, 1896, our takings that night being £8 1s 1d.
[3] A number of these films were made in a studio in Sir Edward Watkin's pleasure grounds at Wembley Park, north-west London, after Walturdaw took over and adapted the old Variety Hall, a large wooden variety theatre, there in 1907.
Turner developed one of the first sound and image synchronization systems, Cinematophone in 1907.
[3] He worked as managing director of Walturdaw, and its successor The Cinema Supply Company, until the 1930s.