The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-27
MOTION PICTURES THAT TALK
VIZ. EDISON DEMONSTRATES
mrs kINETOPHONE.
4 Picture Man speaks to the Audience tn
Phantom voiee-The Inventor Alum
inE To Produce Grand Opera That
shall satisfy the E,e and the Far

inG To Produce Grand Opera That
shall satisfy the Eye and the Far
| ORANGE. y J Aug - One y Z the
most interesting OK apartments that Thomas
| A. Edison has performed was made thil
evening AT his laboratories on the Valley
road. West Orange For the first time
he showed exactly what he had accom-
! plished in the way OF the production OF
an instrument which should give stimuli
taneously the movements - the human
being and the sounds Of the sam" belng's
VOICE lie has been working for MANY
years To effect this and he will not say
even now that he has achieved all that he
| hoprd for but he says that he has at least
mad" beginning He believes. ~ he
! said this evening. that he will sIccead
within "A year in giving 20 the public
results which will IL not surprise N any
rat" please the pu bic nightly His new
invention he calls tn. Edison kin.to-
| phone
Many attempts have been made rs
MIR Edison and his assistants pointed
ont tonight Ia render the human voice
! in natural accompani ment with the
moving pictures which have become 50
popular all over the world There
have even been made certain records NJ
the dances and songs OF primitive peoples
by various exploring scientists. Illus
trating just how the Indians. for instance
OF lucatan give some Of their fox dances
accompanied by songs and their prlmi-
tive music. but these have been made by
two separate instruments. one picturng
the movement. the other recording the
sounds Of both voices and musical Instru-
ments. and there has never been that
actual and precise agreement between
these two Instruments which ~ necessary
TO give the desired illusion
MIR. Edison himself occupied front
seat among the small number Of persons
who were admitte ed to this demoust ration
Of one Of his latest achievements
big man walked forward on the
screen, bowed TO the audience. and began
10 speak As soon as he opened his mouth
N" sounds came naturally ~ they
would from an actor on the sage. or TO Ice
more precise perhaps il might be said
that they came like the sound ~ the
voice Of a manager who comes bsfor.
the curtain on the stage and makes such
announcement a. th- stage manager
may desIT. Ia pat befors has patrons
This picture man said IN substance
ladies and Gentlemen ALTHOUGH
there we're no ladies present this timel
While many efforts have been made 10
produce an apparatus that would not
only give Won the picture - the person
speaking bat give YOU at he same time
'he sound u ia" SPEAKERS voice. this il
the frat time that such "fort has b....It
crowned with success
The man cpn'inusi TO illustrate
20 Won What hsv" t--.l saving
will uow take from TIA. table which
vol ~" h-fnrr me "a" tahi.. aud
~ apprrt"nan'-- w-r" there tail
Eud throw y To the platform. aud vuu
Win hear It f-bound - The ssru.. tIru- you
s"- A. r-iound
He md take a tail from the table and
The rebound -Nactly oonCid-d with the
enumeration ct H." words. bot uulv the
-tEh' II the tall bat the sound 81 - lu
pact "n tue platform lie H-N went on
10 saw, a. he s'T'"i ia" action - th.
word
/ NH nov shoN vuu mon. distinctly /
by taking plate. which Won -'-''. from the
table and smashing u ola the floor
EXACTLY a. lee dti So thc plate went ~
the fDuf. AZ the a'.dIru,-. could see. aud
smashed into smlthrr-en- tn. sound II
the smash and ia" r.'hOund 81 III. splinter
COIuoIdInK -Nsc'lv with the motion and
'h" words of the picture man III. gay.
smother Illti-t ration Nv taking Tp al auto
mobile horn and remsrklng
j will now give vUtI an idea uf ala auto
mobile sounding Its warning lie s-iI,-i
a horn from the table and 80 I.e/,d ia"
bulb three separate Times. the horn gIN inE |
exactly A. one woIld expect II TO do II
one had been a chauffeur with his hand on
the bulb three separate blastS Nnh !
this IN. exhibition 81 tn" klnetpphon- |
proper ended. not. however. until the man !
On The screen had walked ~ m" sIda II }
the stage and disappeared IA IN. wings |
II might he said by Cap'iOus critics that |
the sound 81 tho mans fOotstepz as he |
walked on the stage were not heard. bat |
IN these DAYS 81 rubber sole,l shoes rhl~ I
NAV sound hypercriticsl
AZ the lights 81 the picture stage went |
out and the lights 81 his laboratory were
turned on Mr. Edison turned around |
and said In his characterisiically modest |
and depreostory manner
We'll that's all we're going 20 show
you tonight We've got a lot more. hut |
we really ought not 10 have shown IL |
A. all yet don't know how il hApJened
II q too soon But we're on the right road
We ought to got there. aud ws will Per
maps vel arrive in another year
What | want 10 do II not II imply a
lIt,Ie thing like this I want TO aiy. grand
opsra. want 20 give John Drew with
all be says and does. ! want 90 give Teddy
delivering "a lecture to tho nation That's
what ws'r~ aiming at. We've already
done for the Casino Johnnies. You know
Do fellows going 70 fall in love with a
chorus girl only one-huDdr"d thousandth
u an inch thick
There are really two machines hut
hey are so int-rr"lnted thro ugh electri-
al connection that they act as one in
producing before the spectator both the
cts and the voices ~ the people who are
iepictad on the screen although IA a