Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-01-24
A REVOLUTION.

Thos. A. Edison is indeed a wiz
ard. In an interview with the New
York rep Sc ative of the Denver i,
News, Mr.. Edison said he believes
the end of the present legitimate
stage is at hand as result of his
newest invention, a talking motion
p t re machine, called the Kineto-
phone, which proved successful in
a demonstration a few days ago.
The News interview follows: The
inventor explains why he thinks
the present So show must give way
to the cheaper form of amusement,
which, he declared, will give almost
as much as the other for one-twen-
tieth of the price. There will be
no more transformers, e ther, be- !
cause no one will be willing to pay
for second Il lss acting when the
foremost s.ars are performing for
"talkies" and can be seen and heard
for dime. rs the machine per
fected?" Edison was asked: "Noln-
ing is perfect" replied Edison, ''bu,
, it works. it will BE- put in operation
in Brooklyn inside of thirty days.
What does your new invenuon
do!" 1T delivers at the exact ln-
stant oil occurrence on the film any
SOUND made at the moment sucn
j action TOOK lace. Every woro Ut
tered by the actors is recorded ana
delivered in time Win Lne acliOu;
the creaklng OF a gaze, Whistle,
the noise u nOUl-DtdtS, even the
] click OF cooking d ftvOlVer, comes
aDDarenliy IruAl Lle Scene dllu LII
UNISON WlLn Tie mUllUu. now Is
it done?" Inc pnOnograph, wnlcn
is placed behInu Tie Scene, is Wired
to the picture macnine, Wnicn may
be a hundred ydruS away. ine
speed OF the laiAlng pdrtS acI as d
! brake on the HluI, 81 That neither
can get aneaQ OF Tie otner. Iuefe
special records which run as iOng
as the 1lIm lasts. Utner recOiuS
can De MADE " come into place
successfully and Tile performance
may 'De carrleu Out through Who're
, Diay. WnOie OPERAS VIII Ue reuucr
ed and the nimo can even Ue COIOf-
eu by hand IL Lne ulSpiy OI cOlUr is
needed. Small towns whose Yearly
taxes would not pay Ior three per
2 fOrmanceS OF the metropolitan Upe-
, ra company, can see anu near lne
9realeSt stars III Tie WOrl0 IOr lU
cents and will pay because OF the
volume OF business. we Want de-
3 mOcracy in our annusemenIS, 1t is
t safe to say mat only one QUO OF
7 every fifty persons lii the United
States has any rlgnt to spend the
, price asked IOr a lheater uckeL.
How long did 1t take 70 Work odt
I the plan for talking moving pic
!. tures?" was asked. 1hirty-seven,
replied Mr.. Edison, slowly Il IS oil
;. of that time sincesI mace MOTION
F picture show inside box ny rop-
q ping the succession of drawings
rapidly and attaching recoiu re
u two other tubes" And Was that
0 successful Not the kind OF sue
) cess | wanted. What | want mus
! affect the whole people. Actors vii
have to leave the legitimate stage
to work for the movies in order t.
' get any monoy. This is all tn,
l. better for them. They can live il
i one place all the year round ant
d transforming will cease automati
: cally when no one wants to pa,
q several times the amount of tn
I movies show for some inferio
n production of a stale play" vii
IL there be a great fortune in it?
ts Money!" asked Edison. VIII,
= all the money I make on an inveI
~ ton goes into furthering my ez
n periments. [ do not seek none.
IN Besides, there will be any numbe
n of others begin along the line, an
n | have found that an inventor
:. always sacrificed fer the publ
III ; good, which is satisfactory so loI
Ii as the great masses are beneftte
10 Often the courts do not uphold m
on but somehow, | get the credit, wha
Of ever that is good for he addf
- with a laugh. "Will it not be ha
u u, on actors?" was suggested "On Il
Vii contrary" replid Edison, earnest
he they are going to be beneftte
They will be able to lead norm
,tv home life. I can see nothing
:. the future but big studios centr;
III ized nerhans in New York ernnlo