The daily sentinel., 1913-01-08
TALKING MOVIES" TO
KNOCK OUT THE HIGH
PRICE SHOWS EDISON

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+ New York. Jan. S.-Thomas -
3 A. Edison said today that he be- g
q lieves the end of the present le- Z,
q gitimate stage is at hand as !,
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3 talking motion picture ma s.
{. chine, called the kinetophone. -
9 which proved successful in .
j. demonstration few days ago. y
g The inventor explained why he y
q thinks the present 81 show must -
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4. ed. will give almost as much as {,
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There Will be no more barnstorm-
ers, either. because no one will be
willing to pay for second-class acting
when the foremost stars are perform
ing for the "Talkies" and can be
seen and heard for dime.
is the machine perfected" Edi-
son was asked. Nothing is perfect"
replied Edison, but il works. Il
will be put in operation in Brooklyn
inside of 80 days"
What does your new invention
do?"
1t delivers at the exact instant of
occurrence on the'film any sound
made at the moment such action took
place. Every word uttered by the
actors is recorded and delivered in
time with the action; the creaking of
a gate, a whistle, the noise of hoof-
beats, even the click of cooking
revolver. comes apparently from the
scene and in unison with the motion"
How is 1t done?'
"The phonograph, which is placed
behind the scene, is wired to the pic
ture machine, which may be hun
dred yards away. The speed of the
talking parts acts as a brake on the
film, SO that neither can go ahead of
the other. There are special records
which run as long as the film lasts.
Other records can be made to come
into place successfully and the per-
formance may be carried out through
a whole play.
Whole operas will be rendered
and the films can even be colored by
hand If the display of the color is
needed.
Small towns whose yearly taxes
would not pay for three performances
of the Metropolitan Opera company,
can see and hear the greatest stars in
the world for 10c and will pay be-
cause of the volume of business.
I'VE want democracy in our
amusements. 1t is safe to say that
only one out of every fifty persons in
the United States has any real right
to spend the price for theater
ticket"
How long did it take to work out
the plan for talking motion pic
tures?" was asked.
'Thirty-seven years" replied Edi-
son, slowly.
'It is all of that time since ! made
motion picture show inside box by
dropping the succession drawings rap
other tubes
And was that successful?"
Not the kind of success / wanted.
What | want must affect the whole
people. Actors will have to leave
the legitimate stage to work for the
movies in order to get any money.
This is all the better for them. They
can live in one place all the year
round and transforming will cease
automatically when no one wants
to pay several times the amount of
the movies show for some inferior
production of stale play"
will there be great fortune in
it?"
Money!" asked Edison. "Why, |
all the money l make on an invention |
goes into furthering my experiments. |
do not seek money Besides, there |
will be any lumber, of others begin |
along the line. and / have found |
that an inventor is always sacrificed |