The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-06-06
RED LODGE WILL HAVE
TALKING" PICTURES


noon whereby Messrs. E. C. O,Keefe
and Max Fregger, of the Billings
chain of theatres, purchased the Iris
theatre Of Frank CorneIio.
The two gentlemen were in the citv
previously and had made an intensive
survey of the house and its possibil-
tiles, and Tuesday they brought an ex-
pert with them, c. P Hamel of the Pa
cent Sound Equipment company of
New York City. Mr.. Hamel immedi
ately took necessary measurements
and wired in an order for the new
equipment.
New projectors equipped with the
new silent type of motors and directly
geared to the sound apparatus, new
screen of the latest type and the am
plifying units are part of the change
that will be made as far as projection
Of the pictures are concerned. Work
men, under direction Of John Sinko,
started work this morning and will
alter the front of the house, lower the
floor so that a better view may be
had in the room and other alterations
made so as to make the new Iris COM
Portable and up to the latest standards.
Messrs O'Keefe and Fregger state
they are coming in the Red Lodge
field through program Of expansion
which they have worked out and this
will be the first of series of houses
they propose conducting, in addition
to the three show places they now
run in Billings. Their success with the
new form Of pictures has induced
them to go into the field in large
way and they promises that all pic
lures shown in Red Lodge will be of
the sound variety.
The Iris will be closed until all nee
cessary changes are made, but an eff
fort will be made to have it reopened
by the goth of June and it is hoped
the sound equipment will all be in
place by that time. At any rate it will
be in full operation by the first OF
July.
The Pacent form of recreation Of
sound will be used and it is said to
be the very latest and best on the
market With this apparatus both
the Vitaphone and Movietone forms Of
pictures can be used.
These are trade names and signify
the two distinct types of talking pic
lures. Either of these form of maxi
ing pictures are used by the various
studios when making moving pictures.
The Vitaphone method is done by
making the dialogue on monster rec
ords similar to the record used on
monograph. The Moyietone style has
the talking recorded on the side of the
film, running along with the picture
as it goes through the projecting ma
chine The light showing through the
film plays on sensitive electrical waves
and they in turn reproduce the voices
or sounds. With either form the sound
is carried to the stage from the oper-.
ating room and there is amplified or
The tone can be regulated
so as to be the right pitch for the
house in which the picture is being
shown.
The talking form Of motion pic*res
has taken the country by storm and
while it was rather a problem with
exhibitors at first as to whether en-
ough of the new style pictures would
be available to keep the theatres go
ing, at the present time studios are
turning out the talking pictures In
such quantities that the problem is no
problem at all.
The cost of the new. pictures In
sound is considerably greater than the
old style, but the new owners of the
Iris have large buying capacity ana
one sale can be made TO them for all
their houses as easily as a sale for
one house, and the saving to the filru
rental people is thus explained. This
tends to make a cheaper rate as the
showing capacity of the film is greatly
This also tends to the theo-
~ that the very best of pictures viii
be shown at all times.
The Babcock theatre in Billings is
-oday rated as being one Of the hand
somest and most upto-date play
houses in the country. 1t was rated
famous theatre when built, but some
.wo years ago it was entirely remodel
ID and changed by the present owners
md what has been done there will be
duplicated on a smaller scale in the
ris They state every effort will be
made to provide the finest amuse
nent place in the country for Red
lodge. The equipment necessary TO
eproduce and show talking pictures
While complicated and Of an extremely
ensitive nature, is synchronized 50
that words uttered by the
ctor is uttered in perfect unison with
he movement of the actors lips. If
his were not so it would prove ludi
rous in the extreme. The sound eq-
ipment starts exactly at the righs
ime when the film starts running
through the projecting machine ana
9th must run in this manner until
he very end of the picture.