THE TALKIES

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2496, 8 March 1930, Page 6

THE TALKIES

INCREASED SCOPE OF SCREEN

A leading motion picture actor who lor years lias made and produced his own silent films which have been shown in leading theatres throughout tho world with remarkable success has been at last converted to talking pictures. When talkies began to lie popular not 'long age, he states that he d.d not favour them. Ho contemplated and was appalled at tho degree of change which must bo brought in the technique of motion picture production. He pictured himself as being a defender of the the good old silent movie against the inroads of enthusiasts. As showing his complete reversal of opinion, comes the announcement that all his future productions will he talkies. The international aspects of talking pictures are on especially interesting angle. We have supposed that these pictures would have to be remade for foreign bookings. But (be more we think of it the less we contemplate such a move. .More than one European actor of prominence has used his own language when acting in tho United States, and it is possible that talking pictures in English may he shown throughout the world, with something in tho nature of a synopsis of the plot, similar t u the argument lof an lopiera, given audiences which do not understand English. If this is done, it will be a wonderful booii to file English language, and aid greatly in bringing about world friendship. The success of tire talking pictures in the lieginning was due to the fact tliat audiences entering the talkie theatre for the first time and corning to criticise, went away surprised and pleased by the remarkable clarity of the reproduction. A impartial study of the brief history of talking picture:, convinces one that without this clarity of tone and freedom from extraneous noises such as it typical of the standard Western Electric equipment used, the re would he no such development in the Sound industry as has been ,witnessed during the last two years. M r e are told that the ■Western Electric Company is still nub satisfied with the results so far attained and is undertaking further research toward perfection in both its recording and reproducing systems. See advertisement on page. 7.