Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 23 | Wild West Movie Heroes Gallop into Talking Pictures

Wild West Movie Heroes Gallop Into Talking es HOLLYWoOD There Cat is Ia a thundering of horses horses' hoofs on Hollywoods Hol lywood's horizon The hard riding heroes of the movie west are about to gallop into tal pictures Apparently it is going to be a race between William Villiam S. S Hart and Tom Mix Hart is in the midst of negotiations negotiations ne- ne which he hopes will be settled within a week or two and says his new boss J J. P. P Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy Is sending him sound recording record record- lag ing equipment with which to try tryout tryout out his oWn voice and that of Tony his horse Time alone will tell the outcome of the contest for at this stage of talking picture history no man can predict when his his his' sound equipment and sound experts will b be ready to be begin in shooting SILENCE AT LAST Mix has a an interesting slant on the new talking screen Ve have been calling our pictures the silent drama for many years he says Now at last thanks to talking pictures we stars are really going to get a little lIttie silent drama Heretofore Heretofore Here Here- everyone on the set has talked from the director to the electricians with the star trying to act In competition with all this conversation Now the star will havea ch chance nce to talk for Cor the microphone micro micro- phone and the others will have to keep quiet As for the megaphone that belongs to the director he can use it now for a stool The mega- mega phoning days das are over o CANNED EXAMPLE I Even the pictures still being made without dialogue are being Influenced by the vogue of canned music music mu- mu sic on the screen John Gilbert and Greta Garbo are doing their latest love scenes to the accompaniment of a Instead of the usual studio orchestra and Ta Thy Garnett director has been using a aradio aradio radio singer Inger on his sets lately I