| Show anniversary of sound movies recalls early panic of stars public press Un enthused at tallee advent sound came to motion motion pictures just 20 years ago yet most of the excitement over the invention that today makes movies one of americas chief industries come from the press or public but from stars who were panicked by the realization that their voices might not be pitched for recording despite an unenthusiastic public and skeptical producers ot of the first talkies tallies tal kies the jazz singer starring may mcavoy and al jolson was released in 1927 from then on a stars star voice was or he was aas through john barrymore and conr conrad d nagel made the transition from silence to sound without a hitch nagel who was under contract to at the time and receiving f 2500 was loaned to every other company in hollywood and in the first two years of talkies tallies tal kies he made 31 films westerns We sterns take lead recording sound for westerns We sterns at first seemed impossible but fox EARLY IN CAREER douglas fairbanks acclaimed by millions its idol of the screen is shown with his first camera staff wh e ma k ing one of his early pictures actress bessie love played opposite the star in above picture title unknown made in old arizona with war ncr baxter as the star and such film greats as william boyd now Hop along cassidy and the late bill hart rose to their tame fame westerns We sterns 4 all afta z W historical historical ORICAL STARS among the most famous stars in early days of silent films were charlie chaplin and jackie coogan shown here in a scene from the kid now total more box office receipts than any other type of picture joan crawford craw ford and greta garbo both thought someone was playing a joke on them by substituting mens voices when they first heard recordings of their own voices wallace beery made a ta talkie ikie for paramount his fi first promptly was fired and went to lies iles been there ever since pitts of silent days was considered a great dramatic actress her voice on the sound track ruined it all and she wisely switched to comedy and made her fortune as a funny girl charlie chaplin silent and sound comedian ot of the early days even now is planning a comeback after six years of absence started in 1927 picture and sound recorded and synchronized on the same piece of film caused little excitement when it first was shown to the public in schenectady N Y in 1927 so the late charles A hoxie ot of schenectady who developed it in the laboratories of general electric carted his as he called it back to the plant it until a year or so later that the president ot of the company took it with him to europe to introduce an educational film there it was receive received ed with such enthusiasm that company officials believed the talking a lin movie was perhaps best suy suited te to educational purposes before more educational movies had been produced however the movie industry put into general use the hoxie machine today it is 13 used by practically every movie company in the country |
