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18 NATHAN D. GOLDEN [j. s. M. P. E.
live to try out this invention before their public advises them to do so, or else the investment looks larger to them than it really is.
As regards the potentiality of reproducing equipment sales, it is believed by those well versed in French film circles that the wiring of a great many houses other than the so-called first-runs, will depend upon the supply of French dialog films. Foreign talkies, either in part or full, or the sound synchronized films, will not induce the owners of these neighborhood and small town cinemas to invest in expensive house wiring. Exhibition leaders in France are outspoken in their claims that the provincial cinema going public generally will not tolerate the substitution of synchronized sound for orchestral music; nor will they be expected to absorb foreign dialog films. American super productions, however, with short dialog sequences and box office names, and those strictly sound synchronized in manufacture, will continue for a long while to attract capacity audiences in French first-runs. At the present time there are about ten theaters in France wired for showing sound pictures, and it is estimated that there are close to 350 theaters in France with a seating capacity over 1000, and 1300 theaters with a capacity from 500 to 1000 which are potential talkie houses.
Sound Studios. — There are at present but two French studios equipped to record sound films. These are the Menchen studio at Epinay, just outside Paris, which is controlled by Les Films Sonores Tobis, the French subsidiary of the Tonbild Syndikat of Germany (Tobis) ; and the Gaumont studio in Paris.
Although it is said that plans are under way to equip for sound film purposes the studios at Billancourt and at Neuilly, immediately adjacent to Paris, the information is not authentic.
Recording Processes in France. — While no American recording equipments have been delivered in France to date, it is felt certain that, with the settlement of the French film controversy and the resumption of trade activities of American interests, several orders for recording equipment will be placed with American companies.
The only equipment announced as available for purchase in France is TobisKlangfilm. This recording apparatus is installed at the Menchen studio, but so far nothing from this studio has been exhibited. The Petersen-Poulsen system, a Scandinavian invention, which is being fostered in France by the Gaumont Company, has been used more extensively for short films. One feature is also known to have been released. In this system, sound is recorded on