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Jan., 1930] SOUND PICTURES IN EUROPE 23
wiring of their theaters. If this financial backing can be secured, probably fifty cinema owners in the large cities of Poland may arrange for the installation of sound reproducing apparatus when they can satisfy themselves as to how the Polish public will accept sound pictures in a foreign tongue.
SWEDEN
According to reports sound motion pictures have met with the approval of the Swedish cinema goer, and several additional theaters will be wired in the near future. Sound pictures have been shown in Stockholm since May 2, 1929, and the attendance has been unusually high. While there is considerable adverse criticism regarding the talking picture, there are strong indications, at least in Stockholm, that the public prefers the sound film to the silent. Talkies have been limited to a few short length news reels with the exception of one American feature. However, a great number of features have been shown using sound effects, music, and singing.
It is estimated that there are about 1500 motion picture theaters throughout Sweden, 25 of which have a seating capacity over 750, but at present there are only 7 theaters in Sweden equipped for showing sound pictures, 6 of which are located in Stockholm and the other in Malmo. Six of these installations are of American manufacture, while the other one is the invention of a Swedish engineer. The prospects for the sale of sound equipment in Sweden depends, to a large extent, on the initial cost and whether or not the apparatus can be used with both American and European sound films.
Production. — Sound pictures have not yet been produced in Sweden but it is reported that the Svensk Film Industri of Stockholm intends to produce two sound pictures during the current year. Neither recording nor reproducing sets have been manufactured in Sweden. The German Klangfilm sound reproducing equipment is being installed in one theater in Stockholm and in another in Gothenburg. The Svensk Film Industri is contemplating using this system in a number of theaters which it operates.
DENMARK
Denmark has only 270 theaters, thirty of which have a seating capacity over 500, so it is evident that sound installations will be comparatively limited. A few of the larger theaters have already been wired, and it is understood that apparatus will be installed in several more of the leading theaters later in the year. Leaders in