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THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS
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From information to hand Eclair are arranging their American studios on the same lavish lines as are here illustrated. We are anxiously anticipating the opening in the near future.
EXTERIOR VIEW ECLAIR STUDIO, EPINAY SUR SEINE
INTERIOR VIEW ECLAIR STUDIO
THE NEW CHRONOPHONE AND THE SIMULTANEOUS RECORDING OF VIEW AND SOUND
The Gaumont Company begs to announce a new and epoch-making advance in the Chronophone, or talking picture art.
As is well-known, the Gaumont Chronophone was the first talking picture machine given the public, its birth dating from the year 1900. Since then it has been from time to time improved, and Mr. Gaumont has taken out numerous patents covering these improvements, but there has always been one thing lacking which has limited the field of the talking picture. This one thing was the impossibility of obtaining complicated subjects, particularly talking subjects, as distinguished from singing subjects, owing to the fact that in recording it was necessary first to make a record of the sounds and then to have the singers pose and repeat the words in unison with a phonograph playing the sound record previously made. This was a disadvantage and only simple singing and musical subjects could be made in good synchronism, and plays and sketches with numerous actors were practically excluded.
Many people, including Thos. A. Edison, have realized this difficulty, but none have yet solved the problem satisfactorily except Mr. Gaumont, who last year succeeded completely by a new patented system, of realizing this wonderful improvement. He has since been busy making subjects, and has lately launched the new Chronophone on the French market, where it is having wonderful success, the French papers being all full of praise for this extraordinary improvement.
By the new system it is possible to record both the sounds and the views at the same time so that the most complicated subjects may be taken in absolute synchronism.
As proprietors of the Chronophone rights for the United States of America, we take pleasure in announcing to those interested that we are making preparations to put this new invention on the American market and that we will make further announcements as soon as we have a sufficient number of the new subjects ready for issue.
Mr. George A. Magie
A more indefatigable and enthusiastic worker could not be found that Mr. Magie of the Solax Company. Having just returned from an extensive trip of ten days throughout the West in the interests of his company, he reports that matters are shaping all along the route among the exhibitors for a class of films of a high standard. Their military pictures are eagerly sought for. His trip was successful from every point of view.
La Cinematografia Italiana ed Estera
IS ITALY'S LEADING PAPER FOR THE ANIMATED PICTURE BUSINESS,
PUBLISHED FORTNIGHTLY. 28 Large Pages. Eight Shillings per annum. Editor-Proprietor: Prof. GTIALTIERO I. FABBRI, la. Via Arcivescovado Turin (Italy).
"La Cinematograiia Italiana" is the official organ of the Universal Exhibition of 1911 at Turin.