The phonoscope (Nov 1896-Dec 1899)

Vol. I. No. 2. THE PHONOSCOPE. 13 Mbere Ubey? Mere Bi'bibtteC) Xast /Ibontb. The flotorgraph The Motorgraph, the latest and one of the most successful moving picture producing devices, has been secured by the R. H. White Co., of Boston, and with it exhibitors will be given free of charge to the patrons of this company. Exhibitions will be given daily, at 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30 o'clock, until Christmas, and all are invited to "witness the wonderful workings of this marvelous device. The exhibition hall is located on the third floor of the immense store, near the toy department, and any one of the seven elevators will leave passengers within easy reach of it. The immense room is made delightful and cosey with hangings of costly oriental tapestries, and at the farther end is the immense screen upon which the pictures are thrown, life size. The subjects were chosen with the greatest care, and at great expense, that they might be interesting to the women and children, and in no sense objectionable. The motorgraph is operated under the direction of Mr. William H. O'Neill of Boston, who is an expert in iflagic lantern, stereopticon and motorgraph details and exhibitions. The pictures are wonderfully clear cut, distinct and full of interesting details. Saturday is children's day, and every entertainment will be carefully arranged, so as to make the day one that the little ones will not soon forget. The Animotoscope Galloping horses, flying birds, running water, gliding cars, moving, living beings were the order at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium Dec. 4. The occasion was the introduction to the public of the animotoscope, the new marvel which Lyman H. Howe, of Wilkesbarre exhibited for the first time. Mr. Howe certainly has a winner in this wonderful machine and need not be afraid to exhibit where any of its earlier rivals have been seen. The pictures shown are various and perfect. The realism is wonderful and one involuntarily waits for the clamor of the fire bells or the clatter of horse hoofs as the pictures move upon the cui~tain. — Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Kecord. The Projectoscope Bijou Theatre, Harrisburg, Pa. The projectoscope, Edison's latest invention, was given an initial exhibition to a select audience yesterday, including the mayor, city officials and members of the newspaper fraternity. In the afternoon the first public performance was given. It is the greatest attraction ever seen in this city, and the crowds will be big all week. This wonder of the electrical age will be here for two weeks in charge of G. J. Weller, one of Mr. Edison's representatives, who is under instructions to allow no one to see portions of the machine, for which patents are now pending. From first to last all the photographic reproductions thrown upon the large screen on the stage are astonishingly natural and realistic— Ha rrisbui'g Patriot. The Kinematograph Auditorium Music Hall, Baltimore, Md. It is claimed that the possibilities of this machine are not yet reached. Soon flowers will be seen to grow, summer and winter to advance and recede and human beings to develop on the magic screen. A Frenchman named Corday is perfecting the kinematograph, and bases all' his work on Mr. Edison's kinetoscope. The workings of that invention are well known and M. Corday proposes, instead of rapidly moving pictures, to show the gradual opening of a rosebud, the decay of blossoms, falling of petals, etc. The Cinemetroscope The show given by the Zickrick Ceinemetroscope Company in the Park Theatre at Butler, Pa., was attentded by a large audience. The machine, although giving satisfaction, was not as good as if the views had been thrown from rear of the house instead of from back of stage, as the light from the instrument was too bright and could be seen through the canvas. The Vitascope Grand Opera House, Stamford, Conn.; Palace Museum, Minneapolis, Minn.; Heck & Avery's Museum, Cincinnati, O.; Portsmouth O.; Opera House, Jackson, O.; Proctors' Pleasure Palace, New York; Theatre Pomeroy, Ohio; St. Paul; Auditorium, Memphis, Tenn.; Opera House, Xenia, Ohio; College Chapel, Granville, Ohio; Opera House, Wheeling, W. Va.; Opera House, Danville, Ky.; Opera House, Vicksburg, Miss.; Corday's Theatre, Portland, Oregon; Boyd's Theatre, Omaha, Neb.; Academy of Music, Meadville, Pa. The Cinematographe Keith's Theatre, Boston, Mass; Keith's Theatre, New York City; 96 Youge street, Toronto, Ont., Canada; Association Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Y. M. C. A. Hall, Newark, N. J.; Poli's Theatre, New Haven, Conn.; 615 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Hamilton, Ont., Canada; Bon Ton Theatre, Jersey City, N. J. The Veriscope The Veriscope people claim to have an apparatus by which they can take a continuous photograph covering two hours' time, if necessary. Mr. Hammenstein is negotiating for the use of this machine in New York, and will probably secure it. The nagniscope Hopkins' South Side Theatre, Chicago, 111; Opera House, Muskegon, Mich. Edison ElectricExhibit, Milwaukee, Wis. The Biograph Columbia Theatre, Chicago, 111.; Koster and Bials, New York; Wonderland, New Haven, Conn. The Rayoscope (Somewhere in Massachusetts, Newburyport, we think, but are not sure.) The Eidoloscope Traveling with Rosabel Morrison production of "Carmen." The Viveoscope Theatre La Cross, Wisconsin. The Cinagraphoscope Pastor's Theatre, New York. The Animatograph Fort Dodge, la. One of the most novel successful attempts at photographing is the talking of the Empire State express under full headway in a series of pictures, which, when flashed rapidly on the screen, shows the train as it comes into the camera's range and then sweeps by. Palatine Bridge was selected as the site of operations, because the train slows down at that point, takes water while under motion and then starts up under full headway. It required the experiments of ten days before satisfactory results were obtained. The lens of the camera was left open and a roll of films seventy-five feet long was adjusted on clock-work, so that it could be run rapidly through the camera. It was arranged so that between 70 and SO exposures were made in a second. The speed of the sensitive film was almost equal to that of the train and consequently there was no appreciable motion in the photographs. The films were then developed and prepared for throwing on a screen nearly ten feet high. A similar clock-work to that with which the through in front of a calcium light and an abserver can see the train coming in the distance just as in real life. It draws nearer and the fireman lets down the rope for the water trough. The water shoots out in a spi'ay from the tevider. The passengers can be seen moving their heads or adjusting a window shade. All the time the train grows in size until it flashes by. The effect is very fine. The principle, of course, is that the pictures are thrown on the screen so rapidly that they dissolve, unappreciably with each other. — Albany Argus.