The Billboard 1913-03-22: Vol 25 Iss 12 (1913-03-22)

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ANNOUNCEMENT TO MOTION PICTURE THEATRES | | Contracts Are Now Being Made For EDISON TALKING PICTURES | | FOR JUNE Ist DELIVERY Greatest Hit in Amusement Histcry No headliner has ever drawn the public like the Kinetophone.—N. Y.. EVENING TELEGRAM. Twenty-six tundred people broke out in deafening applause. —CHICAGO}JEXAMINER. The talking motion pictures created a tremendous impression. — BOSTON ADVERTISER. Fifty-four thousand people fattended thirteen performances.—BOSTON FAMERICAN. You [must see it to believe it. Edison has scored once more. —PHILA. PRESS. The 2,000 persons who saw told it all in one word—“GREAT.”"—NEW YORK PRESS. Almost as if they had witnessed a miracle and were demanding to behold a demigod, the audience applauded, shouted and kept up a roar which lasted ten minutes.— N. Y. WORLD. There is no doubt “THE TALKIES” will become popular. Yesterday’s audience proved that.—N. Y. MORNING WORLD. Strongest box office attraction ever in Rochester —ROCHESTER TIMES. A masterpiece of craftmanship; audience mai veled—MILWAUKEE JOURNAL. Greatest novelty of the year. — PROVIDENCE JOURNAL. Proved a greater attraction than anything on the bill —CLEVELAND LEADER. One of the present wonders of the earth.— BUFFALO COURIER. The Kinetophone started an enthusiastic demonstration which proved trifling to the ovation that followed their exhibition —NEW YORK TELEGRAPH. Broadway stars can now be seen and heard in your theatre in Drama, Comedy, Light and Grand Opera, Vaudeville, Etc., Etc. “VAUDEVILLE AND MOTION PICTURE MEN Should write at once for terms, as machines will be shipped in order in which contracts are made. AMERICAN TALKING PICTURE CO. 1493 Broadway Sole Distributors NEW YORK a 2