The Goderich Signal-Star, 1950-03-02, Page 11H.- J. Sutherland,, manager', et
Park Theatre, annQtxnce tliai+, the'
Northern.- +)leCtr i4 `Standard sound
sysitem.nbas. 'been installet't, ,in this..
new theatire.. It is repoflec that
many. advantages 'are. embodied in,
the Standard, and that' ; greater
audience-., enjoyment is : thereby
assured
Mech'gnlcaJ. utter, tbe: most
ve'tng problem in sound,.'repro•°
duction, is reduced --.to .It. value of`
one-half that .prescribed by the
Research Council; .Reade ly tit
Motion Picture, Arts and ,Sciences,;
by means ' of Hydro'• 1uttgr aSup
pressor, The .action is sithple•'aiid+
positive,. and the ade'vice is •new
sbind reproducers: • •
High frequency, losses and' hum
-pickup trouble,- common .to pre-
.
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.Wiiat a change ' It would be if
Moving pictures- dropped. silt of
the world! IMillions of iersous—
1 might say hundreds of Millions
--would lose i one-:_ of -their ' main
forms of amusement. •
No ,daiibi i.r-exiets ..that ,such a
loss ' will, "take place, but at the
tart
'of this century .people got
long Without them.. 'There . • had
.en. pioneer, efforts to make good
oving pictures, and aetual',Shows
had been given before ' crowds at •
the' Ohie ago • World's Pale of 1893
and elsewhere. 'Themes Edison,.
Haisnibal,Goodwin,. George Bast-'
man—and .mane others had -clone
fine wcirk in paving ith way .for`
the 'movies, but shows this ,kind.
wert-inis"siii roln.:eve
In. the- average-, hom
that the were".ortu atg...fe they.}
1111.d
a. _.:magic lantern. The :magic
lantern, was.-a-littleanach ne vvitll-.-
a lens and a sinall oil .lftnlp inside
`ie` When . slides were pushed
through, •piettires - would '`appear in'
front. Usually,. in a 1iomJ, the_.
pictures. were shown oil a lied
Sheet which had .been' spread oyer
a wall, or •simply on a •white wall.
The .pletures were "still," :but. genie
of -them .`were (Toted , artfd" lti W?ts .
interesting to watch them.
The magic lantern has'' been im-
proved since.those days; They now
have ..electric •,lights, and,., provide
large, clean int iges whirli help , to
hake,pleetures 'more interesting. -,
--=A tuore•important Line of progress,
however,, was: -the ,,ingt ing:.'p:icture.
This started to grow popula-r after
the Making ' ,of A. ,a picture .'allied
"The • Great 'Train Robbery shack
in'-in1;190. Later • came ,"Trapped by
,Blboc'lli.au'nds" air' i , 'other '; pictures',
of _an adventure' type. .
Empty stores- were used` to ilii$'
on mairy--of=the -early ..S-how's",-7-1.111.t.•,
viou se'inid„ syystems, are +i opipletely,
eliminated. '9A10 distraeting .eittra,
no% It
is: so!'. dtstUrbi -to
theatre patrons,' 15 don atvay with,.
Northern. Eleetrrie's Standard bass
a •15 watt power amplifier that-. <re-
duces harraonic distortion to..lhe
a'bgolute •minimum, less than; tyro
per cent,
The permanent magnet, type'1oud-
speaker, eQ ination 4a4 'extremely
low distortion at 'all perforinallee
levels. The high and low frequency
bands are reprodueed over .separate•
udspeakers of highest. a eietixrcy,:
We „',are ' told that the Northern
-Eleetrlc, Standard sound ,system can'
be adapted for .11se with any stand-
ard• make of-,ireJeteir. ,
• The .'Northern Eleetric ,Standard
sound system is distributedr'y
.minion -°Sound 1? quip rents Limited,
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rYoung 1ticliartt4 Tod"s big0life's
ambition;, less than three years.ago,
,wad tO become a successful farmer,
Now he's the cw rent rage of fIuily.
Wood: ands'. 'ingla.nd for Ids se na-
tional : , rrfer nee in .Warner
Bros; ' release , 1 he ' astY. Uear t"
r 1 tR ("The X eet -
erarcir' pets iiIiiiii iir
'at iluits and ,nepkties, 'Ot the letS,
mer .he owns.; aFoit 301.. .
latter at `least WO. Otherwise, he
,n , comjratyely. ;small, I `
,l4wance, ishtd" out weekly by his
attorney....
by :1912. there were hundreds of
regular 'moving picture theatre.
The usual price of .admission, was
a, nickel.
The -pictures were a 'wonder to
those who watched them, but Moo
were crude • by modern standards.
The 'motions .of ,the actors were
jerky, and the music usually.. was
spplied by . a girl wlio pounded a
piano. -
From Binh 'beginnings arose our
present-day" mowing .pictures, some
of which;: have. grealrbeauty. 'Trig,
'talking moving "picture started•' to'
gyow popular 2_Q years ago: It was
tested widely before 1999, .but oli='
tanneda: itiTf foethv1d_- onjy in the
period : which : followed,,tba;t year,
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