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By W. E. McKenney
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1932.
GROWTH OF THE "TALKIES"
FILM CO. REPRESENTATIVE ON FUTURE OUTLOOK
and on that night a startled audience heard the first commercial- ly successful talking picture/in the world.
It is significant to see that the use of talking pictures will have four broad applications in fields not canentially connected with enter- tainment. The four chief functions of the talking pictures are science, education, commerce and social life,
have
Opportunity in China. "China," said Mr. Tan, "lo one
future for the use of the talking of the greatest fields in the near picture. Although we use a com- mon written language, wo many dialects in different provinces, The talking will prove a powerful The Hon. Dr. S. W. Ta'a PC instrument for the mass movement sided, and welcomed the following of the uniformity in speech in visitors.-MensIR. J. Vandenbos China. Undoubtedly, it will be a (Bandoeng, Java), Van Schrecen stepping-stone to national solid-
Chow arity." (Netherlands Consulate),
Until recently, bridge Who
ROTARY ADDRESSES classified as a winter pastime, but to-day we find a majority of the the popular tournaments in
Members of the Hongkong Ro- country being played in the sum-tary Club yesterday listened to an Mer time.
The All-American address on talking pictures, by the championships were played in chief Paramount representative in Cleveland during the month of South China, Mr. Kingston Taft July, *The National Masters Tan. events of the American Bridge League are held at Asbury Park, NJ., during the month of August, and one of the most enjoyable of the summer tournaments is held annually at Conneaut Lake Park, Pa. The following is one of the very interesting hands from this tournament.
AK-8-7-5 J-10-3
♦10-8-3
8-7-3
A None VA-K-
8-5
+9-6-2
A-Q-J-
NORTH AA-Q-6-
3-2 ♥7-6 ♦A-Q-
7-4
WEST
Dender
EAST
9-4-2 SOUTH $10-5
AJ-10-9-4 ❤Q-9-4-2
◆K-J-5
2K-6
The Bidding.
South, the dealer, passed. West bid one club, which North passed. Past nade a one-over-one bid of ne spade. South passed, and West made a forcing bid of three clubs. Kist then, bid four dia- monds. This jump bid over part- nor's jump indicated a probable slam if the hands would fit, al assured partner command of two Buits. West then bid four hearts, East bid five no trump, and West then went to six clubs.
The Plny.
Ping Tun, C. Y. Chan, Lam Chi: Through talking pletures, be Fung and Kingston Taft Tan. continued, revolutionary changes Mr. Vandenbos in a brief apeech will be brought about in the hand- said Rotary was making strikingling of political campaigns, al- ready talking pictures have been progress in Java, and extended n
used in connexion with the last welcome to any Hongkong Rotarian national political campaign in visiting Java.
America, when President Hoover and Governor Smith apoke through this medium to a thou- sand audiences throughout the country.
"During the past decade." said Mr. Tan, the talking picture has mude a place in the world industry that cannot be overlooked and now it ranks as third in importance in América and plays an almost equally important role in England. It is estimated that the total investments in talking pictures in America to day is $2,000,000,000 and it is still growing.
"The talking picture is not mere- ly an entertainment, but it has been iccognized as a vital force in the development of science, art, trade and industry as well as creating of good tastes in dram, music and literature."
Proceeding. Mr. Tan said that
than 2,000,000,000 al- more tended cinema houses weekly throughout the world and ninety two per cent. were thorities estimated that attendance was growing 15 percent yearly.
adults. Au
are
A review of the statistical re- cords indicates that there 21,000 motion picture houses in the
United States, 27,000 in Europe, about 4.009 in Far East, 3,700 in Latin America, 1,100 in Canada; 650 in Africa: and 150 in Near East.
At the present time there are that 200 motion pieture less theatres in China. There is one motion picture thentre for every 5,000 people in the United States, and only one for every 2,000,000 in China:
Back From Holidays. Before calling upon Sir William Hornell to thank the speaker, the Chairman welcomed Sir William back to Hongkong after his holi- days in Japan.
In a characteristically witty speech, Sir William thanked the speaker.
Mr. Tan gave a historical review of the growth of the lm industry, The "Talkie" he contended, did not entirely descend from the radio or
"When I was in Japan," he attend "I had hoped to We can see that a spade open-the phonograph. It came down ing would make it easy for the through a number of other sciences said,
and devices. Edison, of course, con-
Rotary meetings, but Rotary had declarer.
the If North selects jack of hearts opening, the de-
tributed much to the talking picture not penetrated to the mountains of to-day, but his contribution came where I was living. arrived in clarer can easily read the hand.-
through the phonograph rather Yokohama on the afternoon of the Rotary lunch However, careful card reading than through his
own talking the day when was required by Miss Mazie Bule picture o fto-day, but his contri- was held, and did not have much of Washington D.C.. who with button caine through the phono- time to discuss Rotary with any I met a hard working officer her partner, Dr. J. C. McClelland graph rather than through his own who was Reuters' agent in Tokyo. of Akron, O., won the pair cham- talking picture devices as represent-He told me he had been a member pionship of this tournament, as ed in his kinetophone and his
of the Tokyo Rotary Club and she received a club opening. Cameraphonc. The incandescent
such was the enthusiastic spirit
A small club was played from dummy.
South played the six, and Miss Buic,, the declarer in the
with West, won the trick
the nine. She now led the ace and king of hearts, noting carefully that North's ten dropped on the second heart trick.
She then ruffed a small heart with dummy's, ien of clubs, and North's jack fell. A small spade was returned from dummy, and trumped by the declarer. Two rounds of Trumps were taken, and then Miss Buio reasoned that if North hold the queen, juck, ten and three of hearts, the heart queen would have been the origi- nal opening, so her next play was her small heart, which South was obliged to win with the queen.
South now had to return a din- mond ́or a spade, either of which would give Miss Buie her contract of six clubs.
You will notice that the declar- er did not take a gamble on what might prove a losing finesse, but executed a neat position play to make the small slam.
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lamp invented by Edison was also an indispensable part of the modern talking picture machine.
1
Incubation Period.
For the long years the Talkie". outwardly, stood still and its sudden attainment of commercial success the culmination of a long period of incubation.
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of the club for collecting sub- seriptions that he, being a poor mian, had to fall out. I under- stand we do not intend to repeat the mistake here.
"I am glad indeed to see that during the summer months, which are alway trying, the Hongkong Rotary Club bas maintained its vigour. The Bulletin, which I "The "Talkie" is not a primary have been able to read since my development" said Mr. Tan. "It is return, curtainly shows no loss of to the link with other life. I have Buggested connecting
a book of Chinese editor of the Bulletin that before growths. In Philosophy of 2000 B.C. appears long, if he went on at this rate, he our earliest reference to recorded would probably be offered a seat staff of Punch, but on sound. About 4000 B.C., a Chinese on the potentate wished to send a personal second thoughts I am not sure at message to a friend. Into a teak- all that he would not find himself wood box spoke the Prince. and more at home on the staff of the when his distant friend placed an Sporting Times. ear to a hole in the box and turned & handle, he listened to the message of his brother Prince. From what we know of the Chinese language of 4000 B.C. this may have been easy!" |
No Need for Personages. "Coming to the paper itself, 1 must confess that all this talk of scientife advanec somewhat frightens mc, I rather gather The beginning of the sound that if Mr. Tan and his fellow pictures on film said Mr. Tan came workers had their way there will in 1906 when Eugene August be no necessity for Vice-Chan-
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in Lauste, an electrical en-cellors and Professors at the Uni- suppose we can now regard our-gressing (laughter) and we only gineer, filed an application In Lon-versity, and the Dean will become selves as condemned to death with have to look at the pictures on the wall to be assured of that and it is an indefinite reprieve. don, for a patent which was de-a superflully. Instead of A
undoubtedly a very great boon for scribed as "a new and improved popular Dean and a harassed Vice- "Turning to the figures of exiles like us to be able to liston method of a means for simultane-Chancellor we would have a figure Rotary-I mean talking films-the to voices and plays produced fu ously recording and reproducing on the talking screen-n sort of industry seems a valuable one. London and reproduced on the movements and sounds." A patent ventriloquist to do their work, must confess that some of the talk talking screen,” was granted to Lauste in 1906.
"I gather from Mr. Tan's talking pictures I have seen reminded thunderstorm in a tin On the evening of August 6, that Rotary was known in China me of a 1926, in New York, the Vitaphone not Rotary, I mean Talkies-4,000 shed, and a flash of ladies' legs in thanks to the speaker, which was
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