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GREATER MOVIE g . ' mm fwmmm Coeti tloore. ,,'UJic TTma' To "HmSEl ! Itl'i wnlind One of the most eiabor; ever! an. I music synch ronlzatlo! brouirht the screen mifikf 'olleen Moores first masterful prUiction, It is not surprising tim Lilac Time." big new speclaJ which i comes to Hunt's Crnlert; day. Friday. Saturday week, with Colleen Moe Thurs- , this ! the j smr. enthralls by reas of thej love story It tells to even greater ; extent than because oi war background,. .An audience respond magnificent scenes of tl ties: the movements of World to the - Ulr bat- troops before which Hut II from -a provincial villad tho enemy advance an ure marvelously present! will ween with Colleil Moore, laugh with her, long aflld aho. for ncaco. that love mil not. thwarted in Its nurpose Tho work of the star of that malltv which defies t critic's analvsis. She simply He char acter she portrays.. It lsre than jw.tlntr It is consummat'ft Mi" Moorc has added to I Bcreen portrayals ono tl definitely, assigned 10 ! the very apex. I "Lilac Time" was pliced by John McCormkk. to tin must isa credit for electingbplendid M.ii.nnrtlnn cast, dary ter who flashed across the ?cre f a new luminary in Menu The Legion of the emned." excels oil previeus cffl In m role. Burr McInlosU kscr vol 'credit a.1 do Cieorge Cooper, Jack . Stone and every other member of the cast. j It Is iuevliable that for many years 10 roine. tne worm war win throw Its shadow over pictures. i plays and books. Hut so long as it j is tinctured with an exquisite ro- i inauce. such as that in "Lilac Timn " mine will iiiri'nt i-of oi-annn to that hectic period 'in the history I of the world. After two and n half years with his brother. Cecil 11. DcMille. dur ing which he dhected "Tenth Ave nue." "Craig's Wife" and others. William DeMille has returned to the Parn mount studio. Ho was one of tho first men hired by Jesse Lasky 14 years ago (cause fluctuations In the -light when I,isky organized the Laskyithat actually reaches the cell and Feature Tiny company In an old I these fluctuations in light reaching Iwrn on Vine street, Hollywood, j the cell causo electrical fluctua Sinco that time ho has written : tions corresponding to the original and directed many films. Hoipnund variations. Theso aro flin hni a background on the legitl-1 pllfled and conducted to tho loud mate stage as well, having writ - canb$it('i, "Strongheart," "The Woninn'Mreverncn tlie procen of th! oriKinal and Tlie Vtarren 01 Virginia, among other successful plays. About three venr ago ho made. "The Hunaway." Clara Bow Mar ring, for paramount-, noon auer ward he left to join Cecil B- De Mille in an independent produc- ins romnuny. Back with Para i mount, DeMille i assignen o mar I company's Intent department. ; sound pruauciion. MEDFORD MSTL TTtTBTTSTE, ftfEDFORD, EXPLAIN HOW II How are talking movies made? The question is being asked by many film fans but even more (ragerly Is ' an ' answer sought by plnycrH, directors and prouueors. For the players who have work ed in sound-pictures are few; the directors who have made sound pictures can be .counted on the fingers of one hand and the pro ducers who actually have sound pictures playlnff in theaters at the present moment are two Fox and the Warner Brothers. Tbouirh trade names like Vlta- phone, Movietone. Photophone and firnotone continue to multiply, an Hound-plf'tureH now on the market can be groups: classified roughly in two . d J. Those in which the sound is recorded on disks similar to phono graph records. 2. Thoso in which the sound is recorded on film, which may bo cither tho identical film that car ries the picture or a secondary film geared to the samo shaft. In both disk and film methods powerful amplifiers similar in jmii null. iu uovu ... ...vU.i.. rauio sets puiy a viun pun. ahu In cither system the "ear which "hears" the actor while the cam era lens "sees" him is a micro phone or set of microphones sim ilar to those used In radio broad casting. Camera Speed Governs j The mocropnonc, or rourse. translates what it "Hears into I electrical Impulses, just as a tele phone transmitter translates the words into electrical impulses. In the Vltaphono und other disk sys tems these electrical impulses tra vel to a recording device similar to those used In making modrn elec trically recorded phono graph i disks. Tho speed of the camera j governs the speed at which the j recording disk revolves, so that the words and action are synchronized, and when the record Is laypco in a .theater at a speed governed by j tlie speed of tlie film, tho words coming from u loud speaker back of the screen seem to flow from the Hps of tho film image. In tho Movietone system, which involves recording sound on the -whole counlry chuckling, and now edge of the film as it runs through Warner Hros. go one better, in the camera, tho electrical Impulses "Pay As You Knter." now at the from tho microphone travel to tho j Kiulto theatre, a comedy which camera und there govern the flue- ! has to do with Terrible Hill Me diations of a helium light which isjcovern, conductor, and timid focused on tho film. When tho j Clyde Jones, mutormun, of the film is developed tho sound record lpcars as a scries of oltornat I light and dark lines of VHiied spacing und density on the left - I hand margin of tho film. This Wntiiwl H ack" enn be. and some- times Is. projected onto the screen along with the picture, for it is a photographic record as distinct inj i Its " way as anything else in the I picture. In ordinary t h e a t e r showings, however, It Is blocked lout in projection. Sound Track Irow.M I As a Movietone film runs thru j tho projection machine In a the- j ater the sound track on the edge ; of tho film passes in front of small light focused on a photo- electric cell. The alternate light and dark lines in tho sound track ; speaker behind the screen, which nuuiuiivin; ouu Manniai) n. .-. jback Into actual sound, Since tho words of on actor are photographed on the film at tlie '(jitti nlntnent thflt ht mnvtnsT llu are being photographed, the syn chronisation, of course. Is perfect. The foregoing, of course, does - ....,-" iani inmnu "iii'tito-h hi mk ivo , SEASON OPENS in MEDFORD Some exceptionally fine attractions await theatre goers in Medford this week. Left Top Richard Dlx's new all-talking picture, "Warming Up," opens today at unt's Craterian theatre. Incidentally, this is Paramount's first 100 per cent sound picture. Left center Colleen Moore in "Lilac Time," one of the year's really big productions, with an elaborate musical synchronization, comes to the Craterian for three days, beginning Thursday. Left, bottom Jack Holt in Zane Grey's big story, '.Water Hole," Is the first of the new color process pictures which will come to the Riatto soon. Top center Richard Barthelmess, who appears at the Rialto tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday In the film version of Fan ny Hurst's big story, "The Wheel of Chance." Top right "The Manila Four," who head the Associa tion Vaudeville bill at Hunt's Craterian next Wednesday. Big List of Vitaphone, Vaudeville and Moving Picture Attractions to Be Featured by Craterian and Rialto 'Tarzan the Mighty' Is Rialto Special The most thrilling and adventur ous novel written has been brought jtu the screen and the Rialto the ;atre is proud to announce that it ;has scheduled the film version for j showing hero. The stury, which i Universal has mado into a chapter inlay. Is from Kdgar lliee Hui- rough's epochal book. "The Jungle Tales ot Torzan." The screen name I Inlt wm nn ho realistically pre- lis "Tarzan the Mighty." isentcd to Hunt s (Valerian audi- I Readers who huvo thrilled at the ;nc.cs when Hlchard Uix s most re- j mere mention of tho name Tarzan, l.,,Ilt S(in.K picture 'Waimlng w ill welcome this announcement. v.t- M1kos tlH nni appearance m ....... .alun.i:. raised 1 larzun nil- t,,,t-,,, - from childhood by a jungle npe ; falling In love with the only wime ; woman he had over Hcen protect- : incr nor irom me ii'n-ur ui ii"-- imioif. rifiitintr tho animals' jwnoKc rul(l,. ny nflll once heen thcHQ nn(l a thousand other attri-!tll IhuteK that snell romance, couraire. i strength and adventure have been brought Into tho thrilling P.ly hold and delight audionnes. I "Tni'vitn lhr Mfirhtv" will he hopo cvtry Week. ' The fhsL ep.- sode, "Tho Terror of Tarzan." was shown Saturday, and a new ono will appear every Saturday for 12 weeks. Frank Merrill, one of tho coun try's outstanding utliletes. will he seen in tho starring role of Tarzan Merrill has been an atnieie from childhood, lie Is the holder of ( more than twenty championships i tn various hianenes oi ainieucs. 'gcveral years ago the autiior, Jir.;ntfr orchestra, wo that those who urrouchs. said that Merrill would be his choice tor the title role. ( ! Years of experience as a leading ; Iman has also provided him wlili j tho training to play his part wmi ; crcat effectiveness. i .Natalie Kingston appears ill ine feminine lend of Mary Trevor, the white girl castaway. Al Ferguson will play Itlaclt John, the hem-h comber und lender of a lost pirate village. Hobble Trevor, the girl s little brother, will be played by Itohbio Nelson. Jjorimer Johnston will bo Lord Cirayslroko. . Clever Comedy Now at Rialto Theatre The comic possibilities of the street car have apparently been unrealized except by Fontaine Fox, with his enrtoons on tho "Tooner ville Trolley." The fun of the old 'gent and his passengers has set'thc Isamc street car. Hero is a comedy that is com i mended by all those who like to J laugh, and to nil those who doubt whether they can be made to i Iniiirh. Never has Clyde Cook been B"'n","r" picuwu inuuauy. al ju I timidly funny as In the role of the Hired vtiv moiorman dominated hy ; "Terrible HIM" Mcf ;ivern. and ; rival for the love of "Quick Lunch. ; Mary," waitress In a Htatioiinry "wagon" near the car barns. Loulsc Fazenda, alwavs a fa- vorite. is not only tunny but charming as presiding genius of the eHtlng-house and William Dc marest nortravs with swairirerhie Izest his part of carman and prize- ' flirhter. Louise has a rival In the person of the languorous Myrna U"e edllorial desk, the mu.4c con Loy, who deWerts ,Hill bnly when U'vatnry and the field of art, it he loses his tdg fight and fails to '"list, be admlMed that Ibis was an get her the fur voat promised. jaudlence sophisticated and none Now arrives Louise's chnnco to;1"" believing. How Vitaphone trl whcedle him into matrimony by("tPlnd Is now an old story, free hand-outs. She rails. Then shown in conjunction with comes Louise's -"accident," for!11'" Parrymore picture, "Don which she H awarded a thousand lilollai'H. The money works won- ui-rn un nm, huh i ii ihk cf ii'-i iu (the Car Men's ball where he steals her money, lousing It to Mvrna t from a speeding taxi. It Is caunht Itpflr llv In tlw mIH hullnv far liV Clyde! Pandemonium breaks loose! Don't miss this one HOSBBL'RO. Kohlhagen ranch, ITil acres. old for sheep ,md lur- had a Vitaphone musical ;t':cvii key fuini. L , iMiiiiiitiit. OnEOQy, STJXDAY, AUGUST 2G, 1928. The cheering of the crowd at the l, ,il .,n ii,.. l,,..vii,.i,l.. -K ill tin. ump," tho spontaneous hand-clap- ! ping and foot-stamping as ,i. ( gathered assemblage voice their favorite with a "We want Hoe- line." mid tho dull thud, with which I ,.. i,..,, ,iPnM i,,.,, nlp cilchei- s ! ln M(.alr, olay. "Wanning Up Is the first pic- ; I'lii'iniimmi , 1 turo i0iCaHcd hy j,uve a ound iicconii.aiiiii,cnt. Thrdiih the J ov otone nroeesM. x i . ! j,unco the enterialnment value of film hv civlmr tlie. nieturn ,.nium Aeonwiinn- i. ...ivinifr. - !,., ono can Hhut hiH ,.yes unrt uctually believe that he Ih at u baseball game when such fnmllfnr phrass as "loo cold drinks," and "Vou can't tell tho players without tl scorccard," , drift thru the audi torium. ' 1 In addition to having tho sound effects, tho picture will he present ed with a symphonic musical ac- compiinhiictit. Tlie score was ar ranged by Nathaniel Finston, gen WUI lU(J): direclor of Public The llters Corporation and his four composer assistants. It is played n,,. the New York Paramount The- fii.,, :i, ,iw.t,.,. i wM1 se0 tho wamo presentation as: thUgh they were attending a per-! furmiinuci of hie picture at Ihct Paramount theater In T I ni e s j Km in i-n N.'fii- Vn.-lr While "Warming Up," Is ill Henso of tho word a baseball plc - ture. baseball is not the dominat- inf; theme. The stor concerns a 1 iovo rfair between Itlchard Dlx. a rookie pitcher of tlie New York Yankees and the daughter of the club's owner, whom Uix courts as plain Minnie Zlleb. nursemaid and irovornesH. Needles to sav in the end of the film Dlx wins the ball game wllh his brilliant playing and the ghi with his ardent lovcmak ing. .lean Arthur, newcomer, plays opposite- Dlx, while oilier members of the cast Include Phllu McCol lough, Jloscoo Ivarns, Wade Doto ler, Claude King, and Mike Donlin. Fred Ncwmeyer directed the film ing of this original story by Ham Minn, author of "The Quarter back," in which Dix was starred some time ago. I GREAT SUCCESS;; i I - Talking pictures are a wonderful sijcress and will r -vohii lont ' iiuih it just asK i.emgc num. aim mot i-mm. wimh n.. n. u of the wonderful Yltaphone talk ing pictures to be shown at his ; theatre In I be near future. ! August 0 marked the second an- f nivc,ary nf Vitaphone. fui lb ( :"'ht In ISL'O a distinguished galh I P''"K was sealed in tnn V.,n r Hheater tn New York awaiting the : lut ot the marvel which was to j transform the f f 'bosen from Hi motion picture, field of science, Ju" vitaphone was used io syn- ciiroiii.e t he musical ieore which a ccom pa n led t he pict u re. Henry Hartley and the NetvVork Phtlhar- monfe orchestra furnlnhed it beau tiful accompaniment for the story, enhancing greatly its dramatic features, Afu r months of packed houses "Don Juan" closed to bo followed by "When a .Man Lo". " another Barrymoro picture, which "Old San Francisco." with Do- Hroadwny theaters are in line lores Costcllo In the leading role. 1 1" receive sound equipment. It is showed tlio first deviation .from estimated Hint by January 1 more tho simple accompaniment of si;tlln moil ihealci-s In the United musical score. In this picture the t states will be alile to exliil.lt sound forerunner of all sound motion Pictures. I'urnimitint has reopened pictures, the nudienco heard the crashing ot building and tho peal1!'0"1 llH Hollywood plum I oC 'bunder as the city crumbled ifrom an earthquake. Hut it ie- mnined tor the king of minstrels,, Al Jolson. to demonstrate the won-I ,l'rs ' Vitaphone. In "The JZ7. B wnicn nau us premiere ni ,MO Warner theater on October li. l'J-". Vitnphone gave the theater : auillenco the imploring voice of Al Jolson. It was tills picture that ; '''ally turned the motion picture i Industry topsy-turvy, I lincouraged by the public reac- IH.,,1 l III...... l..,.u V,-,w.,. . - 1 " inoiners aim itapuone Hid a most aniazlng tiling. Within two years uf '" Premiere and when other to introduce - I i iiiHu t'iti iiutl y: uiumIcmI ueenni)anlment with their ! Warner brother pro- rtticed "MKhts of New York." the first motion pteturo lo contain audible dialogue thruout the entire story, which will be shown attbe Palace theater in tho near future. Tho future is even more promis ing. The schedule of Warner Hrothers productions prom I s e s great attractions In sound and dia logue. Artists like Jolson, Kanuio Hriee, MmiicI Jlarrymore, Tod Lewis, Hichard Hennctt, (Jeorgo Arlisa and others are to appear in , i talking pictures. FILMS 'TALKIES' The hanei public nnii'! will have a Judge what has been happening during I he recent pcri- jprt (,f "'onininly busy activity in j ! M"' hIikIIoh. Not only new pictures i but new Ideas ami new standardti I aro ready for presentation, accord ing to reports ri'oni Hollywood. Pictures Willi sound this summer have come rushing in with the "i " a una! wave. .Mccnaiuea. development has gone forward 111 leaps. Producers al the same time huvu heen expanding their concep tion of tho entire picture art to keep pace with new possibilities. Para moii uI'h announcement of lis schedule for the new season Is the largest and most ambitious in the. industry. Of the seventy fea tures which the company Is to re lease, ono-third, at least, aru to have sound accompaniment, and some also are to be In natural colors. Ail of them, say Ihe pro ducers, will reflect a new spirit. "Whllo alert to uso sound to its fullest capacity, we nevertheless Insist, as In Ihe past, that every film shall bo a picture which Ih I good to look at," said Jesse L. I Lanky, first vice president, in hargo of production of tho Para mount Famous Lasky corporation. Hcltcr pictures for everybody, both in tho sound-equipped and the silent theaters, will result Im mediately from these new devices. ; j ,U not being too optimistic when ,j ft;iy t)mt tn0 new milHon wni 8C0 ; standards conspicuously higher than ever before. It will be 'apparent In the remote theater as ill the downtown dc luxe house. ' j "Tho greater iho median ic.i I i posslhllities, the more will be ile tinandeti (a the May of slory, ct : tng und directing. The idea be- hind ihe picture musL live up to tile resources of tlw camera. Tills I will be most perfectly represented when tho plci ure is shown with its synchronized sound accompa niment. HuL In theaters, where it Is shown In silence, it llkewiho will be a superior production, "In making all new season's pic tures with sound effects, this com pany Is not for a moment losing j sight of tho thousands of theaters all over the land which have not I yet installed sound equipment. They are to be eared for more ef fectively than ever before." Kven as the picture producers Insist that "tho picture's tho thing" and set about making greater pictures in appeal to the 'yes, th-y i'jp-nd u the dazllng novelty of sound. The lure of the new device has innHnlei1 the in. dustry. and lis effect Is expected to pruu t"t: vlutlvuaij. .Uu.it ui " Island studio ami equip for .double-barreled altack in sound. 'Wheel of Chance at Rialto Monday Vxom ti,hle. telegraph and local report h, tlie newspaper editor Put dmvu another dramatic j eh onsen for Ills front page thoso hulls-eye for Itiehard I tart holiness. "ems most apt to intercut tho pub- Thc star has added annlher liis- i He. trionie 4-lawlr lo his reeeiit -The ' Kmin the news senNalioiis of lb 1'ittent Leather Kid" und "Tlie 'lay it Him prodlieer, in tun,. Xoo.se." in ' The Wheel of Cluniee" j elioones eertain themes or actual iho film version nf nmnie inrsfs i oreurreneeH to he featured in cl sliorl Moi-y, "liouleue," wlilcft Itilold. In thin way a eyrie ol niK'iiH at tin- Kialtti Iheiitre lomor- row. In "The Wheel uf t'hanre" liar thelmess enacts a ilUal role, each one a elear-eul diameter tlellnea tlun worthy of being placed along : side bis finest portrayals. The con j trasting study of the two roles, 1 1 hat oi' twin brothers, presents a i KtartHnw- new phase of the acting ability of I turl holiness, who bus proved In a m-i'les ' ai're portralls his rlglil to the top niche un the htflder of Thespis. j The story of "The Wheel i ('banco' lates tin' dramatic ad- IventureH of twin brothers, separal icd In chiblbood by a irh k of fate, land meeting again twenty years j later in one of the most dramatl i eally conceived scenes In the bls ! Hiry of the motion pictures. To : tell more than this would be to take away the thrills and enjoy- : ineiit In witnessing "The Wli C'hanee." There Is genuine heart-Interest here and riirdiil manipulation ni passion and repression. From be ginning lo end. Die inlrr'Ml h, ginning to end, Ihe inlrr'Ml h, j lletif-e. aimmii jT Continuous 12:30 to 1 1 P. M. ONLY OIU! iL They're Here Again! L Jn Tho Fiimous Pair of Laugli Gotters cl' CLYDE K3 Km O FAZENDA Pf j$ ;';'4'J AND THEY GIVE VOU C&j I fiWt'K THE FASTEST JOY RIDE gjj I f 2 vTrA -vaT of your life in the ; 1 WlSV5"4 V!p HOWLING COMEDY Jk-V? j hP w "pay as m ffl YOU ENTER" (J8 GOOD ADDED The First Big Movie SHORT COMEDY Season Special M late;tnnew. TOMORROW JQ jJ RTmusICEL 3 Fan"y Hur1' Great Knr6riS TlieWlceioyf(:iiance S PAGE Til It RE Picture Producer . Follows the News For Ideas to Film in tho wuke of the news com the feature photoplays of today. j according to one Hollywood pro ducer, who likens his task to tho i duties itf :l ncwsiifintM' editor. eritue pietnreH cnnie into existenee. i'ress aecouuts of gang net ivi ties are said to have inspired "Dressoi, to Kill," John (lllbert's "Four Walls," "Und or world." "Tho Drag Net." "Ladies of the Mob," "For gotten Faces" and many otbors. Tho underworld wavo Is passing, and mystery pictures, a direct de rivative, . arc taking their place. Tho Haunted House," "The Ca nary Murder Case," "Tho Caso of Lena smith" aro a few In point. That motion pictures move In cycles Is no news to the fan who. j applauding one Russian picture. U so on iy auorwai u prescmeu who half a dozen others. "Tempest," with John Marry more; "Tho Cos sacks," with John Cllbert; "Tho Ued Imncp." wllh Iinloros del Hlo: 'The patriot" ami "The Last Com mand." with Kiull Jaunlugs arc a few that probably owe their in- 1 of Ispiratfon to Edwin Care we s Uca - urree.lion.' War comedies, baseball pictures and newspaper pietures. with the eiitne wave and t he Russian In vasion, constitute the major cycles of the last year. J