ALL BRITISH TALKIES.

Shannon News, 6 August 1929, Page 3

ALL BRITISH TALKIES.

The greatest boom in the picture ]$M world is now on, and every picture fan _jm speaks in wonderment of the talking, jfl pictures, and when they will be able to go to the larger city -to see and hear ; !| them, it is a red letter in the lives of the more fortunate ones to be able ».o H talk about the wonders of this the Vjj latest daughter of the silent drama. .% The great cost of installing and the :; great upkeep of an American talkie *"„; plant makes it impossible for ; the small- £ er town showman to even think of it, iC< and the embargo placed on the film ; j, makers by the American combine -for- V bids them to supply a showman with .ji. film unless they have an American tal- ".. kie plant, so the small towns are cut out •; of it in both ways. With this in their ? ■ mind the All British Talkies have put \? on the road a special portable plant .'_?■ which will visit Shannon on Thursday ."■? and in the Maoriland Thea- ■} tre for one night only. The plant eon- ;} sists of half a ton of equipment, the ; i,. most up to date and powerful amplify- ■_: ing systems yet imported into New Zealand, with two special operators and ; ;; eight talking films, the whole beiag /* the first all-British talking pictures to * be released in New Zealand. This up- -.; tQ-date plant will work in conjunction with the Management of the iheatre, who are keen on giving their patrons ;j, the -very best at the very earliest. < During the evening the film "Tommy , u Atkins" will be screen. This picture has proved ja great draHv wherever shown. _____