`Talkies’ Open Here Tuesday

Published 2:24 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008

Remember years and years ago, the very first

time you went to a movie? Remember the thrills of

“The Great Train Robbery” . . . the one-reel romances of

the Vitagraph days? Remember, too, the incongruity of

it all at first? Of lovers’ lips moving soundlessly; of

Bill Hart’s pistols flashing pantomine in the back room of

a frontier bar?

Remember later, “The Birth of a Nation,” and

the first large orchestra following the shifting shadows

racing through the first Griffith epic? Still later came

the day of the mighty organ, great and versatile

instrument, which projected every mood of the silver screen

into the hearts of the audience. The illusion was

complete—almost.

Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Brook Theatre in Meadowbrook, the stage comes to the screen, and

with it the silent drama passes on. It is fitting that the

feature for the first all-talking program ever given in

the Snoqualmie Valley will be the supreme drama of

the air, “Flight,” starring Jack Holt with Lila Lee and

Ralph Graves.

“Flight” is the 100 percent talking hit sensation

of the year. It abounds in tender love scenes, bright

humor and hair-raising suspense. Hundreds of airplanes

sweep down like droves of locusts in this gripping drama

which is especially interesting to local fans, being the first

opportunity afforded many to “hear” as well as “see”

the outstanding attractions on the sceen.

Large numbers of people from all parts of the

valley have signified their intention to be on hand for the

opening night and indications point to the “standing

room only” sign being needed at the Brook next Tuesday

night. Mr Cochrane is leaving nothing undone to insure

the success of his entrance in the “talkie” field and has

spent a large amount of money in securing the very best

type of machines on the market.

The Record joins with the people of the

Snoquamie Valley in congratulating Mr. Cochrane on his

enterprise and foresight in making the change from the silent to

the spoken drama. He will now be able to give the

home folk entertainment on a par with that to be had in

the larger cities and at a price which is more reasonable

and which will put the “talkies” within the reach of

everyone.