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📅 1946🌐 ENMovie

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HistoryDocumentary

Overview

This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926. The film highlights Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell's efforts that contributed to sound movies and acknowledges the work of Lee De Forest. Brief excerpts from the August 1926 exhibition follow. Clips are then shown from a number of Warner Brothers features, four from the 1920s, the remainder from 1946/47.

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🎬 Type: Movie

📅 Year: 1946

Rating: 7.0/10

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John Barrymore

Don Juan (archive footage)

James Cagney profile photo

James Cagney

Tommy Powers (archive footage)

Anna Case profile photo

Anna Case

Thomas A. Edison profile photo

Thomas A. Edison

Mischa Elman profile photo

Mischa Elman

William H. Hays profile photo

William H. Hays

Al Jolson profile photo

Al Jolson

Giovanni Martinelli profile photo

Giovanni Martinelli

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