Filmed using Vivaphone sound system. This was invented by Cecil M. Hepworth, and performers mimed to a 10" record. In this particular case, the singer and performer are not the same: Harry Buss is lip-syncing to singer Harry Fay (believed to be an alias of Stanley Kirkby).
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United Kingdom 23 January 1913
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1913:
14 April 1913
A Keystone Kops short about a landlord discovering three "anner-kist" tenants building a bomb.
22 June 1913
Pearl's father disapproves of her sweetheart, Chester, and tries to use a mind-over-matter technique to keep him away.
15 March 1913
Broncho Billy is in love with Agnes Shephard. The jealousy of the step-sister Evelyn arouses in her a scheme which, if carried out, would result in the breaking of the engagement.
01 June 1913
A young woman's sweetheart fights for the Union Army, while her brother fights for the Confederates.
01 April 1913
A girl, beautiful but heartless and ambitious, was the daughter of a poor miner and was devotedly loved by a man in her own station of life.
26 November 1913
Cohen and his rival Goldberg enlist in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Goldberg receives a lieutenant’s commission while Cohen becomes a sergeant.
26 September 1913
In this one, Max is engaged to a girl -- called, as in all his shorts, 'Jane' -- and she loves her pussycat.
23 July 1913
Mildred is staying with her grandfather, Civil War veteran Jabez Burr, when she receives a letter from her father.
20 December 1913
Lizette loves Jean but a 10,000 franc dowry insisted upon by Jean's father is keeping them apart. Paul, Lizette's "black sheep" brother, begs that she gives him her saved money so he can increase it for her - at the gaming table!! He does win but there are a few who are determined he shall not reach home with his money.
07 May 1913
A man rents out his uncle's room to all kinds of people.
01 January 1913
Young Theresa was thought to be much favored in the love of Guido, the leader of the Italian colony. Then Angelo came.
04 October 1913
Dr. Sharp and his wife, Gretchen, live happily together in a little western town until the advent of the doctor's brother, Fred, who comes from the east to spend his vacation near his brother.
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