27 October 1926 Factual 33 mins
The film introduces and discusses the technical aspects of making talking pictures. It is the first film using the Vitaphone sound film system developed at Bell Laboratories. Originally presented to the New York Society of Electrical Engineers in 1926, Edward B. Craft, the Executive Vice President of Bell Labs, gives the address and demonstration.
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United States 27 October 1926
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Another experimental sound film made in 1926 was "The Voice from the Screen" where Edward B. Craft executive vice president at Bell Laboratories explains ...
Titulo en Español: La voz en la pantalla.
A 1926 Vitaphone Demonstration featuring Edward B. Craft.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1926:
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01 November 1926
Julius tries to elope with Alice's maid. Alice gets ahold of a policeman and they give pursuit.
28 November 1926
A wealthy man pretends to be a dummy on a movie set in order to meet to his favourite actress.
01 March 1926
Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local newspaper, which sends along its ace reporter Bancroft as their "chaperone".
15 March 1926
Slim Jim Carey, the leader of a criminal gang, is in reality a nobleman called Lord Talbois, and his daughter is the rightful heir to the family estate.
27 September 1926
Niilo, a son of a rich estate owner, is in love with a poor crofter's adopted daughter Heleena. However, on his father's orders, Niilo instead becomes engaged to Loviisa, a daughter of a wealthy landowner.
04 July 1926
Tommy Burke, a good-natured young plumber who refers to his monkey wrench as his pipe organ, is unaware of his inferiority complex.
29 June 1926
Lightnin' Bill Williams, the owner of a 50,000-acre ranch near the town of Cactusville, takes a fall off a cliff, and the experience affects him to the extent that he has lost his nerve.
03 June 1926
Commercial for the GESOLEI health and art exhibition in Düsseldorf.
17 March 1926
Playboy Teddy Ward wants to marry Jeannie King, an artist, but his father wants him to marry Loris Lane, but tells Teddy he can marry whom he pleases if he will make the Mountain Inn a profitable operation.
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