When Ron Hutchinson and fellow early talkie enthusiasts started The Vitaphone Project in 1991, little did they suspect this effort would eventually lead to 150 shorts being made available for public ...
Warner Home Video has launched its extensive salute to the studio’s 90th anniversary with a Blu-ray upgrade for “The Jazz Singer” (1927). The four Warner Brothers — Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack — had ...
CINEMA made a noisy leap forward on Aug. 6, 1926. At the Warner Theater in New York City, Warner Bros. premiered the John Barrymore swashbuckler “Don Juan,” a showcase for Vitaphone, one of the early ...
*A lot of tall-grass detail here. https://hometownstohollywood.com/editorials/sights-and-sounds-reunited-the-vitaphone-project/ "Although short subject films have ...
In the 1920s, Hollywood studios were riding high. There was skepticism when a new technology came along that would let movie audiences hear actors talking. But Warner Brothers took a gamble and wired ...