Tag Archives: The Jazz Singer

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At – The King of Kings (1927)

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At – The King of Kings (1927) In the mid-1920s, after being known primarily for melodramas and light comedies with battle-of-the-sexes themes, famed director Cecil B. DeMille was starting to move in a more … Continue reading →

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Classic Movie Travels: Ruby Keeler

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Annette Bochenek

Classic Movie Travels: Ruby Keeler – NY and CA When thinking of early musicals, the output of Warner Bros. studios is certainly worth noting. In the Gold Digger musicals and so many others, a wide variety of Warner Bros.’s triple-threat … Continue reading →

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Vitaphone View: This is Not a Musical!

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Hutchinson, Founder of The Vitaphone Project

Vitaphone View: THIS IS NOT A MUSICAL! From Edison’s earliest experiments to add sound to film, the overwhelming majority of pre-1920 talkie efforts included musical performances. In 1894, barely one year after Thomas Edison built his Black Maria studio at … Continue reading →

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Vitaphone View: Sound Without Talking

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Hutchinson, Founder of The Vitaphone Project

Vitaphone View: Sound Without Talking The early months of 1928 saw the transition from silent pictures to talkies ramp up big time. After The Jazz Singer premiered in October 1927, Warner Bros committed to releasing virtually all of its features with … Continue reading →

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Vitaphone View: THANKS FOR COMING – NOW SCRAM!

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Hutchinson, Founder of The Vitaphone Project

Vitaphone View: THANKS FOR COMING – NOW SCRAM! It is hard for modern audiences, often sitting with just a few dozen other patrons in a multiplex, to realize that in the twenties and thirties 3,500 seat movie palaces filled their … Continue reading →

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Vitaphone View: Vaudeville in a Can

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Hutchinson, Founder of The Vitaphone Project

Vaudeville in a Can The prime motivation for the Warner Bros in pursuing Vitaphone and sound films had little to do with actors talking on the screen.  Harry Warner was quoted as saying “Who the hell wants to hear actors … Continue reading →

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