Introduction of Vitaphone Sound Pictures explained

Introduction of Vitaphone Sound Pictures
Starring:	Will H. Hays
Distributor:	Warner Bros.
Runtime:	4 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Introduction of Vitaphone Sound Pictures is a 1926 Vitaphone short film released by Warner Brothers on August 6, 1926. It was one of the first talking films. It utilized the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system.

Premise

Will H. Hays, President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, introduces the audience to the Vitaphone sound system and muses on the possibilities of the technological advancement. This short played with a grouping of other shorts at the world premiere of Don Juan,^[1] the first feature film to employ Vitaphone.^{[2] [3]} In the short film, Hays states:

It has been said that the art of vocalists and instrumentalists is ephemeral, that he creates but for the moment. Now neither the artist nor his art will ever wholly die.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: [Vitaphone prelude--excerpts] ]. UW-Madison Libraries . 2024-06-10.
2. Variety. August 11, 1926. 10. Vitaphone Bow is Hailed a Marvel. May 28, 2018. Archive.org.
3. Book: Bohn, Thomas W. . Stromgren . Richard L. . Johnson . Daniel H. . Light and Shadows: A History of Motion Pictures . Alfred Pub. Co. . Port Washington, NY . 1975 . 1150213266 . 207–208 . registration . Internet Archive.
4. Gautreau . Justin Richard . Fleeting Fictions: Film Technology, Adaptation, and a History of the Hollywood Novel, 1920-1950 . PhD . University of California, Riverside . Riverside, CA, US . 2015 . 1241725711.