Vitaphone

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noun

an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs

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It was Sam Warner’s idea to team up with the Western Electric company to buy its Vitaphone synchronising system.

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In 1927, brothers Sam and Jack Warner employed the Vitaphone system to produce the first talkie, "The Jazz Singer."

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He kept his theaters up to date with the newest sound technology — Vitaphone, Movietone.

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Ron Hutchinson, cofounder and director of the Vitaphone Project, also earned a Film Heritage Award.

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“The Vitaphone permits him to talk and sing his way through the sentimental mazes of the movie adaptation,” the reviewer noted.

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