Vitaphone

Bell Telephone had been floating a system they had developed called Vitaphone.

The Movies That Changed Us Nick Clooney 2002

Bell Telephone had been floating a system they had developed called Vitaphone.

The Movies That Changed Us Nick Clooney 2002

Bell Telephone had been floating a system they had developed called Vitaphone.

The Movies That Changed Us Nick Clooney 2002

They were probably a little afraid to have their name associated with the business, because they immediately formed a subsidiary known as the Vitaphone Corporation to handle that end of the business.

The Birthplace of Sound 1930

Filmmakers and studios were apprehensive about it until Warner Bros. championed Vitaphone and started raking in the dough, then the other studios started getting in on the action.

All Warner Bros Tentpole Movies Will Be Released in 3D | /Film 2010

He subsequently appeared in two Vitaphone short subjects, but he was displeased with himself and pessimistic about his chances for screen stardom.

Five People Born on April 5 | myFiveBest 2010

The retrospective includes "Vitaphone Varieties of 2010," a program of restored early-sound movies shot on Avenue M in Midwood, Brooklyn, by Warner Brothers, which continued to make short films there, often featuring Broadway talent, until 1939.

Studio City East Lives on Film 2010

All through the 1930s and '40s, Vitaphone continued to release musical shorts, especially with swing and jazz bands.

Pre-MTV: 'Big Band, Jazz And Swing' Music Videos 2010

She made talking films for Vitaphone in 1927 and recorded for Brunswick and Columbia.

Isa Kremer. 2009

Using their new Vitaphone equipment, they had introduced rapturous film-goers not to the mere spectacle, but the actual sound, of Al Jolson, the highest-paid live entertainer of the time and, incidentally, the first who made no secret of being Jewish.

Chaplin’s Girl Miranda Seymour 2009