De Forest Phonofilm Corporation

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defunct company film production company technology company

De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.

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Label Occurrences
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation canonical 1
Movietone 1
Phonofilm 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
film production company ⓘ
technology company ⓘ
activeInDecade 1920s ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Lee de Forest ⓘ
associatedWithTechnology De Forest Phonofilm Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Phonofilm
competedWith De Forest Phonofilm Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Movietone

Vitaphone ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributionMethod theatrical exhibition ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
feature recording sound directly onto the film strip ⓘ
synchronized playback of sound and image ⓘ
field cinema sound ⓘ
focus demonstrating viability of sound motion pictures ⓘ
foundedBy Lee de Forest ⓘ
Theodore Case ⓘ
hasFormat black-and-white films ⓘ
hasGenre short subject films ⓘ
industry motion pictures ⓘ
sound-on-film technology ⓘ
influenced later sound film technologies ⓘ
innovation early commercial use of optical sound-on-film ⓘ
locationCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
namedAfter Lee de Forest ⓘ
notableFor pioneering synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures ⓘ
product demonstration films of the Phonofilm process ⓘ
short sound films ⓘ
sound newsreels ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
technologyType optical sound-on-film system ⓘ
uses De Forest Phonofilm Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Phonofilm sound-on-film process

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Lee de Forest → founded → De Forest Phonofilm Corporation ⓘ
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation → uses → De Forest Phonofilm Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phonofilm sound-on-film process
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation → competedWith → De Forest Phonofilm Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Movietone
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation → associatedWithTechnology → De Forest Phonofilm Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phonofilm