The Vitaphone Corporation
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The Vitaphone Corporation was a pioneering American film company best known for developing and producing early sound-on-disc motion pictures during the late 1920s.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vitaphone Corporation canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film production company
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sound film technology company ⓘ |
| activePeriod | late 1920s ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Warner Bros. Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | transition from silent films to talkies ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | early sound era of Hollywood ⓘ |
| field | synchronized sound for motion pictures ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
musical shorts
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vaudeville performance films ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | pioneering role in commercial sound cinema ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
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motion picture technology ⓘ |
| influenced | later sound-on-film systems ⓘ |
| innovation | synchronization of phonograph records with film projection ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of sound-on-disc motion picture system
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production of early sound films ⓘ |
| precededBy | silent film era ⓘ |
| product |
feature films with synchronized sound
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short subject films ⓘ sound-on-disc records for films ⓘ |
| projectionMethod | mechanical synchronization of projector and turntable ⓘ |
| recordingMethod | sound recorded on separate discs ⓘ |
| regionServed | North America ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| technologyGeneration | first-generation synchronized sound system ⓘ |
| technologyType | sound-on-disc system ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
35mm motion picture film
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phonograph discs ⓘ |
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