The Voice from the Screen (1926)

The film introduces and discusses the technical aspects of making talking pictures. It is the first film using the Vitaphone sound film system developed at Bell Laboratories. Originally presented to the New York Society of Electrical Engineers in 1926, Edward B. Craft, the Executive Vice President of Bell Labs, gives the address and demonstration.

Released Oct. 27, 1926 33 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.three-actors, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.new-technology, imdb.singing, imdb.movie-set, imdb.demonstration, imdb.industrial + 6 more, imdb.early-sound, imdb.musical-performance, imdb.1920s, imdb.year-1926, imdb.20th-century, aspectratio.1-33-1