Don Juan (1926 film)
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Don Juan is a 1926 synchronized sound American romantic adventure film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchro
Theatrical release poster
First-nighters posing for the camera outside the Warners' Theatre before the premiere (August 6, 1926)
Don Juan ad in 1926 Film Fun
Between takes during filming of "La Fiesta"
Vitaphone
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Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short films made by Warner Bros. Pictures and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931. Vitaphone is the last major
Don Juan (1926 film)
…Don Juan is a 1926 synchronized sound American romantic adventure film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue. The film is inspired by Lord Byron's…
Warner Bros. Vitaphone logo
The Jazz Singer at Lyceum Theatre, Sydney 1928
A Vitaphone projection system was demonstrated in 1926. Engineer E. B. Craft holds a soundtrack disc. The turntable, on a massive tripod base, is at lower center.