Vitaphonen.
/ˈvʌɪtəfəʊn/ Chiefly U.S.
A process of sound film recording in which the sound track is recorded on discs and played in synchronization with the projection of the film; also, sound films made by this method. Now disused.
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1926 Westm. Gaz. 20 Sept. 7/2 A method of talking-motion pictures has been developed in America. The invention is called the vitaphone... It is claimed that the synchronisation of picture and voice..is perfect.
1948 M. Quigly Magic Shadows xvii. 160 Thirty years later, magic shadow history was made... The event was the premiere of ‘The Jazz Singer’, starring Al Jolson and presenting the Vitaphone system of talking motion pictures.
1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Aug. 13/2 To begin with two types of sound pictures were made—Movietone and Vitaphone.
1977 Amer. Film Oct. 27/1 Warner theaters in every major American city were wired for Vitaphone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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