There appear the so-called 'talking pictures,' a synchronization of the cinematograph and the phonograph by electrical science, are already in craze in London and Paris. So premising have been these reproductions of plays and operas that two prominent producers, Charles Frohman and Henry W. Savage competed for the American rights. 'Quo Vadis,' 'Pinafore,' 'The Mikado' and the 'Crimes of Normandy' have also been produced on the screen. A more ambitious and promising scheme however seems to be that undertaken by the New York Philharmonic Society with the collaboration of President J. Stuart Blackton of the Vitagraph Company. Thomas Alva Edison has also turned his inventive genius in the mechanical theatre. 'The Wizard of Menlo Park' has recently announced the completion of the Edison speaking pictures. – Review of Reviews
Headline
The 'Talking Picture'
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Publication Date
1912-05-02
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1912
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1
Film Projector / Film(s)
Quo Vadis?
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Actors
Amleto Novelli
Director
Enrico Guazzoni
Writer
Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel)
Country
Italy
Released
1913-03-01
Runtime
120 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
An epic Italian film "Quo Vadis" influenced many of the later movies.
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