Movies: De Forest Phonofilm

  • 1928
    Hot Water and Vegetabuel

    Hot Water and Vegetabuel (1928)

    Hot Water and Vegetabuel

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    British music hall star Leslie Sarony sings "When You're Up to Your Neck in Hot Water (Think of the Kettle and Sing)" in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process....

    Hot Water and Vegetabuel
  • 1926
    Dick Henderson

    Dick Henderson (1926)

    Dick Henderson

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    British music hall entertainer Dick Henderson sings "I Love Her All the More" and trills out a resounding ode to his beloved in this early sound recording, stopping to aim some rather less romantic jibes at his wife before delivering a rousing encore...

    Dick Henderson
  • 1928
    Ain't She Sweet

    Ain't She Sweet (1928)

    Ain't She Sweet

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    Short film with the popular song....

    Ain't She Sweet
  • 1926
    Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'

    Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia' (1926)

    Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'

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    'Billy Merson, the great Nottingham-born music hall performer, presents one of his signature numbers. The film clearly captures Merson's comic brilliance - he not only sings, but dances, skips and indulges in a lot of creative business with a lyre. ...

    Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'
  • 1928
    J. H. Squires' Celeste Octet

    J. H. Squires' Celeste Octet (1928)

    J. H. Squires' Celeste Octet

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    In this incomplete print, Squire promises a “Cook’s Tour” of Russia, India, Italy, Finland, and Ireland. Russia is represented by Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, India by Amy Woodford-Finden’s ballad “Pale Hands I Loved Beside the Shalimar”. Bizarrel...

    J. H. Squires' Celeste Octet
  • 1926
    Gwen Farrar and Billy Mayerl in 'I've Got a Sweetie on the Radio'

    Gwen Farrar and Billy Mayerl in 'I've Got a Sweetie on the Radio' (1926)

    Gwen Farrar and Billy Mayerl in 'I've Got a Sweetie on the Radio'

    01926HD

    Gwen Farrar, vocal, and Billy Mayerl, piano and vocal, perform "I've Got a Sweetie on the Radio" by Billy Mayerl and Kenneth Western, in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process....

    Gwen Farrar and Billy Mayerl in 'I've Got a Sweetie on the Radio'
  • 1928
    The Victoria Girls

    The Victoria Girls (1928)

    The Victoria Girls

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    An early Photofilm of the Victoria Girls' vaudeville routine....

    The Victoria Girls