Vitaphone

/ ˈvaɪtəˌfəʊn /

noun

1. an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs

Example Sentences

It was Sam Warner’s idea to team up with the Western Electric company to buy its Vitaphone synchronising system.

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In 1927, brothers Sam and Jack Warner employed the Vitaphone system to produce the first talkie, "The Jazz Singer."

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He kept his theaters up to date with the newest sound technology — Vitaphone, Movie­tone.

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Ron Hutchinson, cofounder and director of the Vitaphone Project, also earned a Film Heritage Award.

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“The Vitaphone permits him to talk and sing his way through the sentimental mazes of the movie adaptation,” the reviewer noted.

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