Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck (1925)

Original title

Gus Visser and His Singing Duck

Directed by

Theodore Willard Case

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2 min

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A vaudeville performer named Gus Visser sings while holding a duck. This short film was made in 1925 as an early test for recording sound on film.

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What happens

Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and his Singing Duck, also known as Gus Visser and His Singing Duck, is a 1925 American short musical comedy film starring vaudeville performer Gus Visser. The short is an early sound film, directed by Theodore Case while perfecting his variable density sound-on-film process. Case began working on his sound film process at the Case Research Lab in Auburn, New York, in 1921. In 2002, the film was selected for the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress as a historically important American film. A print of the film is preserved at the George Eastman House. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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