A Musical Monologue (1923)
- Directed by
- Lee de Forest
- Genre
- musical film
- Country
- United States
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A vaudeville performer sings and plays the accordion in front of a camera. This is an early sound film demonstration.
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What happens
A Musical Monologue is a 1923 American short film produced by Lee De Forest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film features Phil Baker, well-known vaudevillian, singing and playing the accordion. This film was one of the films DeForest showed on April 12, 1923 to an audience of electrical engineers at the Engineering Society Building's Auditorium at 33 West 39th Street in New York City. The film premiered with 17 other short Phonofilms on April 15, 1923 at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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