Time For Music

From 1938, here's Woody Herman and his orchestra starring in a Warner Brothers/Vitaphone musical short along with Lee Wiley, Hal and Honey Abbott, Marie Hartman, and Reed Brown, Jr.  This short subject was photographed by Ray Foster and directed by Roy Mack.

Enjoy!

Time For A Vitaphone Short

From 1931, here's Hal Le Roy starring in "The High School Hoofer," with Eleanor King.  This Vitaphone short, released by Warner Brothers, was written by Stanley Rauh, photographed by E.B. DuPar, and directed by Roy Mack.


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Another Vitaphone Short

An all-female band, The Ingenues, are featured in this 1928 Vitaphone short from Warner Brothers, "The Band Beautiful."

Historic Film

I thought that for once, I decided to add some culture to these proceedings.  Here are the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, under conductor Henry Hadley, performing the overture from Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser," filmed on July 22, 1926 at the Metropolitan Opera.  It was premiered on August 6 of that year, along with other sound films.  That date marked the first public presentation of the Vitaphone process, roughly one year before "The Jazz Singer."

Roy Smeck In Action

Here is famed Ukulele, guitar, and banjo player Roy Smeck in a very early Vitaphone short from 1926

"Pie, Pie, Blackbird"

Here's a 1932 Vitaphone short starring Nina Mae McKinney, the very young Nicholas Brothers, and Eubie Blake and his orchestra.

Photographed by E. B. DuPar

Directed by Roy Mack

Produced in Brooklyn, New York

Roy Smeck In Action

Here is legendary string instrumentalist Roy Smeck, performing in a very early Vitaphone short from 1926.