Vitaphone
sound system for film
Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short films made by Warner Bros. Pictures and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931. Vitaphone is the last major analog sound-on-disc system and the only one that was widely used and commercially successful. The soundtrack is not printed on the film, but issued separately on phonograph records. The discs, recorded at 33+1⁄3 rpm and typically 16 inches (41 cm) in diameter, are played on a turntable physically coupled to the projector motor while the film is projected. Its frequency response is 4300 Hz. Many early talkies, such as The Jazz Singer (1927), used the Vitaphone system. The name "Vitaphone" derived from the Latin and Greek words, respectively, for "living" and "sound".
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 2,482 films (1916–1969) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 655 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▼ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | This Is A Life. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1955 | Those Exciting Days. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1955 | Thrills From The Past. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1955 | Tweety’s Circus. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1955 | Two Scents Worth. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1955 | Uranium Fever. | Vitaphone Corp. | 17 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1955 | Wave Of The Flag. | Vitaphone Corp. | 19 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1955 | Who’s Who In The Zoo. | Vitaphone Corp. | 17 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1955 | Yankee Doodle Bugs. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | A Bit Of The Best. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1954 | A Day At The Zoo. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Aloha Nui. | Vitaphone Corp. | 11 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Arabians In The Rockies. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Baby Buggy Bunny. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | BELOW THE RIO GRANDE. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Born To Ski. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Camera Hunting. | Vitaphone Corp. | 19 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1954 | Captain Hareblower. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Cats A-Weigh. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Circus On Ice. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Coney Island Holiday. | Vitaphone Corp. | 9 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Dog Pounded. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Don’t Forget To Write. | Vitaphone Corp. | 20 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Duck! Rabbit, Duck! Warner Bros. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Easy Peckin’s. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Gone Batty. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Goo, Goo, Goliath. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | HOLD YOUR HORSES. | Vitaphone Corp. | 20 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | I Gopher You. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | I Remember When. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1954 | In Fourteen Hundred Ninety-Two. | Vitaphone Corp. | 17 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Lumber Jack-Rabbit. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Magic Movie Moments. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1954 | Mariners Ahoy. | Vitaphone Corp. | 17 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Muzzle Tough. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | My Little Duckaroo. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | No Barking. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | North Of The Sahara. | Vitaphone Corp. | 20 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Of Rice And Hen. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | OFF TO THE RACES. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Plop Goes The Weasel. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Punch Trunk. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Quack Shot. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Robot Rabbit. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Say It With Spills. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1954 | Sea Sports Of Tahiti. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Sheep Ahoy. | Vitaphone Corp. | 7 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | So You Think You Can’t Sleep. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1954 | So You Want To Be An Heir. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1954 | So You Want To Be Your Own Boss. | Vitaphone Corp. | 10 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |