Kinetophone: A Fact A Reality DVD

In 1913, the Thomas Edison Company made talking pictures using a sound-on-cylinder system called The Kinetophone. These pioneering sound movies were shown in theatres for about a year, and featured vaudeville acts, comedy sketches, dramatic scenes and musical performances. Only 8 of the 200 Kinetophone films made survive in both film and cylinder elements, and these have now been digitally restored and synchronized by the Library of Congress, and are presented here for the first time in 105 years. The Films (all 1913):ßThe Edison Kinetophone,ßMusical Blacksmiths, Nursery Favorites, The Deaf Mute, The Edison Minstrels, The Five Bachelors, The Old Guard,ßandßJack's Joke. Bonus:ß"So Amazingly Perfect They Are Really Weird"ß(2018), mini-documentary on the Kinetophone films' history, technology and their restoration;ßThe Politicianß(1913), a Kinetophone film whose sound cylinder is still lost, presented here with a musical score by Ben Model. Region 0.