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Anna, what are you waiting for? (1906)

Anna, what are you waiting for? (1906)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 1906, November 3
Countries: France
Production: Société L. Gaumont et compagnie
Cast: Fragson

Overview:

Modern Americans think that the movies learned to talk in 1927 when Al Jolson opened his mouth in THE JAZZ SINGER, but sound pictures had a much longer history. Edison envisaged combining the phonograph with motion pictures even before they had been perfected and there is a test sequence from 1895. By the time this 'phonoscene' had been made, Alice Guy had been directing a series of them and there was a series in production in Germany, too. Yet true synchronization remained a problem, what with records wearing out and film breaking until the perfection of sound on film itself.