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Vitaphone Chiefly U.S.|ˈvaɪtəfəʊn|
Also vitaphone.
[f. L. vita life + phone n.1.]
A process of sound film recording in which the sound track is recorded on discs and played in synchronization with the projection of the film; also, sound films made by this method. Now disused.
1926Westm. Gaz. 20 Sept. 7/2 A method of talking-motion pictures has been developed in America. The invention is called the vitaphone... It is claimed that the synchronisation of picture and voice..is perfect. 1948M. Quigly Magic Shadows xvii. 160 Thirty years later, magic shadow history was made... The event was the premiere of ‘The Jazz Singer’, starring Al Jolson and presenting the Vitaphone system of talking motion pictures. 1976Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 8 Aug. 13/2 To begin with two types of sound pictures were made—Movietone and Vitaphone. 1977Amer. Film Oct. 27/1 Warner theaters in every major American city were wired for Vitaphone. |
