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Anna, qu'est-ce que t'attends? (1906)

Also known as Anna, what are you waiting for?

1906 · Silent film · 2 min · dir. Alice Guy

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Synopsis

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…

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Director
Alice Guy
Studio
Société L. Gaumont et compagnie
Released
1906-11-03
Original title
Anna, qu'est-ce que t'attends?
Running time
2 minutes

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