Anna, what are you waiting for?

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 3, 1906

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Production

Société L. Gaumont et compagnie

Cast

Fragson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0262231