Vitaphone Varieties 1926 1930
Vitaphone Varieties was a series title (represented by a pennant logo on screen) for all of Warner Brothers' earliest short film “talkies” of the 1920s, initially done with the Vitaphone disc process before a switch to the sound-on-film format early in the 1930s. These were the first major film studio-backed sound films, initially showcased with the 1926 synchronized scored features Don Juan and The Better 'Ole. Although independent producers like Lee de Forest’s Phonofilm were successfully making sound film shorts as far back as 1922, they were very limited in their distribution and their audio was generally not as loud and clear in theaters as Vitaphone's. The success of the early Vitaphone shorts, initially filmed only in New York, helped launch the sound revolution in Hollywood. Featured were many of the great vaudeville and musical performers of the 1920s. Classical musicians who dominated the early days of recorded sound were given their film debuts, along with the many future stars of radio’s “golden age”: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Edgar Bergen, just to name a few. Several top stars at Warner Bros. and other studios like Joe E. Brown, Joan Blondell, William Demarest, Humphrey Bogart and Spencer Tracy also first appeared on screen in ten minute dramatic and comedy sketches, as did a few silent stars making the transition like Blanche Sweet. Al Jolson filmed A Plantation Act in August 1926, a full year before The Jazz Singer. When Warner Brothers decided to promote the feature as Jolson’s talkie debut, the earlier short was removed from circulation. Initially thought lost, it was restored, in part by the Vitaphone Project’s efforts, for a laser disc set in the 1990s and later released on DVD with the feature. At the time, there was much fear that these little films (and the sound features that followed) would kill vaudeville, a fear that was justified for many individual performers. While there was always a chance that a stage performer could become a household name by appearing in these, his or her act could no longer be repeated on stage, town after town, once one filmed performance appeared in theaters across the country. A few comedy acts for Vitaphone even made light of this fact, particularly Georgie Price’s still humorous today 1929 title, Don't Get Nervous. Although the term “Vitaphone Variety” was still used with some Warner film shorts running under one reel (or 10 minutes) well into the 1950s, the trade periodicals marketed them under different logos after the 1931-32 season: Pepper Pots and Vitaphone Novelties (after 1936), while lengthier productions (running two reels or 20 minutes) morphed into the Broadway Brevities. By this time, the primary producer in charge was Samuel Sax, who oversaw the majority of the New York filmed productions. Later titles completed in California in the forties and fifties sometimes recycled the “Vitaphone Variety” logo, but were usually marketed in the trade periodicals as either “Hollywood Novelties” or “Warner Novelties” and were mostly documentary rather than musical or comedy acts. Among this later group, two 1945-46 titles, Story of a Dog and Smart as a Fox, were nominees for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in the one-reel category. The impact that the earliest Vitaphone Varieties had on world cinema has been a frequent footnote in many film history books, but it was only in recent decades that books have bothered to analyzed them in depth (among them, Roy Liebman's Vitaphone Films and Edwin M. Bradley's The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926–1931). The Vitaphone Project only started in 1991 rounding up missing discs and matching them with films made before the studio switched to optical film recording. Three years later, MGM/UA issued the first group of them to laser disc, with Warner releasing the first significant number on DVD as part of a multi-disc edition of The Jazz Singer. Since then, the Warner Archive Collection has made more available in a series of sets, as well as re-releasing Don Juan with its accompanying shorts. The following list is not complete but fairly close. The 1926–1932 titles (the official "Vitaphone Varieties") are arranged by the Vitaphone title card numbers. They are then grouped by the year in which they were filmed, but not necessarily the same year they were released to theaters. If known, that date is listed right after the major credits (just the key director, if known, and the performers). Sometimes the date Film Daily reviewed it or the copyright date (©) is listed. DVD availability is also listed at the end of each line. Listed by Vitaphone number. Filmed in 1926 in New York City. # Title Release, copyright or review date Performers Notes 116 Pagliacci February 1926 Pagliacci & Vitaphone Symphony First Warner Bros. short films 131 Bob Witt and Cy Berg April 1926 Bob Witt & Cy Berg with Vitaphone Symphony 165 Rin Tin Tin April 1926 Rin Tin Tin and Corporal Lee Duncan test film 178 The Volga Boatman May 1926 Vitaphone Symphony 183 An Evening on the Don 192 Will Hays August 6, 1926 Will H. Hays Don Juan (1926 film) DVD 198 Giovanni Martinelli August 6, 1926 Giovanni Martinelli Don Juan (1926 film) DVD 263 Overture Tannhäuser August 6, 1926 Henry Kimball Hadley & the New York Philharmonic Don Juan (1926 film) DVD 274 & 275 Mischa Elman August 6, 1926 Mischa Elman (released as two separate film shorts) Don Juan (1926 film) DVD 278 Polonaise in A Flat Harold Bauer 281 Ephraim Zimbalist & Harold Bauer Duet August 6, 1926 Ephraim Zimbalist & Harold Bauer Don Juan (1926 film) DVD 294 La Fiesta August 6, 1926 Anna Case Don Juan (1926 film) DVD 296 Swanee River Anna Case, Roy Smeck & the Dixie Jubilee Singers 301 The Recording Doris Becker 302 His Pastimes August 6, 1926 Roy Smeck Don Juan (1926 film) DVD 308 Marion Talley August 6, 1926 Marion Talley Don Juan (1926 film) DVD 314 Overture to Mignon August 6, 1926 Henry Kimball Hadley & the New York Philharmonic 316 Overture William Tell August 6, 1926 The New York Philharmonic 339 Behind the Lines October 5, 1926 Elsie Janis Shown at the premiere of The Better 'Ole (1926 film); The Jazz Singer DVD 349 Between the Acts at the Opera October 5, 1926 Willie and Eugene Howard Shown at the premiere of The Better 'Ole (1926 film); Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 355 George Jessel A Theatrical Booking Office October 5, 1926 George Jessel Shown at the premiere of The Better 'Ole (1926 film) 359 A Plantation Act October 7, 1926 Al Jolson Shown at the premiere of The Better 'Ole (1926 film); The Jazz Singer DVD 361 & 365 Reinald Werrenrath © March 12, 1927 Reinald Werrenrath (released as two separate film shorts) 366 Modern Song and Syncopation © April 2, 1927 The Four Aristocrats - Eddie Lewis, Fred Weber, Bert Bennet & Tom Miller 379 Mme Schumann-Heink © April 2, 1927 Ernestine Schumann-Heink 380 Madame Schumann-Heink © April 4, 1927 Ernestine Schumann-Heink 381 The Spirit of 1918 Overture October 7, 1926 Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra Shown at the premiere of The Better 'Ole (1926 film) 383 Way Down South October 7, 1926 Mary Lewis 390 & 391 Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra October 7, 1926 Vincent Lopez (released as two separate film shorts) 392 Charles Hackett © March 12, 1927 Charles Hackett 393 A Studio Scene October 7, 1926 Bruce Bairnsfather 394 Jack Smith the Whispering Baritone © March 12, 1927 Whispering Jack Smith 416 & 417 English Singers © April 2, 1927 Flora Mann, Lillian Berger, Norman Stone, Nellie Carson, Norman Motley and Cuthbert Kelly (released as two separate film shorts) 418 What Price Piano © March 12, 1927 Pauline Alpert 419 Pauline Alpert © March 12, 1927 Pauline Alpert ? Casey at the Bat 1926 DeWolf Hopper Listed by Vitaphone number. Filmed in 1927 both in Brooklyn (NYC) and Hollywood (LA) # Title Release, copyright or review date Performers (and credited directors) Additional notes 289 (NYC) John Barclay, Tallest Baritone in the World © April 4, 1927 John Barclay 395 (NYC) Gus Van & Joe Schenck February 3, 1927 Van and Schenck 414 (NYC) Beniamino Gigli, assisted By M. Picco and Minna Egener and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus February 3, 1927 Beniamino Gigli 415 (NYC) Quartet from Rigoletto February 3, 1927 Beniamino Gigli (on tenor), Giuseppe De Luca (on baritone), Jeanne Gordon (contralto) and Marion Talley (soprano) (NYC) Cliff Edwards March 1927 Cliff Edwards 420 (NYC) The Rollickers © April 2, 1927 Rollickers 422 (NYC) Hawaiian Nights February 3, 1927 Hawaiian Orchestra Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 423 (NYC) Margaret McKee, Famous Whistler © April 2, 1927 Margaret McKee 424-425 (NYC) Rex Schepp, Famous Banjo Player © April 2, 1927 Rex Schepp 428 (NYC) Waring's Pennsylvanians © March 16, 1927 Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 434 & 435 (NYC) Neville Fleeson & Gladys Baxter "Vaudeville Headliners" February 11, 1927 Neville Fleeson & Gladys Baxter (released as two separate film shorts) 438 (NYC) Albert Spalding, Renowned American Violinist © April 4, 1927 Albert Spalding (violinist) 439 (NYC) Albert Spalding, Renowned American Violinist August 19, 1928 (Film Daily review) Albert Spalding (violinist) 441 & 442 (NYC) Buddy Doyle, Popular Black Faced Comedian © April 4, 1927 Buddy Doyle (released as two separate film shorts) 443 (NYC) Bernado De Pace "Wizard of the Mandolin" April 4, 1927 Bernardo de Pace The Jazz Singer DVD. Title card misspells De Pace's name 444 (NYC) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Impersonated and Interpreted by Lincoln Caswell © April 4, 1927 Lincoln Caswell 445 & 446 (NYC) The Little Princess of Song © April 4, 1927 Sylvia Froos (two separate film shorts) 447 (NYC) The Poet and Peasant Overture © April 18, 1927 Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra 448 (NYC) The Light Cavalry Overture © June 29, 1927 Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra 449 (NYC) The Raymond Overture © April 18, 1927 Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra 450 (NYC) The Morning, Noon and Night Overture © April 9, 1927 Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra 451 (NYC) Frances Alda and the Vitaphone Symphony © April 9, 1927 Frances Alda 461 (NYC) The Orpheus Overture © April 18, 1927 Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra 462 (NYC) The Evolution of Dixie Overture © July 2, 1927 Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra 463 (NYC) Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, International Stars of Syncopation © April 9, 1927 Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake 464 (NYC) Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, International Stars of Syncopation © April 18, 1927 Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake 465 (NYC) Pennant Winning Battery of Songland © April 9, 1927 Van and Schenck The Jazz Singer DVD 466 (NYC) The Flonzaley Quartet, the World's Foremost String Ensemble © April 18, 1927 Flonzaley Quartet with Adolfo Betti & Alfred Pochon (on violin), Iwan D'Archambeau (on cello) & Nicolas Moldavan (on viola) 467 (NYC) The Flonzaley Quartet, the World's Foremost String Ensemble © April 18, 1927 The Flonzaley Quartet 468 (NYC) Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra 1927 Roger Wolfe Kahn & Mound City Blue Blowers 469 (NYC) Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra February 1927 Henry Garden & the Williams Sisters (support) 472 & 473 (NYC) Bert Lewis "Broadway's Comedian" © April 9, 1927 Bert Lewis with Jack Carroll at piano (released as two separate film shorts) 474 (NYC) Giovanni Martinelli Assisted by Jeanne Gordon © April 18, 1927 Giovanni Martinelli 475 (NYC) Isa Kremer, the Supreme Interpreter of Ballad and Folk Songs © April 9, 1927 Isa Kremer 476 (NYC) The Bennett Twins © April 9, 1927 Bennett Twins 477 (NYC) A Naval Quartet © July 2, 1927 The Admirals (Norman Bartlett, Jack Armstrong, Henry Durrett & Jack Keyes) 479 (NYC) Lyrics of Life © April 18, 1927 May Usher 480 (NYC) Ruth Glanville, America's Premiere Saxophonist © April 9, 1927 Ruth Glanville & the Vitaphone Orchestra 481 (NYC) John Charles Thomas, Renowned Stage and Concert Artist © April 18, 1927 John Charles Thomas 482 & 483 (NYC) The Revelers © April 18, 1927 the Revelers (released as two separate film shorts); Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 484 (NYC) A Moonlight Romance © April 18, 1927 Douglas Stanbury & Maria Gambarelli 485 (NYC) The Morrisey and Miller Vitaphone Revue © April 18, 1927 Will Morrisey & Midgie Miller with Dave Ferguson, John Agee's dancing bull and "black bottom" horse, the Vitaphone Chorus & Gene Salzer's Orchestra. 488 (NYC) The Barber of Seville © May 6, 1927 Giuseppe De Luca frequently aired on Turner Classic Movies 490 (NYC) A Russian Wedding Celebration © April 19, 1927 Moscow Art Ensemble 491 (NYC) Eddie Conrad, Broadway's Favorite Comedian © April 19, 1927 Eddie Conrad with Charlotte Conrad & ballerina Marion Eddy 492 (NYC) Johnny Marvin, Musical Comedy Star and Victor Recording Artist © July 2, 1927 Johnny Marvin with Murray Kellner on violin, Andy Sannella on guitar and Frank Banta on piano 493 & 494 (NYC) John Charles Thomas and Vivienne Segal © April 18, 1927 John Charles Thomas & Vivienne Segal (released as two separate film shorts) 496 (NYC) The Reformer © June 29, 1927 Joe Browning 498 (NYC) Beniamino Gigli of the Metropolitan Opera Company © May 6, 1927 Beniamino Gigli 499 (NYC) Marion Talley and Beniamino Gigli © June 29, 1927 Marion Talley & Beniamino Gigli 500 (NYC) California Collegians released? 501 (NYC) Raymond Eisman, the Little Artist © July 2, 1927 Raymond Eisman 503 (NYC) Utica Jubilee Singers © May 7, 1927 505 (NYC) Twinkle Twinkle April 1927 Joe E. Brown Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 507 (NYC) At the Ball Game May 7, 1927 Leo Carrillo 509 (NYC) Giovanni Martinelli Assisted by Louis D'Angelo April 1927 Giovanni Martinelli 510 (NYC) Giovanni Martinelli April 1927 Giovanni Martinelli 512 (NYC) A Song Recital © June 29, 1927 Hearst Radio Kids 515 (NYC) The Kouns Sisters, the Mirror Voiced Sopranos © July 2, 1927 Nellie & Sarah Kouns 517 (NYC) Beniamino Gigli Singing Selections from Act 2 of the Opera La Gioconda © June 29, 1927 Beniamino Gigli 518 (NYC) The Pearl Fishers © March 15, 1928 Beniamino Gigli & Giuseppe De Luca 519 (NYC) Florence Moore and Lt. Gitz Rice © February 18, 1928 Florence Moore & Lieutenant Gitz Rice 521 (NYC) Carlos Sedano, Celebrated Concert Violinist © June 29, 1927 Carlos Sedano 524 (NYC) Rosa Raisa and Giacomo Rimini © May 19, 1927 Rosa Raisa & Giacomo Rimini 527 & 528 (NYC) The Yacht Club Boys, Popular Instrumental and Vocal Group © June 29, 1927 Yacht Club Boys (released as two separate film shorts) 530 & 531 (NYC) The Record Boys, Radio Winners © June 28, 1927 Frank Kamplain, Samuel Step & Al Bernard (released as two separate film shorts) 532 (NYC) The Loomis Twins, Darlings of Songland © June 29, 1927 Maxine & Virginia Loomis 534 (NYC) A Few Moments with George Jessel © June 29, 1927 George Jessel & Alex Sater 535 (NYC) An Office Scene © June 29, 1927 George Jessel, Muriel Gray, Gladys Keck and Charles Canfield 536 & 537 (NYC) Billy Jones & Ernie Hare, the Happiness Boys June 29, 1927 The Happiness Boys two same titled film shorts; #537 available on Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 539 & 540 (NYC) The Sunshine Boys "Triple Alliance of Song, Music and Fun" © June 9, 1927 Dave Ringle, Eddie Roth & Billy Sharkey (two separate film shorts) 542 (NYC) Rosa Raisa and Giacomo Rimini (#2) © May 19, 1927 Rosa Raisa & Giacomo Rimini (NYC) Banjo Buddy June 1927 Harold Sandelman (NYC) Wanda Goll June 1927 Wanda Goll 543 (NYC) Pals © July 18, 1927 Willie and Eugene Howard 544 (NYC) The Four Aristocrats May 1927 (filming date); © November 3, 1927 The Four Aristocrats (Bert Bennett, Fred Weber, Eddie Lewis & Tom Miller) Features "My Regular Gal"; "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover"; "You'll Never Be Missed a Hundred Years from Now" 545 (NYC) The Four Aristocrats May 1927 (filming date); © November 3, 1927 The Four Aristocrats (Bert Bennett, Fred Weber, Eddie Lewis & Tom Miller) Features "A Little Music in the Moonlight"; "I Gotta Get Myself Somebody to Love"; "(The Gang That Sang) Heart of My Heart" 546 (NYC) The Four Aristocrats May 1927 (filming date); © July 11, 1927 The Four Aristocrats (Bert Bennett, Fred Weber, Eddie Lewis & Tom Miller) Features "Hello! Swanee - Hello!"; "Don't Sing Aloha When I Go"; "I Never See Maggie Alone"; "Me Too" 547 (NYC) The Four Aristocrats May 1927 (filming date); © July 11, 1927 The Four Aristocrats (Bert Bennett, Fred Weber, Eddie Lewis & Tom Miller) Features "Looking at the World thru Rose Colored Glasses"; "Bells of Hawaii"; "Voom Voom"; "The Glow-Worm"; "Sing, Katie" 548 (NYC) Blossom Seeley & Benny Fields © July 11, 1927 Blossom Seeley, Benny Fields, the Music Boxes, Chas Bourne & Phil Ellis on piano The Jazz Singer DVD 549 (NYC) Six Original Brown Brothers, Saxaphonic Jazz Masters and Orchestra April 1927 Original Brown Brothers 552 (NYC) Call of the Nile © July 11, 1927 Charles Hackett 553 (NYC) The Piano Duellists © July 11, 1927 Victor Arden & Phil Ohman Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 556-558 (NYC) Cantor Josef Rosenblatt May 1927 Yossele Rosenblatt 557 (NYC) Senator Edward H. Ford © July 11, 1927 Edward H. Ford 560 (NYC) Irving and Jack Kaufman, Harmony Songsters May 1927 Irving Kaufman (singer), Jack Kaufman 562 (NYC) Venita Gould, Famous Star Impersonator © July 18, 1927 Venita Gould 563 (NYC) Eddie Conrad, Broadway's Favorite Comedian "So Far So Good" © July 18, 1927 Eddie Conrad, ballet with Marion Eddy & Charlotte Conrad 565 (NYC) The Diplomats, High Hat Syncopators of Jazz © July 18, 1927 Teddy King, Hal Salies, Johnny Ferrara, Andy Hamilton, Harry Nadell, Walter Read & George Coon 566 (NYC) Aunt Jemima "The Original Fun Flour Maker" © July 18, 1927 Tess Gardella with pianist Art Sorenson 568 (NYC) Ernestine Schumann-Heink © July 18, 1927 Ernestine Schumann-Heink 570 (NYC) Mike and Meyer © July 18, 1927 Joe Weber (vaudevillian) & Lew Fields 571 (NYC) Arnaut Brothers the Famous Loving Birds © July 18, 1927 John & Rene Arnaut 572 (NYC) In a Casting Office © July 18, 1927 Willie and Eugene Howard with Sonia Jackson 573 (NYC) Frances Williams, Broadway's Queen of Jazz © July 18, 1927 Frances Williams with Leo Feiner & the Vitaphone Symphony 574 (NYC) Biff and Bang Fisticuffs Funsters "Winner By A Nose" © July 18, 1927 Ivan Falkenstein, Milton Weiss & Eddie Lewis 608 (NYC) Frank Moulan, Comedian and Comic Song Writer © August 8, 1927 Frank Moulan 609 (NYC) The Four Buddies, Harmony Songsters © August 22, 1927 Leonard Saxon, Philip Duey, James Waites and Henry Shope 610 (NYC) The Gale Brothers, Juvenile Comedians © August 8, 1927 Abraham & Isadore Gale 611 (NYC) Adele Le Narr, the Wonder Kid of Vaudeville June 1927 Adele Le Narr 612 (NYC) The Merl Twins, Syncopating Songsters © August 8, 1927 Belle & Cecille Merl 613 (NYC) Knight MacGregor © August 8, 1927 Knight MacGregor with pianist Edna Wallace 614 (NYC) Horace Britt © August 22, 1927 Horace Britt with pianist Ruth M. Connist 616 (NYC) Roselle and Mack, Song and Dance Thrillers June 1927 Mildred Rosenburg & Max Epstein 617 (NYC) Bob MacGregor, Radio's Scotch Comedian © August 22, 1927 Bob MacGregor with Elspeth Brownwell at piano 619 (NYC) Harry Montgomery the Humorologist © August 22, 1927 Harry Montgomery 623 (NYC) Miller and Farrell, Society's Favorite Entertainers June 1927 James Miller & Charles Farell 625 (NYC) The Freeman Sisters, Sunshine Spreaders from Roxy's Gang © August 22, 1927 Mildred & Marjorie Freeman (NYC) Bert Fiske (released?) Bert Fiske (NYC) Radio Station (released?) Harry Downing 2101 (LA) Those Pullman Brothers, the Kings of Harmony © August 8, 1927 Bryan Foy (director), Pullman Brothers 2102 (LA) A Night at Coffee Dan's (Ten Minutes at Coffee Dan's) © August 15, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); William Demarest, Hutchings & Holloway, Nita Martan & Miss Gogo 2103 (LA) Banjomania © August 22, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Eddie Peabody 2104 (LA) Visions of Spain © August 22, 1927 Lina Basquette, Sam Ash & Arthur Kay (musician) conducting the Vitaphone Orchestra 2105 (LA) Hot Songs and Hot Fingers © August 8, 1927 The Trigg Brothers (Johnny & Jack Trigg) with John Maxwell & the Vitaphone Orchestra 2106 (LA) Allan Prior, Famous Australian Tenor and Star of "The Student Prince" © September 13, 1927 Bryan Foy (director), Allan Prior 2107 (LA) The College Boy and California Medley Girls © September 13, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); George Givot, Pearl Leonard & Nina Hinds 2108 (LA) The Accordion Man and Girl Imitator June 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Dorothy Murray & Earl La Vere with De Sues, Furney & Johnson 2109 (LA) Carolynne Snowden & Co. - Colored Syncopation © August 4, 1927 Carolynne Snowden, Henry "Tin Can" Allen, Harvey Oliver Brooks & Thomas Valentine 2110 (LA) Cockatoos at Their Best © September 13, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Fritz Landes 2111 (LA) Sherry Louise Marshall and the Three Bad Boys © October 17, 1927 Bryan Foy (director), Sherry Louise Marshall, Cliff Sherry, Gene Warren & Bud Foster 2112 (LA) Hazel Green and Company © September 13, 1927 Bryan Foy (director), Hazel Green The Jazz Singer DVD 2113 (LA) Russ Wildey and Billy Sheehan "Famous Radio and Vaudeville Artists" © September 13, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Accompanied by Arthur Kay (musician) & the Vitaphone Orchestra. 2114 (LA) Carnival Night in Paris © December 4, 1927 Henry Halstead Orchestra with Betty Patrick 2115 (LA) Doris Duncan, Herring and Zeb © October 17, 1927 Bryan Foy (director), Doris Duncan 2116 (LA) Cliff Nazarro "Versatile Young Artist" and the Two Marjories © October 17, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Cliff Nazarro 2117 (LA) In a Blacksmith's Shop © November 8, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); J. Delon Jewkes & the Blacksmiths 2118 (LA) Auriole Craven the Dancing Violinist © September 13, 1927 Auriole Craven 2119 (LA) O'Neil and Vermont, the Two Dark Knights © December 27, 1927 O'Neil & Vermont 2120 (LA) The Cruse Brothers "Missouri Sheiks" with "Old Time Melodies in an Old Time Way" © November 3, 1927 The Cruse Brothers 2121 (LA) The Beauty of Old Time Music © November 8, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); the Three Colonial Girls (Louise Klos, Anna Timmnr and Jeanette Rogers) 2122 (LA) Joseph Diskay, the Hungarian Tenor © November 3, 1927 Joseph Diskay 2123 (LA) Reb Spikes and His Follies Entertainers (Premiere Colored Orchestra with Dancers) Bryan Foy (director), Reb Spikes © October 17, 1927 2124 (LA) The Cruse Brothers, the Arkansaw Trio © September 13, 1927 The Cruse Brothers 2125 (LA) Don Cummings the Drawing Room Roper © October 18, 1927 Bryan Foy (director), Don Cummings 2126 (LA) Joe Wong the Chinese Jazz Boy © October 17, 1927 Joe Wong 2127 (LA) High Up and Low Down © October 17, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Harry & Dan Downing 2128 (LA) Jane Pursell, Hollywood's Radio Girl © October 17, 1927 Jane Pursell 2129 (LA) The Boob and His Harmonica © October 17, 1927 Britt Wood 2130 (LA) Amateur Night October 17, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); William Demarest & Bessie Love 2131 (LA) Personalities © October 17, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Florrie Le Vere & Lou Handman 2132 (LA) The Hoot Gibson Trio "The Hawaiian Serenaders" © November 3, 1927 The Hoot Gibson Trio 2133 (LA) The Lash © November 3, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Hal Crane, William B. Davidson, Richard Tucker & others 2135 (LA) The Talking Violin and the Blues Singer August 1927 Wade Watts & Bobby Gilbert 2136 (LA) Gus Arnheim & His Ambassadors © January 30, 1928 Gus Arnheim 2137 (LA) Tuning In © November 3, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Murray Roth (story) 2138 (LA) Night Court © November 28, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Murray Roth (story); William Demarest The Jazz Singer DVD 2139 (LA) The Serpentine © December 29, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Elmira Lane & the Vitaphone Girls 2140 (LA) Lillian Crowell and Ty Parvis, Vaudeville's Talented Children © November 3, 1927 Lillian Crowell & Ty Parvis 2141 (LA) Realization © November 3, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Hugh Herbert, Anita Pam & Lee Kinney 2142 (LA) The Friars in a Monastery Cellar © November 3, 1927 The Monastery Quartet 2143 (LA) When the Wife's Away © November 28, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Mabel Normandie & William Demarest 2144 (LA) The Land of Harmony © November 28, 1927 Bartram & Saxton 2145 (LA) The Sweet Long Ago © November 28, 1927 Alice Wellman & Paul Russell 2146 (LA) Two Doves in Dark Days © November 28, 1927 Walter Weams & Ed Garr 2147 (LA) The Hostess © November 28, 1927 Sally Fields (billed as "America's Greatest Entertainer") 2148 (LA) Solly Ward the "Foremost German Comedian" at the Party © November 28, 1927 Bryan Foy (director), Solly Ward 2149 (LA) The Hunt: Hunting Songs © December 29, 1927 Frolicker's Quartet & Vernon Rickard 2149 (LA) French Leave "War Days In the Trenches" © November 23, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Mildred Bailey & the Frolickers Quartette 2150 (LA) Jane and Katherine Lee © December 4, 1927 Jane & Katherine Lee 2159 (LA) Buddy Cooper and Sammy Stept, Song Hit Writers © December 8, 1927 Buddy Cooper & Sammy Stept 2160 (LA) Frank and Teddy Sabini, Popular Italian Comedians © December 4, 1927 Frank & Teddy Sabini 2169 (LA) Non-Support © December 4, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Burr McIntish with Paul Kruger, Bonie Jean DeBard, Linda Ann Corlin & Harry Foy 2170 (LA) Phedre Overture © December 29, 1927 Herman Heller & Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra 2178 (LA) Two Doves Flying High © December 4, 1927 Walter Weams & Ed Garr 2179 (LA) Stranded December 8, 1927 Richard Carle 2180 (LA) Hurley, Putnam and Snell, Popular Song Trio © December 8, 1927 Hurley, Putnam & Snell 2188 (LA) The Tout © December 8, 1927 Frank Gaby 2189 (LA) Arthur Pat West and His Middies "Syncopated Blues Players" © December 8, 1927 Arthur Pat West 2190 (LA) Leon Navara in a Pianologue © December 8, 1927 Leon Navara 2199 (LA) A Lesson in Golf © December 8, 1927 Alex J. Morrison & Walter Weams 2233 (LA) A Man of Peace © April 21, 1928 Hobart Bosworth with Charles Middleton & Ann McCay 2234 (LA) The Death Ship © June 2, 1928 Jose Jackson (story); Mitchell Lewis, Jason Robards, Sr. & Elizabeth Page Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2239 (LA) Sunny California © May 1, 1928 May McAvoy with Neely Edwards, Richard Carle & Arthur Collins 2240 (LA) Solomon's Children © December 27, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Hugh Herbert 2242 (LA) Dream Café © December 27, 1927 Jimmy Clemons Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2243 (LA) Jolly Fanny Rice In "Types" © December 27, 1927 Fanny Rice 2244 (LA) Putting It On © December 27, 1927 Bryan Foy (director); Claudia Coleman 2245 (LA) Lynn Cowan Master of Ceremonies and Song Writer - Original Songs © December 27, 1927 Lynn Cowan 2246 (LA) The Eternal Barrier © December 29, 1927 Sarah Padden 2247 (LA) All In (For) Fun © December 29, 1927 Charles Smith (story), John Hyams & Leila McIntire 2249 (LA) Campus Capers © February 4, 1928 The Collegiate Four 2250 (LA) A Spanish Serenade © February 4, 1928 The La Valles 2251 (LA) The Worrier © February 4, 1928 Richard Carle 2252 (LA) The Author © February 4, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); Walter Weems & Leo Sulkey 2253 (LA) Songs and Dances © January 21, 1928 Dodie Coyle & Bobby Weir 2254 (LA) A Neapolitan Romance © February 4, 1928 Pasquale Amato & Lillian Miles (on piano) 2255 (LA) Men Among Men © January 21, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); Fred Ardath 2256 (LA) Clair Omar Musser, the World's Foremost Marimbaphonist © January 21, 1928 Clair Omar Musser 2257 (LA) Two Doves Scared Stiff © February 4, 1928 Walter Weems & Ed Garr 2258 (LA) Lynn Cowan, Vitaphone Community Singer © December 27, 1927 Lynn Cowan 2259 (LA) The Lemon © February 4, 1928 Hugh Herbert 2260 (LA) Master Gilbert, Sensational Child Artist © January 21, 1928 Master Gilbert 2261 (LA) Harry Wayman & His Debutantes (Premiere Feminine Jazz Band) © February 4, 1928 Harry Wayman Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 2262 (LA) A Garden of Songs © January 21, 1928 The Harrington Sisters 2263 (LA) His Night Out © February 17, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); John Miljan 2264 (LA) Playing Pranks With Webster © February 4, 1928 Johnny Hyman 2266 (LA) Gene Morgan, the West's Comedian and His Orchestra © February 17, 1928 Gene Morgan 2267 (LA) Rin Tin Tin and His Owner, Mr. Lee Duncan February 4, 1928 Rin Tin Tin 2268 (LA) Souvenirs © February 17, 1928 Sarah Padden, Allen Stansell & Molly Fisher 2269 (LA) Haleyisms © February 17, 1928 Jack Haley & Flo McFadden 2270 (LA) Frank Richardson, the Joy Boy of Song © February 17, 1928 Frank Richardson 2271 (LA) Bartch-A-Kalloop © February 10, 1928 Steve Freda & Johnny Palace 2272 (LA) Coscia and Verdi, Music Glorified, Classified and Mortified © March 15, 1928 Phil Coscia & Al Verdi 2273 (LA) The Book Worm January 4, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); Harry Conley, Ethel De Voe & Duncan Harris Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2274 (LA) Abe Lyman Orchestra "Syncopated Symphony" © February 18, 1928 Abe Lyman Band with Jimmy Ray 2275 (LA) On the Air: An All Star Playlet © February 18, 1928 John Maxwell, Hugh Herbert, Fanny Rice & Harry Downing 2276 (LA) Proff Moore and His Hotel Orchestra “California’s King of Harmony” © February 15, 1929 Proff Moore & His Roosevelt Hotel Orchestra 2277 (LA) A Few Minutes in the Mines © March 3, 1928 Flynn O'Malley, Vernon Rickard & the Black Diamond Four Quartette 2278 (LA) Character Studies January 4, 1928 Montague Love Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2279 (LA) The Beast © February 18, 1928 Irene Rich with John Miljan & Barry Townly 2280 (LA) The Imperial Russian Cossacks © March 3, 1928 2281 & 2282 (LA) The Florentine Choir "Italy's Greatest Ensemble" © February 18, 1928 The Florentine Choir (released as two similar titled films) 2283 (LA) The Fashion Plates of Harmony © March 3, 1928 Messrs. Reese, R.L. Williams & Maginetti 2284 (LA) Lucky in Love © March 15, 1928 Bryan Foy (director?); Clyde Cook, Hugh Herbert 2285 (LA) Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra © March 3, 1928 Earl Burtnett Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 2286 (LA) Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra © March 3, 1928 Earl Burtnett 2290 (LA) Papa's Vacation © March 31, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); William Demarest 2291 (LA) Vincent Rose and Jackie Taylor and Their Hollywood Montmartre Orchestra © March 3, 1928 Vincent Rose & Jackie Taylor 2292 (LA) Vincent Rose and Jackie Taylor with the Hollywood Montmartre Orchestra September 30, 1928 (Film Daily review) Vincent Rose & Jackie Taylor 2300 (LA) Juvenile Musicians © March 31, 1928 Charles D. McCoy's Newsboys Harmonica Band 2309 (LA) Nat Carr, Character Comedian © December 8, 1927 Nat Carr 2310 (LA) The Herman Music Box © March 31, 1928 Jack Lipton & Lola Terrell 2318 (LA) East Side West Side © December 29, 1927 Joe Weston & Collette Lyons 2319 (LA) Ten Minutes © March 3, 1928 Robert T. Haines with Guy d'Ennery 2320 (LA) The Police Quartette December 29, 1927 Los Angeles Police singing group The Jazz Singer DVD 2328 (LA) In the Park © February 18, 1928 Brown & Whitaker 2329 (LA) Frank Richardson, the Joy Boy of Song #2 © February 18, 1928 Frank Richardson 2338 (LA) Abe Lyman and His Orchestra © February 18, 1928 Abe Lyman and His Orchestra Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD aka "Maestro of Syncopated Symphony" 2347 (LA) Jimmy Lyons, the General of Hilarity © April 21, 1928 Jimmy Lyons 2369 (LA) The Foreigner © April 30, 1928 Leo Carrillo 2379 (LA) Charles Hackett, Leading Tenor of the Chicago Opera Company - Schubert's "Who Is Sylvia" © July 1, 1928 Charles Hackett Listed by Vitaphone number. Filmed in 1928 in Hollywood unless marked (NYC) # Title Release, copyright or review date Performers (and credited director) Notes 2232 Two Boys and a Piano © March 15, 1928 Brooks & Ross 2235 Hollywood Bound © June 4, 1928 Gladys Brockwell, James Bradburry, Neely Edwards, Anita Pam & Allan Sears Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2236 When East Meets West © March 15, 1928 Ray Mayer & Edith Evans The Jazz Singer DVD 2237 Miss Information April 10, 1928 Bryan Foy & F. Hugh Herbert (directors); Lois Wilson, Edward Everett Horton, Allan Sears & others 2238 The Question of Today March 15, 1928 Lloyd Bacon (director); Audrey Ferris, Landers Stevens & others 2265 A Laugh or Two © February 4, 1928 Russ Brown & Jean Whittaker Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2285 Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra March 3, 1928 Earl Burtnett Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2286 Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra March 3, 1928 Earl Burtnett 2287 Overtones © March 15, 1928 Ursula Faucit, Elizabeth Page & others 2288 Vitaphone Community Sing #2 © July 24, 1928 Lynn Cowan 2289 The Notre Dame Glee Club © April 30, 1928 Joseph J. Casasanta (conductor) 2293 The Morrissey & Miller Night Club Revue © May 19, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); Will Morrisey & Midgie Miller with Harry Downing, Charlotte DeLovelace, Vina & Arthur and Sammy Cantor Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2294 Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra © March 3, 1928; September 29, 1928 (Film Daily review) Earl Burtnett Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 2295 Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra © March 3, 1928 Earl Burtnett Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2296 Billy & Elsa Newell, Those Hot Tamales April 30, 1928 Billy & Elsa Newell 2297 The Movie Chatterbox © April 10, 1928 Polly Moran 2298 Ted Doner "Broadway's Favorite Dancing Man" and His Sunkist Beauties March 31, 1928 Ted Doner 2299 Xavier Cugat and His Gigolos: A Spanish Ensemble March 25, 1928 (Film Daily review) Xavier Cugat 2339 The Cowboy and the Girl © April 21, 1928 Ray Mayer & Edith Evans 2348 Stories in Song March 18, 1928 (Film Daily review) Adele Rowland with Mildred Brown (piano) The Jazz Singer DVD 2349 The Jazzmania Quintette © April 10, 1928 Georgie Stoll & Edythe Flynn The Jazz Singer DVD 2358 Herbert Rawlinson, the Monologist of the Screen © June 2, 1928 Herbert Rawlinson 2359 Renee Tumanova and Company, Three Russian Gypsies © May 19, 1928 Renee Tumanova 2368 Lead Kindly Light © July 23, 1928 Irene Rich 2409 Jimmy Lyons © February 4, 1928 Jimmy Lyons 2418 Retribution © June 14, 1928 Archie Mayo (director); Henry B. Walthall, Tom McGuire & Ed Cane Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2430 General Vitaphone Trailer © March 31, 1928 Conrad Nagel 2517–2518 (two-reeler) The Prediction © July 10, 1928 Hugh Herbert with Anita Pam, Otto Lederer & Guy D'Enner 2538 Dorothy Whitmore, the Popular Prima Donna in a Song Recital © September 5, 1928 Dorothy Whitmore 2539 Seven Minutes of Your Time © September 5, 1928 Benny Rubin 2540 By the Campfire © May 19, 1928 Xavier Cugat & Company (Melodious Gypsies) 2541 The Ice Man © May 19, 1928 Murray Roth (director); Charles Rogers 2542 Character Songs © June 2, 1928 Harry Delf 2543 A Colorful Sermon © May 19, 1928 Bert Swor Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2544 Ducks and Deducts © May 19, 1928 Bert Swor 2545 Mme Rosa Raisa (Soprano of the Chicago Opera Company) "Goodbye Forever" & "Eli Eli" © May 19, 1928 Rosa Raisa 2546 Mme Rosa Raisa "Plaisir d'Amour" & "La Paloma" © May 19, 1928 Rosa Raisa 2547 Vitaphone Community Sing #1 © March 3, 1928 Lynn Cowan 2548 Stop and Go © November 6, 1928 Eddie Nelson with Jack Lipson 2550 The Movie Man © June 2, 1928 Charles Rogers with Violet Palmer, Walter Rodgers & Louise Carver 2551 Soup © June 2, 1928 Harry Delf 2552 The Hell Gate of Soissons © August 14, 1928 Leo Carillo 2553 Jest Moments © July 1, 1928 The Klein Brothers 2554 Wanted - a Man © August 25, 1928 Daphne Pollard 2555 Charles Irwin, the Debonair Humorist © July 1, 1928 Charles Irwin 2556 The Globe Trotters © July 1, 1928 Bill Bailey & Barnum 2557 Without a Band © July 1, 1928 Bill Bailey & Barnum 2558 Two White Elephants © July 1, 1928 Bill Bailey & Barnum 2559 In a Music Shop © July 12, 1928 Eddie Peabody 2560 Banjoland © June 2, 1928 Eddie Peabody with Jimmy Maisel Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 2561 Keep Smiling © July 1, 1928 Ed Lowry & His Orchestra 2562 The Larry Ceballos Revue March 1928 Larry Ceballos accompanied by Owen Fallon's Orchestra, Al Herman Badger & Lory, Irma, Dot & Ama Lou 2563 Giving In © July 1, 1928 Murray Roth (director); Harry Delf, Hedda Hopper & others 2565 The Happy Jester © July 1, 1928 Ed Lowry 2566 Dixie Days "Negro Spirituals" © August 18, 1928 Dixie Days 2567 Cleo to Cleopatra © June 30, 1928 Daphne Pollard 2568–2569 (two-reeler) Wives, etc. © June 30, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); Charles Ruggles 2570 Glorifying the American Song © July 1, 1928 The Brox Sisters 2571 Down South © July 1, 1928 The Brox Sisters 2572 The Band Beautiful © June 30, 1928 The Ingenues All-Girl Orchestra The Jazz Singer DVD 2572 & 2573 The Ingenues the Syncopating Sweeties © June 15, 1928 The Ingenues (two separate film shorts) 2574 A Little Bit of Everything © July 1, 1928 Eddie Quillan & Marie Quillan 2575–2576 (two-reeler) The Swelled Head (The Swellhead) © July 14, 1928 Eddie Foy, Jr. & Bessie Love 2577 Sharps and Flats © July 24, 1928 Jimmy Conlin & Myrtle Glass Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2578 Assassin of Grief and Remorse © July 24, 1928 Al Herman & His Troubadors 2579 Foys for Joys © July 1, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); Eddie Foy, Jr. & the Foy Family 2580 Chips of the Old Block July 1, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); Eddie Foy, Jr. & the Foy Family The Jazz Singer DVD 2581 The Ham What Am © June 30, 1928 Jay C. Flippen Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2583 Songalogue © July 31, 1928 Dolly Connolly & Percy Wenrich 2584 Gus Arnheim and His Ambassadors July 15, 1928 (Film Daily review) Gus Arnheim, Harry Robison & Russ Columbo The Jazz Singer DVD 2585 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra July 1928 Gus Arnheim Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 2586 Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake © June 30, 1928 Val & Ernie Stanton Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2587 English As She Is Not Spoken © June 30, 1928 Val & Ernie Stanton Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2588 Terry and Jerry © July 14, 1928 Fields & Johnston 2589 Don't Handle the Goods © August 25, 1928 Frank Browne & Kay LaVelle 2590 Don't Be Jealous © August 18, 1928 Joe E. Brown with Harry Downing, Eugene Pallette & Patricia Caron 2591 Winnie Lightner the Song a Minute Girl June 30, 1928 Winnie Lightner 2592 Winnie Lightner Broadway's Favorite June 30, 1928 Winnie Lightner 2593 The Arkansas Travelers June 30, 1928 Meyers & Hanford 2595 Dick Rich and His Melodious Monarchs © July 24, 1928 Dick Rich, Cheri Rich (ventriloquist) The Jazz Singer DVD & Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2596 Joseph E. Howard, America's Popular Composer © July 24, 1928 Joseph E. Howard Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 2597 Bright Moments © July 30, 1928 Jack Benny & “Sayde” Marks (Mary Livingstone) (very first Benny film may, unfortunately, be lost) 2598 Chief Caupolican, the Indian Baritone © August 18, 1928 Chief Caupolican 2599 Thanksgiving Day © August 18, 1928 Harry Kelly, Cornelius Keefe, Harry Wardell & Walter Rodgers Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2600 Miss Ann Grey and Her Boy Friends © August 27, 1928 Ann Grey 2607–2608 (two-reeler) A Regular Business Man © August 18, 1928 Robert Ober with John Sainpolis (St. Polis), Margery Meadows and Lucille Beaumont 2609 Homer Dickinson, Broadway's Smart (Musical) Comedy Star © August 27, 1928 Homer Dickinson 2610 The Hi-Hatter June 1928 Jack Inglis 2620 A Friend of Father's © August 18, 1928 Al Lydell & Bobby Higgins 2628 Joseph Regan, America's Foremost Irish Tenor © December 8, 1928 Joseph Regan 2629 Here Comes the Bridesmaid © March 12, 1929 Janet Adair 2640 The Aristocrats © March 12, 1929 Born & Lawrence 2640 The Sideshow © March 20, 1929 Doc Salomon (director); Jack Born & Elmer Lawrence 2648–2649 (two-reeler) Ain't It the Truth: A Comedy in Manners © March 9, 1929 William B. Davidson, Grace Valentine, Dot Farley & Patricia Caron 2650 A Musicale Melange © March 12, 1929 Kjerulf's Mayfair Quintette (Barbara Kjerulf, Myra Dennis, Gladys Hubmer & Ida Schultz) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2659 The Broadway Minstrel © January 28, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Sam Coslow & June Clyde 2660 How's Your Stock? © September 22, 1928 Murray Roth & Bryan Foy (directors); Charlie Sellon 2661 Larry Ceballos' Undersea Revue September 2, 1928 (Film Daily review) Larry Ceballos, Jimmy Clemons & Lyda Roberti 2662 Types August 19, 1928 (Film Daily review) Karyl Norman 2663 Silks and Satins © August 20, 1928 Karyl Norman with Bob Hammill 2664–2665 (two-reeler) Across the Border © August 27, 1928 Sarah Padden, Frank Campeau & Roy Stewart 2666–2667 (two-reeler) Sharp Tools October 7, 1928 Willard Mack (director); Ethel Grey Terry, William B. Davidson & others 2668 A Bit of Scotch © August 27, 1928 Kitty Doner 2669 A Famous Male Impersonator September 5, 1928 Kitty Doner 2670 Archie Gottler, His Songs are Sung in a Million Homes © August 27, 1928 Archie Gottler, Babe Glick & Peggy Rollins 2677–2678 (two-reeler) The Alibi June 1928 Kenneth Harlan 2679 Dank You © September 12, 1928 Joe Burns & Murray Kissen 2680 Vitaphone Community Singing #3 © August 27, 1928 Lynn Cowan 2685 Just Crooning Along © September 5, 1928 The Croonaders 2686 Shaw and Lee, the Beau Brummels © September 22, 1928 Al Shaw & Sam Lee The Jazz Singer DVD 2687 The Reward July 1928 Bryan Foy (director); Louis Bennison 2689 I Thank You © September 12, 1928 Eddie White Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2691 A Breath of Broadway © September 5, 1928 Jack Waldron Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2692 Melody Lane July 1928 The Dennis Sisters 2693 Larry Ceballos' Crystal Cave Revue November 18, 1928 (Film Daily review) Larry Ceballos 2694 A Rope and a Story © October 18, 1928 Tex McLeod 2695 The Northern Patrol © November 6, 1928 Mounted Police Quartette 2696 Chaz Chase, the Unique Comedian © October 18, 1928 Chaz Chase Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 2697 Bell and Coates, the California Songbirds, in "A Singing Act" September 2, 1928 (Film Daily review) Bell & Coates 2698 Horses July 1928 Benny Rubin 2699 A Cycle of Songs September 2, 1928 Florence Brady Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2700 Feminine Types © December 8, 1928 Jean Barrios 2702 De La Plaza and Juanita with Their Spanish Serenaders © December 13, 1928 De La Plaza, Juanita, Alma Real, Royale Filipino Band 2703 Small Town Rambles January 27, 1929 (Film Daily review) Al Abbott 2704 A Family Affair © January 28, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Arthur Byron with Kate, Eileen & Kathryn Byron 2705 Irene Franklin, the American Comedienne © January 14, 1929 Irene Franklin & Jerry Jarnagin 2707 Songs and Things © January 28, 1929 Jack Norworth 2708 Give Us a Lift © December 13, 1928 Bryan Foy (director); Flo Lewis & Leo Karlyn 2709 42nd Street ("Zweiundvierzigste Strasse") January 19, 1929 Frank Orth & Ann Codee German and French version of AFTER THE HONEYMOON (qv) 2710 After the Honeymoon January 19, 1929 Frank Orth & Ann Codee 2730 Jesse Stafford Orchestra, World Famous Musician October 28, 1928 Jesse Stafford, the Lucas Brothers 2731 The Bad, Bad Woman © October 18, 1928 Dora Maughan & Walter Fehl 2732 Song Impressions © October 18, 1928 Dora Maughan & Walter Fehl Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2733 Donald Brian, America's Foremost Musical Comedy Star © February 9, 1929 Donald Brian 2734 Character Studies September 2, 1928 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Florence Brady 2735 A Breeze from the South © December 1, 1928 Gilbert Wells 2736 Melodious Moments © October 18, 1928 The Croonaders 2737 Idle Chatter © December 1, 1928 Kramer & Boyle 2739 Popular Songs © November 28, 1928 Anna Chandler 2741 Songs and Impressions August 1928 Mary Marlowe & Jordan Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2743 Number Please August 1928 Ruth Warren 2744 The Gatling Gun August 1928 Bert Hanlon 2745 The Song Bird © December 1, 1928 Stewart Brady 2746 Singin' the Blues July 1928 Jane Green & Ron Wilson 2747 Bert Hanlon with Doris Canfield August 1928 Bert Hanlon & Doris Canfield 2748 The Gyp © December 8, 1928 Fern Redmond & Herman Wells 2750 The Melody Girl July 1928 Jane Green & Ron Wilson 2753 Bedtime © March 20, 1929 Harry Hollingsworth & Nan Crawford 2754 Spring Has Come August 1928 Pert Kelton 2755 Two Black Aces (A Pair of Aces) © December 8, 1928 Slim Timblin & Billy Raymond 2756 The Ban-Jokester © November 24, 1928 Jack North 2757 Fair Days © November 24, 1928 Val Harris & Ann Howe 2758 In Dutch © December 1, 1928 Ulis & Clarke 2759 Larry Ceballos' Roof Garden Revue © November 14, 1928 Larry Ceballos & the Adagio Dancers The Jazz Singer DVD 2759 The Wild Westerner © November 14, 1928 Val Harris & Ann Howe Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2762 The Beauty Shop © December 1, 1928 Mary Haynes 2763 The Lady That's Known Lou December 1, 1928 Mary Haynes 2766 Cross Words © November 24, 1928 Newhoff & Phelps 2767 Sing, Sister, Sing September 1928 Hazel Kennedy 2768 Neighbors © December 8, 1928 Jack Baxley & Babette Wilson 2769 I'm Afraid That's All © December 8, 1928 Red Corcoran 2770 A Little Conversation September 1928 Bert Hanlon & Doris Canfield 2783 Songs As You Like Them © December 8, 1928 Irene Stone & Esther Larette 2784 A Group of Songs © November 24, 1928 Jay Velie 2785 A Little Bit of This and That (never released) Frank Shaw 2786 King and Boles October 1928 2788 Not for Me October 1928 Murray Roth (director); Miss Juliet 2789 Al Lyons and His Four Horsemen (aka "My Musical Melange") © January 28, 1929 Al Lyons, Jack Beardsley, D.M. Taylor, Neal Castagnoli & Edith Murray Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2790 Jan Rubini "The Violin Virtuoso" with Vernon Rickard January 27, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Jan Rubini 2791 My Bag O' Trix © January 14, 1929 Trixie Friganza The Jazz Singer DVD 2793 Army Days November 1928 Murray Roth (director); Lieutenant Clifford Carling 2795 An Everyday Occurrence © May 27, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Wilbur Mack & Gertrude Purdy 2796 Here Comes the Show Boat © April 6, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Dave Bernie's Orchestra 2797 Dave Bernie's Orchestra © April 20, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Dave Bernie 2798 Stranded in Paris © March 12, 1929 Ann Codee & Frank Orth 2800 What Price Burlesque? November 1928 Murray Roth (director); Sammy Cohen 2814 Red Hot Harmony © March 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); The Serenaders 2815 The Sunshine Girl © March 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Hope Vernon 2816 The Land of Harmony © February 9, 1929 The Plantation Trio 2817 Who Is She? November 1928 Murray Roth (director); Joseph Bernard 2819 Roy Fox the Whispering Cornetist © March 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Roy Fox & His Montmarte Café Orchestra Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 2820 The Gladiator November 1928 Murray Roth (director); Jimmy Conlin & Myrtle Glass 2837 The Fall Guy © May 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Ray Hughes & Pam 2838 Syncopated Breezes © March 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Bobby Gillette & Doris Walker 2839 A Modern Priscilla March 10, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Bobby Folsom 2840 The Picadilly November 1928 Murray Roth (director); William DuCalion 2849–2850 (two-reeler) Gossip March 31, 1929 (Film Daily review) Bryan Foy (director); Robert Emmet Keane, John Milijan & Claire Whitney Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2868 The Night Club Favorite © March 9, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Joe E. Lewis 2869 Flaming Youth © March 7, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Little Billy 2870 Artistic Mimicry © March 20, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Bruce Bowers 2883 The Paragons in the Tropics March 10, 1929 (Film Daily review) Doc Salomon (director); The Paragons & Doris Walker 2885 The Country Gentlemen © January 28, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Jack Born & Elmer Lawrence Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2888 Headin' South © April 6, 1929 The The Three Brox Sisters 2889 Tin Pan Alley © January 28, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Dave Dreyer & Nora Schiller 2899 Harmony As You Like It December 1928 Doc Salomon (director); Bert Rome & Henry Dunn 2900 After the Roundup December 1928 Doc Salomon (director); The Rangers Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2910 The Champion Golfer © March 16, 1929 Doc Salomon (director); Ben Bard & Bob Callahan 2919 Ship Ahoy © March 12, 1929 Doc Salomon (director); Arthur "Pat" West, Sidney Dalbrock & Harris Gordon Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2940 Pigskin Troubles © March 7, 1929 Jack Born & Elmer Lawrence Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 2968 Guido Deiro, World's Foremost Piano-Accordionist © March 20, 1929 Guido Diero Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 702 (NYC) Eddie Lambert, America's Foremost Concert Pianist © January 28, 1929 Eddie Lambert 703 (NYC) Frank Whitman, the Surprising Fiddler © January 22, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Frank Whitman Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 704 (NYC) Jack Goldie, the Ace of Spades © January 28, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Jack Goldie Filmed in 1929 in Hollywood (LA) and Brooklyn (NYC). # Title Release, copyright or review date Performers (and credited director) Notes (NYC) Jan Gerber & His Little Club Orchestra January 1929 Jan Gerber 2570 (NYC) Glorifying the Popular Song © October 29, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Ruth Etting 2575 (NYC) John Miller and James Mack, the Bing Boys January 1929 John Miller & James Mack 2590 (NYC) Joe E. Brown Personal Appearance Trailer May 1929 Joe E. Brown 451 (NYC) Madame Frances Alda © August 30, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Frances Alda 705 (NYC) Lerdo's Mexican Orchestra © March 19, 1929 706 (NYC) Tajado's Tipica Orchestra © March 20, 1929 707 (NYC) Mexican Tipica Orchestra © February 15, 1929 708 (NYC) Back from Abroad © March 9, 1929 McKay & Ardine 709 (NYC) Sol Violinsky, the Eccentric Entertainer © September 28, 1929 Sol Violinsky The Jazz Singer DVD 710 (NYC) Green's Twentieth Century Faydetts © March 20, 1929 Charles Green, Nina Grey The Jazz Singer DVD 711 (NYC) Green's Flapperettes © March 7, 1929 712 (NYC) Songs As You Like Them © February 25, 1929 Jim & Betty Morgan 713 (NYC) Frances Shelley, the Girl with the Guitar © February 15, 1929 Frances Shelley 714 (NYC) A Few Absurd Moments © March 12, 1929 Stanley & Ginger 715 (NYC) The Original Hillbillies © March 7, 1929 The "North Carolina Jazz Band" featuring Al Hopkins 716 (NYC) Miss Marcelle Singing Southern Syncopated Songs © March 20, 1929 Miss Marcelle 717 (NYC) A Journey of Songs © March 19, 1929 Jay Velie 718 (NYC) Songs of Love © March 7, 1929 Jay Velie 719 (NYC) Blondes That Gentlemen Prefer February 24, 1929 (Film Daily review) Neal Sisters 720 (NYC) The Corner Store © March 20, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Fred Ardath 721 (NYC) Fannie Ward the Miracle Woman March 24, 1929 (Film Daily review) Fannie Ward 722-723 (NYC, two-reeler) The Music Makers April 7, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Willie and Eugene Howard 724 (NYC) A Bad Boy from a Good Family © March 12, 1929 Phil Baker 725 (NYC) In Spain © March 12, 1929 Phil Baker 726 (NYC) Mirth and Melody © March 7, 1929 Dorothy & Rosetta Ryan 727 (NYC) Frank Crumit, the One Man Glee Club © March 19, 1929 Frank Crumit 728 (NYC) Stella Mayhew, the Hallelujah Lady © March 20, 1929 Stella Mayhew 729 (NYC) Mal Hallett and His Way Down East Band March 3, 1929 (Film Daily review) Mal Hallet & Orchestra 730 (NYC) Mal Hallett and His Way Down East Band July 28, 1929 (Film Daily review) Mal Hallet & Orchestra 731 (NYC) Musical Moments © March 19, 1929 The Four Synco-Pets 732 (NYC) Tal Henry and His North Carolinians © April 10, 1929 Tal Henry Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 733 (NYC) Words of Love © March 20, 1929 Julia Sanderson & Frank Crumit 734 (NYC) A Traffic Muddle © April 30, 1929 Red Donahue & U-No the Mule 735 (NYC) June, the English Musical Comedy Star, with John Hundley © March 19, 1929 736 (NYC) Paul Cunningham and Florence Bennett, the Popular Singing Composers © March 20, 1929 Paul Cunningham & Florence Bennett 739 (NYC) Grace La Rue, the International Star of Song © April 30, 1929 Grace La Rue 740 (NYC) Hope Hampton (in the First Act of Manon) March 31, 1929 (Film Daily review) Hope Hampton 741 (NYC) Song Sayings © April 10, 1929 George Whiting & Sadie Burt with Edmund Weber (piano) 742 (NYC) Paul Tremaine & His Aristocrats March 31, 1929 (Film Daily review) Paul Tremaine and His Jazz Band The Jazz Singer DVD 743-744 (NYC, two-reeler) The Squarer February 1929 Bryan Foy (director); J.C. Nugent with Natalie Shafer & Percy Helton 745 (NYC) Max Schmeling, Heavyweight Champion of Germany © April 10, 1929 Max Schmeling 746 (NYC) Eleanor Painter, the Lyric Soprano March 31, 1929 (Film Daily review) Eleanor Painter 747, 748 & 749 (NYC) Isa Kremer © April 9, 1929 Isa Kremer (three similar titled film shorts released separately) 750-751 (NYC, two-reeler) My People © July 22, 1929 Willie and Eugene Howard 752 (NYC) Bernie Cummins and His Biltmore Orchestra © April 10, 1929 Bernie Cummins 753 (NYC) At the Seashore © May 4, 1929 Ethel Sinclair & Marge LaMarr The Jazz Singer DVD 754-755 (NYC, two-reeler) Motoring © July 22, 1929 Harry Tate 757 (NYC) A Bird in the Hand © April 30, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Ann Codee & Frank Orth Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 758 (NYC) Americanische Lieder March 1929 Ann Codee 759 (NYC) Ann Codee dans "Des Melodies Americainers" March 1929 Ann Codee 760 (NYC) Evening At Home with Hitchy © April 17, 1929 Raymond Hitchcock 761-762 (NYC, two-reeler) The Man Who Laughed Last © September 7, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Sessue Hayakawa 763 (NYC) Harry Horlick and His A&P Gypsies April 7, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Accompanied by Frank Parker & Valerie Bergere 764-765 (NYC, two-reeler) The Woman Tamer March 1929 Bryan Foy (director); J.C. Nugent with Natalie Schaefer & Percy Helton 766 (NYC) Clarence Tisdale, Southland's Spiritual Tenor (Old-Time Songs) © May 12, 1929 Clarence Tisdale 767 (NYC) The Patent Office © June 29, 1929 Harry Tate 769 (NYC) Playmates © April 30, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Arthur & Morton Havel with Dora Mills Adams & David Bender 770 (NYC) Rhythms © June 1, 1929 Leo Reisman & His Hotel Brunswick Orchestra Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 771 (NYC) Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees Murray Roth (director); March 31, 1929 (Film Daily review) Rudy Vallée 772-773 (NYC, two-reeler) The Veteran March 1929 Bryan Foy (director); J.C. Nugent 774 (NYC) Josie Heather, the Character Comedienne © May 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Josie Heather 775 (NYC) Fresh from Hollywood © May 12, 1929 Jimmy Duffy & Helen Gleason 776 (NYC) The Ninety-Ninth Amendment © May 18, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Hugh O’Connell, Charles Richman & Verree Teasdale 777 (NYC) Irene Franklin, the American Comedienne May 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Irene Franklin & Jerry Jarnagin 778 (NYC) Selling a Car © July 23, 1929 Harry Tate 780 (NYC) Three O'Clock in the Morning © May 27, 1929 George Broadhurst & Co. (Harold Bolton, Eleanor Cody & Phil Raymond) 781 (NYC) Eva Shirley and Her Versatile Band April 1929 Murray Roth (director); Eva Shirley, Gil Lamb, Ray Block, Willie Fratkin & the Two Sammys 782 (NYC) The Outlaw In-Law © August 7, 1929 Bryan Foy & Murray Roth (directors); Hobart Cavanaugh & Mary Loane 783 (NYC) At the Party © June 12, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Bud Harris & Frank Radcliffe Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 784 (NYC) Pageant of the Lilliputians June 9, 1929 (Film Daily review) Bryan Foy (director); Tiny Town Revue with Buster Shaver 785 (NYC) The Singing Bee © May 27, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Fred Ardath with Klar Magnus, Claude Allen & Audrey St. Claire 786 (NYC) These Dry Days © August 30, 1929 Fred Ardath Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 787 (NYC) Odds and Ends © May 27, 1929 Mr. & Mrs. Jack Norworth 788 (NYC) Typical Types © June 1, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Bobby Folsom 789 (NYC) Beau Night © June 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); El Brendel & Flo Bert 790 (NYC) The Family Ford May 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Jim Harkins with Marian Harkins, Hope Eden, Harry Lester and Marie Dolan 791 (NYC) Jack White with the Montrealers © May 27, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Jack White, Mary Lee, Billie Lee & Ruth Petty Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 792 (NYC) Cecilia Leftus in Her Famous Impersonations © May 27, 1929 Cecilia Leftus 793 (NYC) Don Alberto y su Orquestra Argentina April 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Don Alberto, Genaro Viega (singer), Epaim Suares (on violin) & Celestino Bianchi (on accordion) 794 (NYC) Palm Beach Four "Favorite Nightclub Quartette" © May 27, 1929 Murray Roth (director); accompanied by Charles Anderson, Joseph Markese, Harry Hill & Al Perry 795 (NYC) The Blue Ridgers with Cordelia Mayberry © June 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Sam Morley, Jim & Pete Holy, Dan & Cordelia Mayberry 796 (NYC) Roy Sedley and His Night Club Revue © June 1, 1929 Murray Roth (director); accompanied by Berth Miller & Billy Smith 797 (NYC) Albert Spalding Playing "Ave Maria" by Shubert & "Waltz in A" by Brahms © September 7, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Albert Spalding (violinist) & André Benoist 798 (NYC) Albert Spalding Playing "Minuet in B" by Mozart & "Liebesfreud" by Kreisler © July 22, 1929 Harold Levey (director); Albert Spalding (violinist) & André Benoist 799 (NYC) Albert Spalding Playing Schumann's "Traumere" & Sarasate's "Romanza Andaluza" © November 7, 1929 Harold Levey (director); Albert Spalding (violinist) & André Benoist 800 (NYC) Albert Spalding Playing Kreisler's "Liebeslied" & Raff's "Cavitina" © September 7, 1929 Harold Levey (director); Albert Spalding (violinist) & André Benoist 801 (NYC) Albert Spalding Playing Alabama & Chopin's "Valse in G Flat" © June 12, 1929 Harold Levey (director); Albert Spalding (violinist) & André Benoist 802 (NYC) Albert Spalding © November 7, 1929 Albert Spalding (violinist) & André Benoinst (piano) 803 (NYC) Sympathy © August 30, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Hobart Cavanaugh, Regina Wallace, Harry Shannon & others Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 804 (NYC) The Varsity Three "Blue Streaks of Rhythm" © June 12, 1929 Harold Levey (director); Jack Hauser, Robert Hauser & pianist Jack Bloom 806 (NYC) Blanche Ring April 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Blanche Ring, Charles Rand & Cyril Ring 807 (NYC) The Familiar Face June 9, 1929 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Russel Crouse (story); Hugh O’Connell with Granville Bates, Frank Rowan & William Shelley 808 (NYC) Jeanne Gordon, the Celebrated Mezzo Soprano May 1929 Murray Roth (director); Jeanne Gordon 809 (NYC) Baby Rose Marie, the Child Wonder © June 12, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Rose Marie The Jazz Singer DVD 810 (NYC) Oklahoma Bob Albright & His Rodeo Do Flappers © June 12, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Bob Albright Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 811 (NYC) The Gay Nineties or, the Unfaithful Husband © July 22, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Larry Bolton, Lenita Lane, Elizabeth Patterson, Sidney Toler & Eunice Howard 812 (NYC) The Dinner Party May 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Stanley Ridges, Florence Vernon & Daisy Atherton 813 (NYC) High Water, A Song Poem of the Southland June 9, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Guy Robertson with Marsh McGurdy (piano) 815 (NYC) Charles C. Peterson - Billiard Champion of Fancy Shots © August 30, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Charles C. Peterson Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 816 (NYC) He's a Devil © June 29, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Roy & Dot Dean 817 (NYC) Kate Smith, Songbird of the South © June 29, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Kate Smith 818 (NYC) The All Girl Revue June 9, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Betty Lou Webb, Lillian Price, Jean Rankin's Bluebells, the Malenoff Trio, Terry Green, Ellen Bunting, DePaco & Kazviki 819 (NYC) The Man About Town © July 22, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Frank X. Silk with Fred Sumner 820-821 (NYC) Small Timers © October 14, 1929 Bert Wheeler with Bernice Speer & Al Clair 822 (NYC) John Steel, the Musical Comedy Star May 1929 Murray Roth (director); John Steel, Allen Parade (piano) 823 (NYC) Segar Ellis and His Embassy Club Orchestra © July 31, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Seger Ellis 824 (NYC) Dooley's the Name © July 31, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Francis Dooley & Corinne Sales Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 825 (NYC) Cora Green, the Famous Creole Singer © August 20, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Cora Green, pianist Isadore Myer 826 (NYC) Mel Klee, the Prince of Wails © August 30, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Mel Klee Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 827 (NYC) Harlem-Mania © July 22, 1929 Murray Roth (director);The Norman Thomas Quintette, Earl Shanks, Stanley Brown, Alphonse Kennedy & Freddie Crump (on drums) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 828 (NYC) Harry Fox & His Six American Beauties © July 22, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Harry Fox Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 829 (NYC) The Bee & the Fox © July 23, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Harry Fox & Bea Curtis Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 831 (NYC) Alexander Moissi, Europe's Greatest Actor (not released?) Arthur Hurley (director); Alexander Moissi 832 (NYC) The Gotham Rhythm Boys © September 28, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Eddie Lewis, Tom Miller & Lou Monte Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 833 (NYC) You Don't Know the Half of It © December 9, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Jay Brennan & Ann Butler Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 834 (NYC) The Opry House © August 20, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Doris Walker & the Mound City Blue Blowers (Lou Hearn, William McKenzie, Frank Billings, Jack Bland & Carl Kress) Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 835 (NYC) Hilda © August 20, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Billy "Swede" Hall & Co. Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 836 (NYC) Harry Rosenthal and His Bath and Tennis Club Orchestra © August 20, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Harry Rosenthal, Jean Ackerman, Hazel Forbes, Myra Darby, Evelyn Groves, Mary Mulhern, Mildred LeGay, Gen Pearson, Murray Smith, Dare & Belmonte, Cornell Smelser & Jack Scheer 837 (NYC) Reva Reyes, the Piquant Senorita June 1929 Murray Roth (director); accompanied by Guillermo Plaza (piano) 838 (NYC) The Interview © August 30, 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Russel Crouse (story); Hugh O’Connell with Granville Bates & Don Dilloway 839 (NYC) Just Like a Man © August 30, 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); John Hobble 840 (NYC) The Big Paraders © August 20, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Charlotte Conrad, Tiny & Jack Waites, Elsie Thiel, Edna Howard & Ben Wise 841 (NYC) Don't Get Nervous July 28, 1929 (Film Daily review) Bryan Foy (director); Georgie Price Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 842 (NYC) James J. Corbett and Neil O'Brien © August 9, 1929 Murray Roth (director); James J. Corbett, Neil O'Brien 843 (NYC) You Tell 'em, I Stutter released? Murray Roth (director); Harry Savoy & Ruth Mann 844 (NYC) Jack White and His Chateau Madrid Club Entertainers © August 20, 1929 Jack White & Jeanne Fayal 845 (NYC) Joe College (Two College Nuts) © August 20, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Billy Edison & Charlie Gregory 846 (NYC) Frances Shelley and the Four Eton Boys July 28, 1929 (Film Daily review) Frances Shelley, Charlie & Jack Day, Eddie Murray & Earl Smith 847 (NYC) Rarin' to Go © August 20, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Jack Kraft & Elsie Lamont Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 848 (NYC) Carolina Segrera "The Cuban Nightingale" with Don Alberto and His Argentines July 1929 Murray Roth (director); Carolina Segrera, Don Alberto, Gennaro Viega, Epaim Suarez & Celestino Bianchi 849 (NYC) Satires © September 7, 1929 Murray Roth (director); John T. Murray & Vivien Oakland Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 850 (NYC) Moving Day © November 7, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Frank Hunter, Mae Percival & Charles Wesson 861 (NYC) Marching Home with Douglas Stanbury and His Veterans August 18, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Edward DuParr (camera); Douglas Stanbury 862 (NYC) They Know Their Groceries August 30, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Fluornoy Miller & Aubrey Lyles with Vivienne Baher, Onion Jeffrey, Paul Floyd & Oswald Lyles 863 (NYC) Nan Halperin, America's Famous Satirist © September 7, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Nan Halperin 864 (NYC) Carlena Diamond, Harpist Supreme © September 7, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Carlena Diamond Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 865 (NYC) Those Were the Days © November 7, 1929 Irene Franklin 866 (NYC) Fishing Around © September 28, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Howard Anderson, Rean? Graves & Cole Carroll Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 867 (NYC) Before the Bar © September 7, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Frank Hurst & Eddie Vogt 869 (NYC) Grace Johnston and The Indiana Five © September 7, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Grace Johnston Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 870 (NYC) Red Nichols and His Five Pennies © September 16, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Red Nichols with Eddie Condon Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 871 (NYC) Diamond Til September 1, 1929 (Film Daily review) Grace Hayes & Neville Fleeson 872 (NYC) Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra © September 14, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Ben Pollack 873 (NYC) Somewhere in Jersey © September 28, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); William Halligan & Mary Mulhern 874 (NYC) Coletta Ryan and Duke Yellman (aka "Songology") © September 14, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Coletta Ryan & Duke Yellman Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 875 (NYC) Dave Apollon and His Russian Stars © September 7, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Dave Apollon 876 (NYC) Guido Ciccolini and Eric Zardo © September 28, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Guido Ciccolini, Eric Zardo & Joan Ruth 878 (NYC) The Kiddie Cabaret © October 14, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Sybil Lee, Peggy & Dorothy Delight, Buddy Reed, Lenora Bohen, Glauco D'Attilli & Yukona Cameron 879 (NYC) Harlem Knights © December 9, 1929 Fluornoy Miller & Aubrey Lyles 880 (NYC) Sending a Wire © September 28, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Eddie Green with Jimmy Baskett & Noma Davis 881 (NYC) The One Man Quartette © November 7, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Eddie Miller 882 (NYC) Moments in Mimicry © October 14, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Roger Williams 883 (NYC) Just Dumb © October 14, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Nelson B. Clifford & Marie Marion 884 (NYC) Shake It Up © November 7, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Eddie Moran, Beth Challis & Their Cheerful Steppers 885 (NYC) Music Hath Charms © October 14, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Frank Orth & Ann Codee with Florence Vernon 886 (NYC) Des Nouvelles Chansons Americaines August 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Ann Codee & Frank Orth 887 (NYC) Meine Frau August 1929 Murray Roth (director); Ann Codee & Frank Orth with Walter Dreher 888 A Tete-a-Tete in Songs © October 14, 1929 Murray Roth (director); James Burke & Eleanor Durkin 889 (NYC) The Hall of Injustice © October 14, 1929 John T. Murray & Vivien Oakland 890 (NYC) Charles Hackett Singing "I Looked Into Your Garden" & "I Heard You Singing" September 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Charles Hackett 891 (NYC) Lambchops October 14, 1929 Murray Roth (director); George Burns & Gracie Allen The Jazz Singer DVD 892 (NYC) Josef Kallini "Foremost Tenor of the Manhattan Opera House" August 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Josef Kallini, Aaron Pressman 893 (NYC) Josef Kallini (#893) August 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Josef Kallini 895 (NYC) Dead or Alive © December 10, 1929 Arthur Hurley; story: Russel Crouse; Hugh O’Connell with Granville Bates & William Shelley 896 (NYC) A Night on the Bowery October 20, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Will Aubrey 897-898 (NYC, two-reeler) In the Nick of Time © December 31, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Sidney Toler with Lucy Beaumont, Bert Wilson & Dorothy Hall 899-900 (NYC, two-reeler) Charles Hackett in "Faust" assisted by Chase Borromeo December 8, 1929 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Charles Hackett 901 (NYC) Two Good Boys Gone Wrong © October 29, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Jans & Whelan Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 902 (NYC) Horace Heidt & His Californians © October 28, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Horace Heidt, Lee Lykins (vocalist) 903 (NYC) Fred Allen's Prize Playlets © November 25, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Fred Allen Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 904-905 (NYC) Faint Heart © December 21, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Bert Lahr with Bobbe Arnst, Harry Shannon & Malcolm Duncan Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 906 (NYC) Chistes y Lasses September 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Tex McLeod & Marjorie Tiller 907 (NYC) Illusions © November 25, 1929 Murray Roth (director?); Fred Keaton 908 (NYC) Horace Heidt & His Californians February 2, 1930 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Horace Heidt 909 (NYC) A Glimpse of the Stars © December 21, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Paula Trueman 910 (NYC) The Fallen Star © November 29, 1929 Murray Roth (director); George Rosener 911 (NYC) Marie Vero September 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Marie Veno, Helen Whitaker (piano) 912 (NYC) A Song Drama © December 9, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Charles Derickson & Burton Brown 913 (NYC) Rhythms in Blue © November 29, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Bobbe Arnst & Peggy Ellis 914 (NYC) Low-down, a Bird's Eye View of Harlem © December 21, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Monette Moore, Gertie Chambers, Mary Burnes & Washboard Serenaders 915 (NYC) Who's Who © November 25, 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Harry Lang & Bernice Healy 916 (NYC) Charles Hackett Singing "Il Mio Tesoro Instanto" & "O Paradiso" November 25, 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Charles Hackett 917 (NYC) Molly Picon, the Celebrated Character Comedienne © December 21, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Molly Picon 918 (NYC) Pack Up Your Troubles October 20, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Douglas Stanbury & the Lyric Quartette with Jack Burns Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 919 (NYC) Little Miss Everybody November 24, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Zelda Santley 920 (NYC) Apartment Hunting © November 29, 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); George Fisher & Honey Hurst 921-921 (NYC, two-reeler) Room 909 November 3, 1929 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Edward DuParr (camera); Robert Emmet Keane & Claire Whitney 923 (NYC) The Midnight Lodge © January 15, 1930 Fluornoy Miller & Aubrey Lyles 924 (NYC) For Goodness Sake! October 1929 Murray Roth (director); Sidney Marion & Adele Jason 925 (NYC) Bigger and Better © December 23, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Fanny & Kitty Watson 926-927 (NYC, two-reeler) The Under Dog © January 15, 1930 Fred Allen (writer); James Barton 928 (NYC) Crinoline Classics © December 23, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Helen Yorke & Virginia Johnson 929 (NYC) Some Pumpkins © December 21, 1929 Murray Roth (director); Sam Summers & Estelle Hunt 930-931 (NYC, two-reeler) Hello Thar! © January 13, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Eddie Buzzell 932 (NYC) Giovanni Martinelli and Livia Maracci December 15, 1929 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Giovanni Martinelli 933 (NYC) Herschel Henlere, the Madcap Musician © January 18, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Herschel Henlere 934 (NYC) The Letter Box © December 31, 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Sybil Lee, Burke Clark, Harold Kennedy & others 935 (NYC) Impressions © January 25, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Albert Carroll 936 (NYC) The Musicale © January 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Al Trahan with Yukona Cameron & Helen Hawley 937 (NYC) Then and Now © January 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Billy & Elsa Newell 938 (NYC) Imagine My Embarrassment © January 18, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Frank Orth & Ann Codee A German version was also made (Vitaphone #942) 939 (NYC) The Benefit February 2, 1930 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Joe Frisco 940 (NYC) Rose Perfect, the Girl With the Golden Voice © January 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); accompanied by Dudley Wilkinson (piano) 941 (NYC) Jest for a While © January 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Clara Barry & Orval Whitledge 943 (NYC) Ave Maria January 5, 1930 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Giovanni Martinelli & Frances Alda 944 (NYC) Giovanni Martinelli Singing Arias from "Verdis Il Trovatore" © January 18, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Giovanni Martinelli 945 (NYC) Two of a Kind © January 18, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Billy Lytell & Tom Fant 946 (NYC) Oh Sarah! © January 25, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Jack McLallen & Sarah Carson with Tony Labriola 947 (NYC) The Operation February 9, 1930 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy & Christina Graver Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 948 (NYC) Une Chanson Mimee December 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Ann Codee with Joe Cappo & Marion Lessing 949 (NYC) Sound Effects © February 17, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Buddy Traps 950 (NYC) Talking It Over © March 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Jack Osterman Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 951 (NYC) A Perfect Understanding © February 17, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Joe May & Dorothy Oaks 952 (NYC) On the Rancho © February 17, 1930 Murray Roth & Arthur Hurley (directors); Will & Gladys Ahern with Ben Ahern 953 (NYC) Giovanni Martinelli Singing "Céleste Aïda" © December 21, 1929 Arthur Hurley (director); Giovanni Martinelli 954 (NYC) Idle Chatter © March 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Lou Holtz Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 955 (NYC) The Love Boat © March 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Herman Timberg 956 (NYC) Scotch Taffy December 1929 Edmund Joseph (director); Scott Sanders Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 957 (NYC) Jane Dillon and Her Boy Friends December 1929 Edmund Joseph (director); Jane Dillon 958 (NYC) Ben Bernie and His Orchestra © May 16, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Ben Bernie, Clayton, Jackson & Jimmy Durante, Pat Kennedy & Frances McCoy 959 (NYC) Ruth Breton, the Celebrated Violinist © February 17, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Rith Breton, Rudolfo Noyos (vocalist) & "Miss" Baker (piano) 960 (NYC) Broadway's Like That © March 15, 1930 Arthur Hurley & Murray Roth (directors); Ruth Etting, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart & Mary Philips 1025 (LA) Stimulation © December 31, 1929 Johnny Arthur 3179–3180 (LA, two-reeler) Finders Keepers © November 25, 1929 Bryan Foy & George Kelly (directors); Helen Ferguson, John Litel & Janet Adair 3190 (LA) The Frame © April 30, 1930 William Boyd & Charles Middleton 3238–3239 (LA, two-reeler) The Flattering Word © November 25, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); George Kelly, Harrison Ford, Janet Adair, Blanche Frederici & John Litel 3280 (LA) At the Church Festival © November 25, 1929 Wright & Louis? Silvers (directors); Dick Henderson 3289–3290 (LA, two-reeler) All Square © January 15, 1930 3300 (LA) Head of the Family © December 31, 1929 Little Billy 3333 (LA) The Dead Line © November 25, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); David Callis, Blanche Friderici & Jimmy Phillips 3334 (LA) Always Faithful December 31, 1929 George Middleton (director); Blanche Sweet, John Litel & others Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 3335 (LA) For Sale © November 25, 1929 Bryan Foy (director); Gregory Ratoff Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 3413 (LA) The Music Shop © December 31, 1929 Dick Henderson 3640 (LA) The Barber Shop Chord © November 25, 1929 Martie Martel & others 3667 (LA) White Lies © December 31, 1929 3668 (LA) The Window Cleaners © April 7, 1930 Neely Edwards & Lew Brice 3674–3675 (LA, 15 minutes) Poor Aubrey © January 30, 1930 Franklin Pangborn, Helen Ferguson, Ruth Lyons & Clara Blandick Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 3676 (LA) And Wife © April 30, 1930 William McCann (director); Frank Davis & Bernice Elliott 3679 (LA) Revival Day January 5, 1930 (Film Daily review) Roy Mack (director) & Tenny Wright (directors); Slim Timblin, Bobby Arnst & Peggy Ellis Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 3680 (LA) The Maid's Night Out © December 31, 1929 Bobby Watson 3681 (LA) More Sinned Against Than Usual © January 30, 1930 Howard Bretherton 3722 (LA) Trifles © January 30, 1930 Jason Robards, Sr., Sarah Padden, Blanche Friderici & Frank Campeau Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 3740 (LA) Christmas Knight © April 30, 1930 C.B. Platts (director); Bryant Washburn, Helen Jerome Eddy & Charles Middleton 3757 (LA) Mechant Mais Gentil December 1929 Georges Carpentier 3759 (LA) A Matter of Ethics © February 17, 1930 Howard Bretherton 3761 (LA) Naughty But Nice © March 30, 1930 Georges Carpentier 3762 (LA) The Stand Up © February 17, 1930 Wilbur Mack, Bobby Watson & Marjorie Lane 3780 (LA) Vanity © January 30, 1930 Ruth Lyons, Rudolph Cameron & Vivien Oakland 3781 (LA) The People Versus-- © April 30, 1930 Patrick H. O'Malley, Jr. & Frank Campeau 3816 (LA) Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet © February 17, 1930 Jack Buchanan The Band Wagon DVD & Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 3825 (LA) Letters © February 17, 1930 John G. Adolfi (director); Pauline Garon, Natalie Moorhead, Kathryn Givney & William B. Davidson Filmed in 1930 in Hollywood (LA) and Brooklyn (NYC). # Title Release, copyright or review date Director & performers Notes 3529 (LA) Danger © March 15, 1930 Eddie Cline (director); John Litel, Frank Campeau & Charlotte Merriam 3686 (LA) The New Racket © June 11, 1930 John G. Adolfi (director); Gardner James, James Bradbury Jr., Irene Homer & DeWitt Jennings 3758 (LA) The Baby Bandit © June 11, 1930 Bobby Watson & Anne Cornwall 3778 (LA) Niagara Falls © January 30, 1930 Bryant Washburn & Helen Jerome Eddy Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 3798 (LA) The Pay Off © March 19, 1930 Harry B. Walthall, Barbara Leonard & Russell Hopton 3799 (LA) Vengeance February 9, 1930 (Film Daily review) Archie Mayo (director); Warner Richmond, Natalie Moorhead & Gardner James 3800–3801 (LA, 12 minutes) Getting a Raise © February 17, 1930 Bryan Foy (director); Lucien Littlefield, Mary Hutchinson & Billy Taft The Potters series 3827–3828 (LA, 18 minutes) At Home © March 15, 1930 Bryan Foy (director); Lucien Littlefield The Potters series 3849 (LA) What a Life © March 15, 1930 John G. Adolfi (director); William Irving, Lon Poff, Virginia Sale & others Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 3863 (LA) Beatrice Lillie and Her Boyfriends © May 15, 1930 Beatrice Lillie 3864 (LA) Honolulu January 1930 Noel Madison & Vera Marsh 3873 (LA) Who Pays? © April 30, 1930 John T. Murray & Vivien Oakland 3881–3882 (LA, 17 minutes) Done in Oil © March 15, 1930 Bryan Foy (director); Lucien Littlefield The Potters series 3883 (LA) Surprise © March 15, 1930 Tom Dugan & Barbara Leonard Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 3900 (LA) She Who Gets Slapped © May 16, 1930 Tom Dugan Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 3942–3943 (LA, two-reeler) Reno or Bust © April 7, 1930 Howard Bretherton 3972 (LA) Paper Hanging © April 30, 1930 Carter DeHaven & Herman Ruby 3983–3984 (LA, 18 minutes) Pa Gets a Vacation © May 15, 1930 Bryan Foy (director); Lucien Littlefield The Potters series 3988 (LA) Ducking Duty © May 15, 1930 Heinie Conklin & Phil Morgan 4009–4010 (LA, 14 minutes) Big Money May 4, 1930 (Film Daily review) Bryan Foy (director); Lucien Littlefield The Potters series 4033 (LA) The Eternal Triangle © June 30, 1930 Wyndham Standing, Lillian Rich & Armand Kaliz 4034 (LA) Her Relatives © June 11, 1930 Neely Edwards 4035 (LA) Bridal Night September 14, 1930 (Film Daily review) Johnny Arthur & Charlotte Merriam 4036 (LA) Cry Baby © June 30, 1930 Bobby Vernon & Mary Treen 4093 (LA) No Questions Asked (The Flaming Youth) © June 11, 1930 Little Billy & Jed Prouty 4097–4098 (LA, two-reeler) An Ill Wind or No Mother To Guide Us May 18, 1930 (Film Daily review) Edna Hibbard, Theodore Lorch & Eddie Graham 4099–4100 (LA, 18 minutes) Out For Game © June 30, 1930 Bryan Foy (director); Lucien Littlefield, Dot Farley & Del Henderson The Potters series 4122 (LA) Road Knights © June 11, 1930 Roy Mack (director); George Reilly & Eddie Davis 4123 (LA) The Body Slam © June 11, 1930 Eddie Lambert & William Irving 4139 (LA) Won to Lose August 31, 1930 (Film Daily review) Eddie Lambert & William Irving 4140 (LA) The Servant Problem May 1930 John T. Murray, Vivien Oakland & Mary Strauber 4149 (LA) Gates of Happiness May 1930 Carl McBride (director); Arthur West with Ty Parvis, the Murray Sisters, 20th Century Steppers & Norman Spencer Singers 4150 (LA) Russian Around August 3, 1930 (Film Daily review) Carl McBride (director); Orville Rennie, Arthur West & others 4160 (LA) Ginsburg of Newburg May 1930 Eddie Lambert & William Irving 4162–4163 (LA, 22 minutes) His Big Ambition © June 30, 1930 Bryan Foy (director); Lucien Littlefield & Lucille Ward The Potters series 4164 (LA) I'll Fix It May 1930 Billy Kent & Alice Lake 4168 (LA) Twixt Love and Duty May 1930 Esther Howard, Eddie Graham & others 4169 (LA) Old Seidelburg May 1930 Carl McBride (director); Orville Rennie, Elsa Peterson, Gus Reed & Janet Gilmore 4200 (LA) Dining Out June 1930 Alice Lake, Billy Kent & Ernest Wood 4209 (LA) Railroad Follies June 1930 Gene Morgan, Clyde Hager & Violet Barlow 4210 (LA) School Daze August 31, 1930 (Film Daily review) Carl McBride (director); Jack White, Ty Parvis & Jeanie Lang 4230 (LA) The Big Deal June 1930 Harry Holman, Franklin Pangborn, Billy Gilbert, Gertrude Astor & Geneva Mitchell 4240 (LA) Who's the Boss November 2, 1930 (Film Daily review) Slim Summerville (director); Franklin Pangborn & Esther Howard 4249 (LA) The Woman Tamer June 1930 Billy Gilbert, Esther Howard, Roger Davis, Dot Farley & Gus Reed 4260 (LA) The Doctor's Wife November 30, 1930 (Film Daily review) Franklin Pangborn, Billy Gilbert, Gertrude Astor & Geneva Mitchell 4270–4271 (LA, two-reeler) The Legacy August 31, 1930 (Film Daily review) Carl McBride (director); Betty Compton 4284 (LA) The Skin Game July 1930 Jack White, William Irving & Jack Duffy 4285 (LA) Ship Ahoy March 15, 1931 (Film Daily review) Jack White, Clarence Nordstrom, Esther Howard & Hazel Sperling 4286 (LA) The Victim July 8, 1930 Frank Orth & Esther Howard with Florence Vernon 4287 (LA) The Salesman August 1930 Frank Orth & Florence Vernon 4393 (LA) The Happy Hottentots August 1930 Bryan Foy & Herman Ruby (directors); Joe Frisco & Billy Gilbert The Jazz Singer DVD 961 (NYC) Money, Money, Money © March 15, 1930 Edmund Joseph (director); Homer Mason & Marguerite Keeler 962 (NYC) Wedding Belles © March 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Lorraine Howard & Florence Newton 963-964 (NYC, two-reeler) Keeping Company April 6, 1930 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); Eddie Buzzell 965 (NYC) Gym-Jams © March 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Lewis Mayer 966 (NYC) Seeing Sarah Off © March 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Sylvia Clark 967 (NYC) The Bubble Party © April 30, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Frank Allworth, Janet Velie, Margaret Knight & Don Dilloway 968 (NYC) Lobo "The Dog of Dogs" with Clarence Moore © March 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director) 969 (NYC) The Master Sweeper © March 19, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Chester Conklin 970 (NYC) Let's Elope! © March 15, 1930 Edmund Joseph (director); Betty & Jerry Browne Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 971 (NYC) Pat Henning January 1930 972 (NYC) A Battery of Songs © March 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Waite Hoyt & J. Fred Coots 973 (NYC) Absent Minded April 30, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Wallace Ford 974 (NYC) Giovanni Martinelli in the Prison Scene of "Faust" April 6, 1930 (Film Daily review) Giovanni Martinelli 975-976 (NYC, two-reeler) The Royal Fourflusher May 18, 1930 Eddie Buzzell 977 (NYC) The Varsity Vamp © April 30, 1930 Edmund Joseph (director); Lionel "Mike" Ames 978 (NYC) Find the Woman © April 30, 1930 Arthur Hurley & Russel Crouse (director/writers); Hugh O’Connell 979 (NYC) Milton C. Work the International Bridge Authority April 6, 1930 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Milton C. Work 980 (NYC) Three Rounds of Love © May 15, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director?); Jean Dixon, James Rennie & others 981 (NYC) System © June 9, 1930 Dudley Clements, Evalyn Knapp, Allan Wood & Helen Goodhue 982 (NYC) Yuna Baile De Fantancia © April 30, 1930 Paulo, Paquita & Chiquita 983 (NYC) Taking Ways © April 30, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Frank Orth & Ann Codee 984 (NYC) A Russian Rhapsody © April 30, 1930 Edmund Joseph (director); A. Kuznetzoff & B. Nicolina 985 (NYC) Footnotes © April 30, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Margie Finley, William Carey, Oscar Grogan & the Page Sisters 986 The No-Account © April 30, 1930 Edmund Joseph (director); Russell Hardie & Josephine Hutchinson 987 (NYC) Nile Green © May 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Helen Broderick & Lester Crawford 988 (NYC) At Your Service © April 30, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Jessie Royce Landis, William Halligan, George Blackwood & William Carey 989 (NYC) Desert Thrills © April 30, 1930 Edwin Bartlett & others 990 (NYC) The Head Man © May 15, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Hugh O’Connell & Kitty Kelly with Francis Pierlot, Leroy Wade & Arthur Hartley 991 (NYC) Rural Hospitality February 1930 Edmund Joseph (director); Russell Hardie & Marcelle Coreene 992 (NYC) The Devil's Parade © June 8, 1930 George Hale (director); Sidney Toler, Joan Blondell, Gerald Smith & Jessie Busley 993 (NYC) The Cheer Leader © June 9, 1930 Tom Douglas & Beatrice Blinn 994 (NYC) Donde Estas Corazon February 1930 Luana Alcaniz 995 (NYC) Taxi Talks (Taxi Tales) © June 8, 1930 Fred & Fanny Hatton (story); Mayo Method, Katharine Alexander, Roger Pryor, Evelyn Knapp (Evalyn Knapp) & Spencer Tracy 997 (NYC) Babe Egan and Her Hollywood Redheads February 1930 Babe Egan 998 (NYC) Websterian Students © May 15, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Ben Ryan & Henrietta Lee 999 (NYC) The Cave Club © May 15, 1930 Ethel Merman with Marjorie Leach, Frank Tinney & Ted Lewis 1000 (NYC) Grand Uproar © June 8, 1930 Jim McWilliams 1001 (NYC) Married © June 8, 1930 Helen Flint, Stanley Ridges & William Foran 1002 (NYC) Office Steps © May 15, 1930 George Hale (director); Harry McNaughton, the Phelps Twins, Billy Reed, Lou Duthers, Jack Thompson & Gertrude McDonald 1003 (NYC) The Strong Arm March 1930 Paul Harvey 1004 (NYC) The Music Racket © June 30, 1930 Lee Morse, Leo Donnelly & June Clayworth 1006 (NYC) The Fight © June 9, 1930 Ring Lardner (director); Harry McNaughton, Charles Lawrence & others 1007–1008 (NYC, two-reeler) The Collegiate Model © June 9, 1930 Ona Munson, Harry Rosenthal & Roger Pryor 1009 (NYC) Yamekraw June 9, 1930 Murray Roth (director); James Price Johnson (songwriter); Hugo Marianni & His Mediterraneans with Louise Cook, Margaret Sims & Jimmy Mordecai Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 1010 (NYC) The Poor Fish © June 8, 1930 Hobart Cavanaugh, Natalie Schafer, Stanley Ridges & George Blackwood Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 1011 (NYC) Song Paintings © June 9, 1930 Ann Seymour 1012–1013 (NYC, two-reeler) The Heart Breaker © June 30, 1930 Edmund Joseph (director); Eddie Foy, Jr., Joan Blondell & others 1015–1016 (NYC, two-reeler) Slick As Ever © June 9, 1930 Harry J. Conley 1017 (NYC) 23-Skidoo June 9, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Lew Fields Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 1018 (NYC) Fore © June 30, 1930 Wallace Ford, Lenita Lane & Val Sherry 1019–1020 (NYC, 22 minutes) The Song Plugger © June 8, 1930 Roy Mack (director); Joe Frisco with Josephine Williams, Leo Donnelly, Arthur Leonard, Milt Francis & the Wyn Talbert Orchestra Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 (Warner Archive) DVD 1021 (NYC) The Matinee Idle September 14, 1930 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Henry Hull & James Dale 1022 (NYC) Evolution © June 11, 1930 Bert Frank (film editor) compilation documentary includes The Great Train Robbery (1903 film) 1023 (NYC) The Fowl Triangle April 1930 Alan Wood, Donna Pasdeloup & others 1024 (NYC) Giovanni Martinelli © January 5, 1931 Roy Mack (director); Giovanni Martinelli 1025 (NYC) The Still Alarm © June 30, 1930 Roy Mack (director); Fred Allen & Clifton Webb 1026 (NYC) Thank You, Doctor May 1930 1027 (NYC) Going Places © June 9, 1930 Shaw & Lee Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 1028 (NYC) The Duel June 1930 Lew Fields with Verree Teasdale & Jean De Val 1029 (NYC) A Tenement Tangle June 30, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Ben Ryan & Henrietta Lee 1030 (NYC) Strong and Willing © June 30, 1930 Neville Fleeson (writer); Trixie Friganza Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 1031 (NYC) Scotch Love © June 9, 1930 Eric Blore, Nora Swinburne & Ray Collins 1032 (NYC) The Varsity Show © June 30, 1930 Roy Mack (director); Gloria [Olivia] Shea, Joey Ray & Billy Taylor 1034 (NYC) Horse Sense May 1930 Bob Roebuck & his horse Sporting Life 1035 (NYC) The Lucky Break October 12, 1930 (Film Daily review) Harry Fox, Glenda Farrell & Walter Regan 1036 (NYC) The Hard Guy September 6, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Spencer Tracy & Katherine Alexander Little Caesar (film) (TCM Greatest Gangster Films Prohibition Era) DVD 1037 (NYC) Temple Bells May 1930 Eddie Green 1039–1040 (NYC, two-reeler) The Play Boy September 7, 1930 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Harry Fox & others 1041–1042 (NYC) Roseland September 12, 1930 Roy Mack (director); Ruth Etting Love Me or Leave Me (film) (Greatest Classic Legends Doris Day) DVD 1043 (NYC) A Private Engagement May 1930 the Yacht Club Boys Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 1044 (NYC) Harmonizing Songs April 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Josephine Harmon & Jack King Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) DVD 1045 (NYC) Fashion's Mirror October 19, 1930 (Film Daily review) Jack Thompson & Barbara Newberry Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD 1046 (NYC) Everything Happens to Me June 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); James Carson with Leo Hoyt, Sid Garry, Lucille Lortel & Lisa Silbert 1047 (NYC) At the Round Table October 5, 1930 (Film Daily review) Murray Roth (director); James J. Corbett, Damon Runyon, Mark Hellinger & DeWolf Hopper 1048 (NYC) Bright Sayings May 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Rob Le May, Harry Tighe & Irene Shirley 1049 (NYC) Nay, Nay Nero May 1930 Roy Mack (director); Hugh Cameron, Bobby Watson & Nora Swinburne 1050 (NYC) The Wanderer September 21, 1930 Roy Mack (director); Douglas Stanbury 1051–1052 (NYC, 14 minutes) Five Minutes From the Station October 10, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Sylvia Sidney, Lynne Overman & Berton Churchill 1054 The Substitute September 28, 1930 (Film Daily review) Charles Lawrence, Ray Collins & Walter Regan 1055–1056 (NYC, two-reeler) Many Happy Returns August 31, 1930 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Walter Connolly, Madge Evans, John Breedon & Ferdinand Gottschalk 1057 (NYC) Grounds for Murder July 1930 Harold Beaudine (director); Ernest Glendenning, Phoebe Foster & others 1059 (NYC) Let's Merge June 1930 Roy Mack (director); Doree Leslie, Stanley Ridges & Lillian Fitzgerald 1060 (NYC) Snooze Reel #2 June 1930 1061 (NYC) The Jay Walker September 21, 1930 (Film Daily review) Roy Mack (director); H.I. Phillips (writer); Chester Clute 1062 (NYC) Barefoot Days July 1930 Roy Mack (director); James Dunne? 1063 (NYC) The Emergency Case September 5, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Hugh Cameron, Al Ochs & Loretta Shea 1064 (NYC) Lost and Found November 9, 1930 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); William Demarest, Dorothy Appleby & Lillian Bond 1065 (NYC) Dolly Daisy in "Dizzy Doings" August 1930 Howard Moss; co-animator: Charles Bennes stop-motion animated cartoon 1066 (NYC) Seeing Off Service October 19, 1930 (Film Daily review) Harold Beaudine (director); Joe Penner, Jessie Busley & Harry McNaughton 1068 (NYC) Stepping Out July 1930 Harold Beaudine (director); Joe Penner, Mary Phillips & Leo Donnelly 1069 (NYC) Excuse the Pardon December 7, 1930 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Ralph Morgan with Marjorie Gateson, Robert Middleton & Katherine Alexander 1070 (NYC) Putting It On June 1930 Bobby Jarvis & Lillian Bond 1071 (NYC) Modern Fairy Tales February 22, 1931 (Film Daily review) Harold Beaudine (director); Lillian Bond & others 1072–1073 (NYC, two-reeler) The Nightingale February 1, 1931 (Film Daily review) Roy Mack (director); Vivienne Osborne, Pat O'Brien & Lyle Talbot 1074 (NYC) Mister Intruder November 9, 1930 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Otto Kruger, Alan Brooks & Veree Teasdale 1075–1076 (NYC, two-reeler) His Public July 1930 Harold Beaudine (director); Joe Morris & Flo Campbell 1077 (NYC) Tintypes July 1930 Roy Mack (director); Chic Yorke & Rose King 1078 (NYC) For Two Cents August 1930 De Wolf Hopper with Stanley Ridges 1079 (NYC) The Recruits February 1, 1931 (Film Daily review) Arthur Hurley (director); Dudley Clements & Harry Shannon 1080 (NYC) A Syncopated Sermon November 16, 1930 (Film Daily review) Roy Mack (director); Hall Johnson Choir 1081 (NYC) Seeing Things September 21, 1930 (Film Daily review) Harold Beaudine (director); William Demarest 1083 (NYC) Where There's a Will September 1930 Roy Mack (director); George Hassell, Mabel Grainger, Joe Bonomo & Martin Berkeley 1085 (NYC) For Art's Sake October 5, 1930 Harold Beaudine (director); Helen Broderick & Lester Crawford 1086 (NYC) My Mistake August 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Pat O'Brien & Donald Brian 1087 (NYC) Alpine Echoes July 1930 Roy Mack (director); Douglas Stanbury Spanish version #1088. 1089 (NYC) Showin' Off July 1930 Roy Mack (director); the Vitaphone Kiddies 1090 (NYC) A Tip to Paris December 6, 1931 (Film Daily review, completed ’30) Bobby Jarvis & Eloise Taylor 1091–1092 (NYC, two-reeler) The Bard of Broadway October 5, 1930 (Film Daily review) Joseph Henabery & Roy Mack (director); Walter Winchell, Madge Evans & others 1094 (NYC) Compliments of the Season September 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Eric Dressler, Lenita Lane & Pat O'Brien 1096–1097 (NYC, two-reeler) Curses © November 5, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Alan Dinehart, Erin O'Brien-Moore & others 1098–1099 (NYC, two-reeler) The Gob © December 9, 1930 Roy Mack (director); Hal Skelly & Madge Evans 1100 (NYC) Politics © November 24, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); George Jessel 1102 (NYC) One on the Aisle © November 25, 1930 Roy Mack (director); Lon Hascall, Peggy Bernier & George Haggerty 1103 (NYC) Knocking 'em Cold © November 5, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director); Andrew Tombes 1104 (NYC) The Thirteenth Prisoner November 30, 1930 Arthur Hurley (director) 1105 (NYC) Tom Thumbs Down © December 9, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Bobby Jarvis, Jimmy Dunn, Harry McNaughton & Sue Conroy 1106 (NYC) Purely an Accident © November 14, 1930 Reed Brown Jr., Allen Kearns & Frank Otto 1107 (NYC) Sitting Pretty December 28, 1930 (Film Daily review) Alfred J. Goulding (director); Joe Phillips & Ruth Donnelly 1108 (NYC) The Snooze Reel December 1930 Arthur Hurley & Roy Mack (director) 1110 (NYC) A Stuttering Romance © November 6, 1930 Murray Roth (director); Joe Penner & Dorothea Chard 1111 (NYC) The Unfair Sex © February 16, 1931 Roy Mack (director); Dan Healy & Dolly Gilbert 1114 (NYC) The Headache Man November 23, 1930 (Film Daily review) Alfred J. Goulding (director); Dudley Clements, Hobart Cavanaugh 1115 (NYC) Number Please! (Number, Please) © October 24, 1930 Roy Mack (director); Sheila Barrett & Leslie Barrie 1116 (NYC) My Hero © November 5, 1930 Alfred J. Goulding (director); Eddie Foy, Jr.
BUBBLES (1930 - Vitaphone, filmed in December 1929 at the First National Studio, Burbank, CA)(Vitaphone Varieties - Presented by Vitaphone - a Subsidiary of Warner.
Vitaphone Varieties was a series title (represented by a pennant logo on screen) for all of Warner Brothers' earliest short film “talkies” of the 1920s, initially.
Val and Ernie Stanton in the 1928 “Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake” from “Vitaphone Varieties.” Vitaphone Project/Warner Brothers Digital Distribution.
THE GODFATHER OF THE VITAPHONE? The Project heard from Francis Ford Coppola this summer, regarding the fact that his grandfather, Agostino, had been tapped by Bell.
Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 1
Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931.
Readers wishing to learn more about the history of the Vitaphone sound process, why many of these films no longer exist as originally seen, and about the efforts to.
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