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Don Juan Seduction
Don Juan Seduction
"Don Juan," starring John Barrymore premiered in New York on August 6, 1926 - Warner Brothers premiered its Vitaphone system. (The film was the first feature-length film with synchronized Vitaphone sound effects and musical soundtrack, though it has no spoken dialogue.)
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DON JUAN (1926)
DON JUAN (1926)
Más información: www.cinefania.com John Barrymore no era Douglas Fairbanks, pero vean como se defiende con el florete en esta emocionante pelea del film DON JUAN, hito del cine sonoro un año antes de que Asa Yoelson cantara a su madre... (Warner Brothers)
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DON JUAN (Preview Clip)
DON JUAN (Preview Clip)
Journey back in time to the star-studded (John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Myrna Loy, Warner Oland) premiere of the historical romance DON JUAN and re-live the exact program as seen on opening night! Not only does this one-of-a-kind disc have the full feature with the same Vitaphone synchronized sound effects and music as it was seen in 1926, but includes all the original shorts shown that night to introduce the brand-new Vitaphone process! This includes an introductory speech by Will B. Hays followed by performances featuring the New York Philharmonic, Mischa Elman, Roy Smeck, Marion Talley, Efrem Zimbalist & Harold Bauer, Giovanni Martinelli, and Anna Case.
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1926 Don Juan Slideshow
1926 Don Juan Slideshow
1926 Don Juan starring John Barrymore slide show.
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Mary Astor on the rack in Don Juan
Mary Astor on the rack in Don Juan
Here's a golden oldie for you...one of movie history's earliest known torture rack sequences from the 1926 silent film Don Juan. Yes, the theme of damsels in distress has been around a long time. Mary Astor was only 20 years old when this was made. From the Torture Rack Scenes Database at ralphus.net
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ANTHONY NEWLEY - "Me Without You" 1972
ANTHONY NEWLEY - "Me Without You" 1972
This beautiful song, written by Anthony Newley, was released on his album "Ain't It Funny " 1972, and shows again his marvelous ability to invent magic melodies AND lyrics! Biographers and contemporary witnesses tell, that Anthony Newley was a huge fan of women, very much attracted by them ! And women loved him too! I don't want to spread his (maybe) affairs, with whom, when, where and how. But you can feel his affinity to and for women in his whole work, also his permanent longing for true love and his fear of loneliness, imbedded in a tendency of self-destruction! That all was a main source of his inspiration! He was a master of writing the most beautiful and intimate love songs ever. "....I am lost without you - and love..." In my opinion he was a driven, torn man. A Don Juan of his days, haunted by his own ghosts. In his autobiographical, x-rated movie "Can Heironymus Merkin ever forget Mercy Humppe and find true happiness ?" (1969) he worked out his problematic addiction to (young) women. Therefore I framed my video with clips from "Don Juan" (1926, Alan Crosland), starring the wonderful John Barrymore (also one of my favorite actors !) and a bit "Merkin". Don Juan - "Lust is the only swindle I wish permanence!" This restless lust for life, selfdefined by having permanently (love) affairs, has its origin in helplessness against decay & death. Don Juan escapes - from women, responsibility, true feelings, death and from himself ! Don Juan (in myth and psychology) is a <b>...</b>
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Serenade opera Don JUAN WA Mozart VTS 01 1
Serenade opera Don JUAN WA Mozart VTS 01 1
Serenade opera Don JUAN WA Mozart Joseph Schwarz - baryton Recording from Book FONOGRAFIA....Author Adam Mańczak No. EAN 9788392347903 Joseph Schwarz born RIGA ,Latvia / 1880 -1926 /
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The Wisdom of John Barrymore
The Wisdom of John Barrymore
John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 -- May 29, 1942) was an American actor. He first gained fame as a stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III. His success continued with motion pictures in various genres in both the silent and sound eras. Barrymore's personal life has been the subject of much writing before and since his passing in 1942. Today John Barrymore is mostly known for his roles in movies like Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Twentieth Century (1934), and Don Juan (1926), the first ever movie to use a Vitaphone soundtrack.
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AT&T; Archives: Listen to This
AT&T; Archives: Listen to This
A short, but serious history-documentary about how all of the technological developments and inventions within in the Bell System made film sound possible. Among the milestone inventions included, and profiled: The audion tube amplifier The condenser microphone The Vitaphone film sound system The film consists mostly of older clips and stills, including rare snippets of the first feature sound film shown in public, Don Juan, starring John Barrymore, from 1926. And no, it wasn't the The Jazz Singer, though they examine that film a bit later. But Don Juan's soundtrack was entirely added in post-production; The Jazz Singer included synchronized sound, recorded live. The same original movie bill featured synched opera and musical shorts — more clips of which are shown here. Film sound technologies are still developing — and enveloping — in leaps and bounds, especially in the 3-D direction — "5.1" surround-sound systems, which use 5 speakers arranged around a room, are common. Less common is anything with more speakers, including the "10.2", state-of-the-art system, which uses a whopping 18. Only one film has ever/yet been shot and mixed in that format. Footage courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ To see more from the AT&T Archives, visit techchannel.att.com
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~The Lovely Phyllis Haver~Silent Film Star~
~The Lovely Phyllis Haver~Silent Film Star~
Phyllis Haver was one of the magic names of the silent movies. She was one of the original Mack Sennett bathing beauties. She was the darling of the nation during the teens and twenties of this century. Haver appeared on the covers of Photoplay, Screenland. Motion Picture. Pathe Sun. Picture Play. and The Police Gazette. She graced the cover of the sheet music, Singapore Lil, theme song for the Pathe motion picture production. Sal of Singapore, in which she starred. She, also, adorned calendars, matchbook covers, and postcards. She was also a Maybelline Model! Phyllis was the ultimate Flapper!. The Balloonatic (1923) Haver starred with Buster Keaton in The Balloonatic She began work in 1917 and was soon a top-line comic. Among her best roles were 'Roxy Hart' in the first film version of "Chicago" (1927) and as 'Shanghai Mabel' in "What Price Glory?" (1927). Haver retired in 1929 to marry the New York millionaire William Seeman. Sadly, she committed suicide (overdose of barbiturates) Birth: Jan. 6, 1899 Douglass Butler County Kansas Death: Nov. 19, 1960 Falls Village Litchfield County Connecticut, USA Phyllis Haver was in the ranks of Greta Garbo, Clara Bow, Colleen Moore, Delores Del Rio, Norma Talmadge, Conrad Nagel, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Beery, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Norma Sheerer and Lon Chaney Selected filmography Whose Baby? (1917) The Sultan's Wife (1917) The Pullman Bride (1917) The Balloonatic (1923 short) The Snob (1924) The Caveman <b>...</b>
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Great Pianists' Technique: Double Notes
Great Pianists' Technique: Double Notes
A collection of some memorable moments in double-notes playing. Of course the collection does not strive for completeness. 1) Saint-Saens Etude en forme de Valse op.52-6, Cortot (1919) 2) Chopin Berceuse, Hofmann (1918) 00:38; 3) Chopin-Hofmann Waltz op.64 No.1, Hofmann (1938 Casimir Hall Live) 01:19; The picture is actually Rosenthal's study in double thirds on the same waltz...just to give an idea. 4) Henselt Si oiseau j'etais, Rachmaninov (1923) 01:57; 5) Liszt Feux-Follets, Richter (Moscow 1958 Live) 02:33; 6) Carl Maria von Weber Sonata No.3 Finale, Richter (Moscow 1954 Live) 03:39; 7) Chopin Ballade No.2, Richter (Moscow 1950 Live) 04:01; (Richter's fury in pressing the pedal is as impressive as his double-note technique here!) 8) Chopin Ballade No.4, Richter (Prague 1960 Live) 04:41; 9) Liszt-Busoni Figaro fantasy, Gilels (1935) 05:17; 10) Brahms Paganini Vars 1&2 from book 1, Michelangeli (1949) 06:28; 11) Brahms Paganini Vars 1 from book 2, Michelangeli (1949) 07:22; 12) Schumann Toccata, Barere (1936) 07:52; 13) Chopin Etude op.10 No.7, Friedman (1926) 08:35; 14) Chopin Etude op.25 No.6, Lhevinne (1934) 09:20; 15) Bizet/Horowitz Carmen Variations (1947) 10:05; 16) Brahms Handel Var. XIV, Petri (1940) 10:40; 17) Brahms Sonata No.1 Finale, Katchen (1964) 11:16; 18) Brahms Sonata No.1 Finale, Zimerman (1980) 12:23; And to conclude the most terrifying of all double notes... the chromatic thirds from the Don Juan: 19) Liszt Reminiscences de Don Juan, Barere (1936) 13 <b>...</b>
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John Barrymore & Dolores Costello Kiss in The Sea Beast (1926)
John Barrymore & Dolores Costello Kiss in The Sea Beast (1926)
This is the famous scene where John Barrymore kisses Dolores Costello so passionately that she faints in his arms afterwards. Barrymore, of course, wanted to do more takes and when it came to editing, the Director Millard Webb, put about 4 of them together to make the kiss last forever! Hence, the most romantic kiss in cinema history!
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Making Movies III
Making Movies III
The first screen kiss - May Irwin and John Rice (The Widow Jones, 1896) The first Hollywood French kiss - Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty (Splendor In The Grass, 1961) The first same-sex kiss - the orgy scene in Cecil B DeMille's Manslaughter (1922) The most kisses in one movie - 127 by John Barrymore in Don Juan (1926). Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk
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the Seduction - Nori Bucci
the Seduction - Nori Bucci
Short piece from my cd "Tales of a Dream". I originally wrote this piece to go with a film clip from the 1926 silent movie "Don Juan", to be entered it in a 'Turner Classic Movies' film music contest. The still shots you see here are from the film. Didn't win the contest, but I hope you'll enjoy the music anyways :) Thanks for listening!
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Ben Bernie Orchestra - Hello Swanee, Hello! 1926
Ben Bernie Orchestra - Hello Swanee, Hello! 1926
Brunswick 3414 B ( Flip-side to Muddy Water 3414 A ) 12/28/26Ben Bernie (May 30, 1891, Bayonne, New Jersey - October 23, 1943), born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue. The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River) is a major river of southern Georgia and northern Florida in the United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long. The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwannee Straits which separated peninsular Florida from the panhandle. The river rises in the Okefenokee Swamp, emerging at Fargo, Georgia. The river then runs southwest into Florida, dropping in elevation through limestone layers resulting in a rare Florida whitewater rapid. It then turns west near White Springs, Florida, receiving the waters of the Alapaha and Withlacoochee rivers, which together drain much of south-central Georgia. This meandering forms the southern border of Hamilton County, Florida. It then bends south near Ellaville, then southeast near Luraville, receives the Santa Fe River from the east just below Branford, then south again to the Gulf of Mexico near the town of Suwannee. The Suwannee River area has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years. During the first millennium AD it was inhabited by the people of the Weedon Island archaeological culture, and around 900 a derivative local culture, known <b>...</b>
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Sound Motion Pictures: "Finding His Voice" Fleischer Cartoon 1929 AT&T; 11min
Sound Motion Pictures: "Finding His Voice" Fleischer Cartoon 1929 AT&T; 11min
more at showbiz.quickfound.net Public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and equalization. "Cartoon showing how sound motion pictures work, produced by a company that was an innovator in the field. Story by WE Erpi (pseudonym for Western Electric, Electrical Research Products Inc.). Directors: F. Lyle Goldman and Max Fleischer." en.wikipedia.org ...The primary steps in the commercialization of sound cinema were taken in the United States in the mid- to late 1920s. At first, the sound films incorporating synchronized dialogue—known as "talking pictures", or "talkies"—were exclusively shorts; the earliest feature-length movies with recorded sound included only music and effects. The first feature film originally presented as a talkie was The Jazz Singer, released in October 1927. A major hit, it was made with Vitaphone, the leading brand of sound-on-disc technology. Sound-on-film, however, would soon become the standard for talking pictures... Fidelity electronic recording and amplification -- Beginning in 1922, the research branch of AT&T's Western Electric manufacturing division began working intensively on recording technology for both sound-on-disc and sound-on film. In 1925, the company publicly introduced a greatly improved system of <b>...</b>
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Great Pianists' Technique: Leaps
Great Pianists' Technique: Leaps
A collection of some memorable leaps/jumps; There is probably nothing as risky and unpredictable for the pianist than this type of technique. As usual this is not meant to be a comprehensive catalogue. 1) Liszt Rhap. No.2 Tom Cat Live (1946); 2) Rosenthal Carnaval de Vienne, Rosenthal (1930) 00:09; (parnassian elegance...it is a great regret that Moritz did not record Liszt's Don Juan for which he was famous! If neutrinos are confirmed travelling faster than light we should rectify this situation by traveling back in time.) Complete performance: www.youtube.com 3) Rosenthal Carnaval de Vienne, Fialkowska (1998) 00:27; 4) Schumann Carnaval, Michelangeli live (1957) 00:47; 5) Schumann Carnaval, Rachmaninov live (1929) 01:25; (for Sergei's gigantic hands (his right hand could play a wide chord like C4-E4-G4-C5-E5 with the monstrous fingering 2-3-4-5-1 !!!) leaps like these must have been easy...) 6) Chopin Sonata No.2, Rachmaninov (1930) 2:02; 7) Schumann Fantasy op.17 (2nd mov) Arrau live (1959) 2:16; (these are perhaps the most treacherous leaps in standard repertoire; and very rarely have I heard a live performance which had the required fire and precision. Nightmare live performances of famous pianists abound. Arrau, though not quite note perfect, is splendid.) 8) Chopin Etude op.25 No.4 Sokolov live (1995) 2:52; 9) Chopin Var. op.2 Gilels live (1963) 3:24; 10) Liszt Reminiscences de Don Juan, Ginzburg (1957) 4:02; ("Despite all the exercises this Cadenza will always <b>...</b>
