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	Sammy White and Eva Puck. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Eva Puck [herself], Sammy White [himself].

De Forest Phonofilm, Incorporated, production; distributed by De Forest Phonofilm, Incorporated. / Produced by Lee de Forest / [?] Premiered 12 April 1923 at the Engineering Societies’ Building Auditorium in New York, New York? Released 15 April 1923. / Phonofilm 35mm spherical format. Phonofilm sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / [?] The production may have been shot in 1922. / Full-sound film.

Performance: Comedy.

Synopsis: Eva and Sammy have a domestic squabble on a street set, and then expound on opera performances in their sketch “Opera vs. Jazz.”

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (Maurice H. Zouary collection) [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film - Vaudeville

Listing updated: 15 March 2010.

References: Film viewing : Abramson-NYTimes-1 p. 307; Zouary-DeForest p. 227 : with additional information provided by Tom Mayer.