| Hawthorne(1924) United States of America
 B&W : [?] Short film?
 Directed by (unknown)
 Cast: (unknown) [?] Western Electric? production. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / An early experimental sound film for Western Electric. The film was presented at the Hotel Astor in New York, New York, in 1924 at a Bell company dinner of approximately 250 people hosted by C.G. DuBois, then Western Electric president. / Full-sound film. Industrial. Synopsis: The film focuses on Western Electric’s Bell Telephone factory near Chicago, Illinois. Survival status: (unknown) Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film - USA: Illinois Listing updated: 10 November 2009. References: Geduld-Birth pp. 100-101, 106. |