What is a Vitaphone?
Vitaphone technology was a process designed to bring sound into the world of film. It consisted of a disc which was meant to be played as a projector displayed a film, adding sound to the experience. Vitaphone was the last method of sound on disc used in Hollywood, as printing sound directly onto film turned out to be a far more effective and efficient method of creating films with sound. Thanks to the efforts of preservationists, it is possible to see a number of Vitaphone films, and sometimes even to watch these films projected over a Vitaphone system.
