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Sammy White and Eva Puck.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Eva Puck and
Sammy White
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] Lee de Forest and/or J. Searle Dawley?
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.
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