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The Fireman
(1907) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by Arthur Gilbert

Cast: Hamilton Hill

L. Gaumont and Company [British] production; distributed by L. Gaumont and Company [British]. / Released September 1907. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Chronophone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The soundtrack was reproduced from synchronized gramophone records. [?] Hill repeated his performance for the Gaumont sound cameras from, or the same film as, The Fireman’s Song (1906)? / Full-sound film.

Performance: Song.

Survival status: (unknown)

Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 28 January 2010.

References: Gifford-British n. 01700.