Talkaphone was a sound-on-disc system introduced circa 1913. It was advertised that more than 800 titles were available to exhibitors.
News reports: [The Moving Picture World, 4 October 1913, page 55] The Downtown Amusement Company, of 4 St. Mark’s Place, New York, demonstrated their Talkaphone at the Worcester Theater, Worcester, Mass., on September 8 to 10. At the Casino Theater, New Bedford, Mass., on September 11 and 12, and at the Royal Theater, New Bedford, on September 13. It is said that these demonstrations attracted considerable favorable comment.
References: MovPicWorld-19131004 p. 55.
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