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									Thomas A. Watson. 
                  Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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            The Birth of the Telephone 
            (1914) United States of America 
            B&W : One reel 
            Directed by [?] Allan Ramsay?
            Cast: Thomas A. Watson [himself]. 
            Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The American Talking Picture Company, Incorporated. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Kinetophone sound-on-cylinder synchronized sound system. / The production was shot at the Edison Bronx, New York, studio. The film’s Kinetophone sound cylinder has survived [Edison Kinetophone cylinder 257 B-2 (D-B2 Bell); National Park Service object catalog number EDIS 4634]. / Full-sound film. 
            Speech. 
            Survival status: The film is presumed lost : The soundtrack cylinder survives. 
            Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. 
            Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film 
            Listing updated: 1 September 2011. 
            References: Robinson-Palace p. 164 : Website-InterArchive. 
            
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