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	Giovanni Martinelli. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Giovanni Martinelli [himself].

The Vitaphone Corporation production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Cinematography by [?] Ed H. DuPar? / Premiered 6 August 1926 at the Warners Theatre in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The production was shot at the Manhattan Opera House in New York, New York. Vitaphone production number 0198. The film was a short subject in the Vitaphone program which featured Don Juan (1926). / Full-sound film.

Performance: Opera.

Synopsis: Martinelli sings an aria from the opera I Pagliacci by Leoncavallo.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm preservation positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Clowns - Drums - Early sound film - Opera - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 11 December 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Geduld-Birth pp. 119, 128; Maltin-Selected p. 22; Shipman-Cinema p. 90 : Vitaphone-1-4 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.