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	Mischa Elman. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Mischa Elman [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. Josef Bonime, performing on piano, is heard but does not appear in the film. Vitaphone production number 0314. The film was a short subject in the Vitaphone program which featured Don Juan (1926). / Full-sound film.

Performance: Musical.

Synopsis: Elman on violin and Bonime on piano play the musical pieces “Humoresque” by Antonín Dvorák and “Gavotte” by François-Joseph Gossec.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Early sound film - Musical instruments: Pianos, Violins - Musicians - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 24 December 2008.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Geduld-Birth pp. 119, 127; Maltin-Selected p. 22; Shipman-Cinema p. 90.

Home video: DVD.