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274 Start Talking and Stop Moving

The History of the Twentieth Century

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Early Film Sound Track Systems

Sam warner's older brother, harry, who ran the studio, was lukewarm on the vidophone project. He saw it primarily as a way to add background music to short films. As an ordinary silent film, don juan grossed about one point five million dollars,. making it warner brother's most successful film. But it had been expensive to make and had failed to impress the critics.

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