An early Vitaphone film, this Warner Brothers short apparently was one created using a very complicated system through which an accompanying record was synchronized with a movie camera. There were several serious setbacks for such a system (such as if a film skipped--it became out of sync for the rest of the film plus the records quickly wore out--and 20 showings was the normal life-span of the records) and even though it produced excellent sound, it was eventually replaced. The last of the Vitaphone films were made in 1930, then the studio switched to the standard sound-on-film system.
Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields were a vaudeville team who performed several musical and dance numbers for this short. While they were pretty popular in their day, they are all but forgotten today and this recording keeps their memory alive. As for their music, I didn't particularly care for it--though tastes change and the film really is much more important for its historical value than its aesthetics.
Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields were a vaudeville team who performed several musical and dance numbers for this short. While they were pretty popular in their day, they are all but forgotten today and this recording keeps their memory alive. As for their music, I didn't particularly care for it--though tastes change and the film really is much more important for its historical value than its aesthetics.