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In 1991 a group of film buffs and record collectors met to discuss the possibility of seeking out the shellac soundtrack discs that accompanied early 1926-1930 Vitaphone (and other) talkie shorts and features. The Vitaphone Project was formed to accomplish this goal as well as to partner with the studios (particularly Turner/WB), film archives (UCLA, LOC, BFI), and private collectors worldwide in order to get these films restored and seen again. Of particular interest were the nearly 2,000 talkie short subjects, featuring vaudevillians, bands, opera singers, and comedians made by Vitaphone from 1926-1929. In many cases 35mm picture elements exist without an accompanying soundtrack.
Since its inception The Vitaphone Project has located over 3,000 12- and 16-inch shellac soundtrack discs in private hands, has assisted on the restoration of over 35 shorts and 12 features, and has developed nearly $300,000 in private funding for restorations. There are still over 80 shorts for which picture, but no sound, exists.
We need your help to continue to locate soundtrack discs, mute film elements, underwriters, and relatives of people who worked on these films. Loaners of discs get their own copy of the completed restoration, and underwriters of restorations (currently a tax deductible $4,500 through UCLA) also get a copy as well as on-screen credit.
| Vitaphone News - Volume 1, #1 #3 #4 | Vitaphone Sheet Music! |
| Vitaphone News - Volume 2, #1 #2 | USA TODAY Article |
| Vitaphone News - Volume 3, #1 #2 #3 #4 | Vitaphone Pictures! |
| Vitaphone News - Volume 4, #1 #2 #3 #4 | Complete list of Restorable Vitaphone Shorts!! |
| Vitaphone News - Volume 5, #1 #2 #3 #4 | Frequently Asked Questions!! - VERY INTERESTING! |
| Vitaphone News - Volume 6, #1 #2 #3 #4 | Visit with Bob Gitt at UCLA |
| Vitaphone News - Volume 7, #1 #2 #3 #4 | Vitaphone DataBase |
| Vitaphone News - Volume 8, #1 #2 #3 #4 | Links to other great sites |
| Vitaphone News - Volume 9, #1 #2 #3 #4 | Notes for Vitaphone Varieties Volume 1! |
| Vitaphone News - Volume 10, #1 #2 #3 #4 | Notes for Vitaphone Varieties Volume 2! |
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| Corresponding Secretary & Editor | Ron Hutchinson | 5 Meade Court Piscataway, NJ 08854 (732) 463-8521 FAX: (732) 463-8521 medusashaircut@erols.com ron@vitaphoneproject.com |
| Database: | Patrick Picking | patrick@picking.com |
| Co-Founders: | John Newton | newtonjj2@aol.com |
| Sherwin Dunner | sherwindunner@yahoo.com | |
| Vince Giordano | vincegiordano@optonline.net | |
| Vitaphone Project Web Page Designer | Patrick Picking | patrick@picking.com |
| Vitaphone Project Web Page | http://www.vitaphoneproject.com | medusashaircut@erols.com ron@vitaphoneproject.com |
| Jeff Cohen's "Vitaphone Varieties" Site | http://vitaphone.blogspot.com | |
| Leonard Maltin's Site | http://www.leonardmaltin.com | |
| Talkie King | http://talkieking.blogspot.com | |
| Nitrateville | http://www.nitrateville.com | |
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| OVERSEAS PROJECT EMMISSARIES UK: Malcolm Billingsley AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: Paul Brennan SCANDANAVIA: Jonas Nordin |
