Introduction in London Phonoscène

flowers bloom in spring , 1907

phonoscènes presented @ buckingham palace on 4 april 1907 before alexandra of denmark, dowager empress of russia, prince , princess of wales , children, princess victoria, hon. charlotte knollys, general sir dighton probyn, v.c., mdlle. ozeroff, hon. sidney greville (royal household of united kingdom), colonel blocklehurst , colonel frederick. singing pictures , british press called them, projected on screen on bank of palms. programme selection of phonoscènes presented @ london hippodrome, follows:

the miserere scene il trovatore,
the captain s song , chorus h.m.s. pinafore,
tit-willow mikado,
this little girl , that, song , dance little michus, and
the serenade charles gounod s opera faust.




^ cite error: named reference schmitt invoked never defined (see page).
^ daily telegraph, london 5 april 1907, compiled gaumont press services conserved @ bibliothèque du film in paris (quotation: afternoon entertainment of singing pictures @ buckingham palace afforded enjoyment. queen s command received @ hippodrome yesterday morning, instructing private exhibition ... given in palace, commencing @ 3 o clock. ...[t]he instrument, placed in [throne room], cast pictures through folding-doors [into green drawing room] upon screen hung behind bank of palms.
^ daily mail, 5 april 1907 (quotation: ...the queen showed pleasure commanding putting on of pictures after ordinary programme had been completed. entertainment lasted hour.
^ altman, rick silent film sound, columbia university press (2005), p. 159, isbn 978-0-231-11662-6 (quotation: interest in synchronized sound systems renewed in 1907 reports of chronophone s successful performance @ london hippodrome.
^ daily chronicle london, 5 april 1907