Wiener Blut: Walzer-Duett

About this film

Wiener Blut: Walzer-Duett (Johann Strauss) 30 cm s/s Cinephon Starkton Record (Eigene Original-Spezial-Aufnahme) Nr. 304 Matrix AD 304 Hermine HOFFMANN - Sopran, Emil SONDERMANN - Gesang (& Orch.) rec. ca. 1908 „Tonbilder“ were a combination of a (silent) movie and a recording, which was played in synchronization with the movie in the cinema. They were made from ca. 1903, had their bloom around 1908 and were out of fashion soon after 1910, when cinemas used to have an organ or a piano player who accompanied the films. Most of the films are lost today. You can see a few Tonbilder at the German Film Museum (links below). The two most important producers were Messter (Deutsche Biophon), who mostly used Gramophone recordings, and Alfred Duske, who often used Homocord/Homophon recordings. Even if most of the early films are lost, some of the recordings (which were in most cases not commercially available) survived in record collections. The records often had a second hole in the label where a pin went through (Duske) or markings with arrows (Messter) to help to sychronisize the recording exactly with the film. Tonbild ist eine Bezeichnung für frühe Kinofilme mit Synchronton (aufgezeichn…

Directors & creators

Hermine HOFFMANN - Sopran, Emil SONDERMANN - Gesang

Subjects

Wiener Blut, Operette, Operetta, Johann Strauss, duet, soprano, Sondermann, Hoffmann, Cinephon, movie record, Tonbild, Alfred Duske

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