04 - Vitaphone Shorts (1926) - Vitaphone’s 80th Anniversary

04 - Vitaphone Shorts (1926) - Vitaphone’s 80th Anniversary Prior to the screening of Don Juan a program of shorts demonstrating the Vitaphone process were screened. Below is a list of those shorts. Hon. Will H. Hays, President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Who Will Address You New York Philharmonic, conducted by Henry Kimball Hadley - Overture to “Tannhäuser“ Mischa Elman - “Humoresque“ and “Gavotte“ Roy Smeck The Wizard of the String in “His Pastimes“ Marion Talley, with the Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra conducted by Herman Heller - “Caro Nome“ from “Rigoletto“ Efrem Zimbalist and Harold Bauer - Theme and Variations from “The Kreutzer Sonata“ Giovanni Martinelli, with the Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra conducted by Herman Heller - “Vesti La Giubba“ Anna Case in “La Fiesta“, Soprano Solo, Assisted by The Cansinos, Spanish Dancers, and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus