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Vitaphone

Vitaphone

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Oct 29, 2026

Glenn RobisonHOST
35:03
Garden and the orchestra were very busy that day.
Glenn RobisonHOST
35:06
Not only did they record Russian Lullaby, but they also filmed Vitaphone's short S-469, where Garden is credited as simply tenor.
Glenn RobisonHOST
35:17
The Library of Congress has the sound discs, but unfortunately the film itself is lost.
Glenn RobisonHOST
35:24
Into My Heart was composed by Fred Allert with the lyrics by Roy Turk.
DianeHOST
38:48
He ran it for a year until he was elected mayor, and he handed it off to other management.
DianeHOST
38:53
Silent films were also shown until 1929 when talkies started, and at the time a man named Al R. Powell was leasing the theater, and so he reconstructed the building, adding a large stage and orchestra pit, hand-painted wall murals, Vitaphone talking picture equipment, a grand marquee with room atop for an orchestra, and seating for 800.
DianeHOST
39:14
The theater was called the Melba at that time and was Oklahoma's first all-sound motion picture theater.
DianeHOST
39:20
During the Depression, Powell would accept an egg as admission.

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