
Vitaphone
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Search complete. 2 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Vitaphone".
Oct 29, 2026
A "Witchy" Episode of RRR # 1,371 October 25, 2026
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35:03Glenn RobisonHOST
Garden and the orchestra were very busy that day.
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35:06Glenn RobisonHOST
Not only did they record Russian Lullaby, but they also filmed Vitaphone's short S-469, where Garden is credited as simply tenor.
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35:17Glenn RobisonHOST
The Library of Congress has the sound discs, but unfortunately the film itself is lost.
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35:24Glenn RobisonHOST
Into My Heart was composed by Fred Allert with the lyrics by Roy Turk.
Ep. 659 - The Black Jail and Other Haunts of Guthrie
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38:48DianeHOST
He ran it for a year until he was elected mayor, and he handed it off to other management.
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38:53DianeHOST
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.
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39:14DianeHOST
The theater was called the Melba at that time and was Oklahoma's first all-sound motion picture theater.
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39:20DianeHOST
During the Depression, Powell would accept an egg as admission.