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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1131

Gus Visser and His Singing Duck

19252 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 1:56
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Theodore Willard Case · Public domain

Synopsis

Vaudeville performer Gus Visser presents a musical routine with a duck as his comic partner. The brief act gives a sound-film experiment a recognizable stage attraction, allowing voice, music and the animal's response to be recorded together.

Cast

Gus Visser

DirectorsTheodore Willard Case

Behind the scenes

Theodore Case made the short while developing his sound-on-film process in Auburn, New York. It survives as a record of technical experimentation before synchronized sound became a standard commercial format.

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