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        Merchant of Venice

        These scenes from Shakespeare’s play are an example of an early British sound system. This section contains out-takes from the finished film.

        Drama 1927 19 mins

        Overview

        De Forest Phonofilm was a fairly successful sound-on-disc system and is used here to record the Old Vic Theatre Company performing scenes from The Merchant of Venice. The surviving material consists of rushes so each scene is performed more than once, with a primitive clapperboard marking the takes.