Don Juan : Alan Crosland

I started watching Alan Crosland's Don Juan (1926) in order to inspect what it feels to hear the musical scores and sound effects synchronized on disc first time used in any feature film. The technology of sound printed on disc  is called vitaphone instead of photophone where sounds are printed on film directly.

But I ended my experience in complete astonishment with Bess Meredyth's adaptation skills from Lord Byron's Don Juan (1819), Byron Haskin’s sublim and dazzling direction on photography, John Barrymore's theatrical acting quality and last but not the least Alan Crosland's cinematic authorship is subtle and a lurid creation in the world cinema.

Apart from soundtracks of William Axt, David Mendoza & Major Bowes, the sound effects of door knocking, bell ringings and sowrd fighting must be a mindblowing experience and enjoyment to the audiences then.

I will desperately be waiting to watch The Jezz Singer (1927) a epoch making film where an occasional and fragmented dialogue used by the same director Alan Crosland tomorrow 

🎬 Don Juan (1926 )

 Alan Crosland, USA

🎼First Feature Film ( Sound without Dialogue): Don Juan (1926 )