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Brooke Johns and Phonofilm...

In 1926 Brooke Johns and Goodee Montgomery were recorded performing a rendition of the song I'm In Love Again on DeForest Phonofilm, a sound on film system that featured synchronised audio. To promote the new recording system to film studios, DeForest recorded a number short films featuring vaudeville and music hall acts.

In 1976 five Phonofilms were found in a trunk in Australia and restored by the National Film and Sound Archive. I'm In Love Again was one of the five.

DeForest never managed to interest any Hollywood film studios in using Phonofilm, but the films are amazing pieces of performance history.

 Seriously, how cool are these guys?!