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The Kinetophone: A Fact! A Reality! In Stock Schmitt was gradually forgotten afterIn 1913, the Thomas Edison Company made talking pictures using a sound on cylinder system called The Kinetophone. These pioneering sound movies were shown in theatres for about a year, and featured vaudeville acts, comedy sketches, dramatic scenes and musical performances. Only 8 of the 200 Kinetophone films made survive in both film and cylinder elements, and these have now been digitally restored and synchronized by the Library of Congress, and are