The Vitaphone Corporation
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The Vitaphone Corporation was a pioneering American film company best known for developing and producing early sound-on-disc motion pictures during the late 1920s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vitaphone Corporation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8607123 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Vitaphone Corporation Context triple: [The Singing Fool, productionCompany, The Vitaphone Corporation]
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A.
Edison Studios
Edison Studios was an early American motion picture production company and pioneering film studio founded by Thomas Edison that played a key role in the development of cinema in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
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C.
Recorded Picture Company
Recorded Picture Company is a British film production company known for producing acclaimed independent and art-house films.
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D.
Biograph Company
Biograph Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company known for pioneering work in silent films and launching the careers of major stars and directors in the early 20th century.
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E.
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Universal Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio that evolved into Universal Pictures, one of Hollywood’s major film studios.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Vitaphone Corporation Target entity description: The Vitaphone Corporation was a pioneering American film company best known for developing and producing early sound-on-disc motion pictures during the late 1920s.
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A.
Edison Studios
Edison Studios was an early American motion picture production company and pioneering film studio founded by Thomas Edison that played a key role in the development of cinema in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
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C.
Recorded Picture Company
Recorded Picture Company is a British film production company known for producing acclaimed independent and art-house films.
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D.
Biograph Company
Biograph Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company known for pioneering work in silent films and launching the careers of major stars and directors in the early 20th century.
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E.
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Universal Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio that evolved into Universal Pictures, one of Hollywood’s major film studios.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film production company
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sound film technology company ⓘ |
| activePeriod | late 1920s ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Warner Bros.
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Entertainment
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| contributedTo | transition from silent films to talkies ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | early sound era of Hollywood ⓘ |
| field | synchronized sound for motion pictures ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
musical shorts
ⓘ
vaudeville performance films ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | pioneering role in commercial sound cinema ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
ⓘ
motion picture technology ⓘ |
| influenced | later sound-on-film systems ⓘ |
| innovation | synchronization of phonograph records with film projection ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of sound-on-disc motion picture system
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production of early sound films ⓘ |
| precededBy | silent film era ⓘ |
| product |
feature films with synchronized sound
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short subject films ⓘ sound-on-disc records for films ⓘ |
| projectionMethod | mechanical synchronization of projector and turntable ⓘ |
| recordingMethod | sound recorded on separate discs ⓘ |
| regionServed | North America ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| technologyGeneration | first-generation synchronized sound system ⓘ |
| technologyType | sound-on-disc system ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
35mm motion picture film
ⓘ
phonograph discs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Vitaphone Corporation Description of subject: The Vitaphone Corporation was a pioneering American film company best known for developing and producing early sound-on-disc motion pictures during the late 1920s.
Referenced by (1)
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