Witt and Berg
Witt and Berg was the name of a vaudeville duo during the 1920s. It consisted of ukulelist and guitarist . Largely forgotten today, they were popular with their charming singing voices.
Premiere Entertainers and Other Films[]
The duo starred in an experimental 1926 sound film, recorded and produced by The Vitaphone Corporation. They sang a combination of Sonny Cunha's and Abel Baer and L. Wolfe Gilbert's .
Another experimental sound film made in 1926 was , where a Bell Laboratories scientist explains the Vitaphone recording system and its labor, filming Witt and Berg from a different angle.
Works cited[]
- Eyman, Scott (1997-03-13). The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930. Simon and Schuster. p. 102. ISBN 9781439104286.
- Wurtzler, Steve J. (2013-08-13). Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of Corporate Mass Media. Columbia University Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 9780231510080.
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- Vaudeville performers
- 20th-century American singers
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