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Ben Bernie and All the Lads is a short film made by Lee De Forest
Lee De Forest

Lee De Forest was an United States inventor with over 180 patents to his credit. De Forest invented the Audion tube, a vacuum tube that takes relatively weak electrical signals and amplifies them....
 in the DeForest Phonofilm
Phonofilm

In 1919, Lee De Forest, inventor of the audion tube, filed his first patent on a sound-on-film process, DeForest Phonofilm, which recorded sound directly onto film as parallel lines....
 sound-on-film
Sound-on-film

Sound-on-film refers to a class of sound film processes where the sound accompanying picture is physically recorded onto photographic film, usually, but not always, the same strip of film carrying the picture....
 process. The film features Ben Bernie
Ben Bernie

Ben Bernie , born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue....
 conducting his band All The Lads, and features pianist Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant was an United States pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in film and television, than for his music....
. The band and Levant perform songs -- or medleys of songs -- such as "Tea for Two
Tea for Two

Tea for Two can refer to:*Tea for Two , a 1925 popular song by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar, introduced in the musical, No, No, Nanette...
", "Rose Marie
Rose Marie (song)

"Rose Marie" is a popular song from Rose Marie .It was written by Rudolf Friml, Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, and became a hit in 1955 in music for country music singer Slim Whitman....
", "Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good

The name Lady Be Good could refer to one of the following:* Lady Be Good , a 1924 Broadway musical by George and Ira Gershwin* A song, "Oh, Lady be Good!" from the above musical...
", "Tell Her in the Springtime", and "Indian Love Call" by composers such as Bernie, George Gershwin
George Gershwin

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin....
, Vincent Youmans
Vincent Youmans

Vincent Youmans was an United States popular composer and Broadway theatre producer....
, and Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin was a Jewish American composer and lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters in history. Berlin was one of the few Tin Pan Alley/Broadway theater songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his songs....
. The film was filmed in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 by DeForest in late 1924 or early 1925.








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Ben Bernie and All the Lads is a short film made by Lee De Forest
Lee De Forest

Lee De Forest was an United States inventor with over 180 patents to his credit. De Forest invented the Audion tube, a vacuum tube that takes relatively weak electrical signals and amplifies them....
 in the DeForest Phonofilm
Phonofilm

In 1919, Lee De Forest, inventor of the audion tube, filed his first patent on a sound-on-film process, DeForest Phonofilm, which recorded sound directly onto film as parallel lines....
 sound-on-film
Sound-on-film

Sound-on-film refers to a class of sound film processes where the sound accompanying picture is physically recorded onto photographic film, usually, but not always, the same strip of film carrying the picture....
 process. The film features Ben Bernie
Ben Bernie

Ben Bernie , born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue....
 conducting his band All The Lads, and features pianist Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant was an United States pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in film and television, than for his music....
. The band and Levant perform songs -- or medleys of songs -- such as "Tea for Two
Tea for Two

Tea for Two can refer to:*Tea for Two , a 1925 popular song by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar, introduced in the musical, No, No, Nanette...
", "Rose Marie
Rose Marie (song)

"Rose Marie" is a popular song from Rose Marie .It was written by Rudolf Friml, Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, and became a hit in 1955 in music for country music singer Slim Whitman....
", "Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good

The name Lady Be Good could refer to one of the following:* Lady Be Good , a 1924 Broadway musical by George and Ira Gershwin* A song, "Oh, Lady be Good!" from the above musical...
", "Tell Her in the Springtime", and "Indian Love Call" by composers such as Bernie, George Gershwin
George Gershwin

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin....
, Vincent Youmans
Vincent Youmans

Vincent Youmans was an United States popular composer and Broadway theatre producer....
, and Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin was a Jewish American composer and lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters in history. Berlin was one of the few Tin Pan Alley/Broadway theater songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his songs....
. The film was filmed in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 by DeForest in late 1924 or early 1925.

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