''A Musical Monologue'' is a 1923 American

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

produced by

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in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film features Phil Baker, well-known vaudevillian, singing and playing the accordion. This film was one of the films DeForest showed on April 12, 1923 to an audience of electrical engineers at the Engineering Society Building's Auditorium at 33 West 39th Street in

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. The film premiered with 17 other short Phonofilms on April 15, 1923 at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.

External links

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Progressive Silent Film List: ''A Musical Monologue''
at silentera.com Films produced by Lee De Forest 1923 films Phonofilm short films American black-and-white films American silent short films 1920s musical films American musical films 1920s American films {{musical-film-stub