An elderly night watchman at the Vitagram movie studio falls asleep and dreams about the old days.An elderly night watchman at the Vitagram movie studio falls asleep and dreams about the old days.An elderly night watchman at the Vitagram movie studio falls asleep and dreams about the old days.
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William Jennings Bryan
- Self
- (archive footage)
Dorothy Dalton
- Self - Silent Film Actress
- (archive footage)
Teddy the Dog
- Self - Silent Film Actor
- (archive footage)
Louise Glaum
- Self - Silent Film Actress
- (archive footage)
Charles Ray
- Self - Silent Film Actor
- (archive footage)
Gloria Swanson
- Self - Silent Film Actress
- (archive footage)
Bobby Vernon
- Self - Silent Film Actor
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaVitaphone Production Reel #1600.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Wolf Woman (1916)
- SoundtracksMemories
(uncredited)
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne
Played at the beginning of the dream and often in the score
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Billy Bitzer's Memories
The Camera Speaks is a strange short subject where famed silent cinematographer Billy Bitzer leaves a new camera and then sees that night watchman Leo Donnelly is guarding one of those old crank cased movie cameras that was state of the art just when silent films were getting going. Bitzer as chief cameraman for David Wark Griffith made his own contribution and no doubt a lot of these films were some of his work.
Donnelly in a dream sequence reminisces with the old camera and they share memories of what they've seen. Not just films with silent stars like Gloria Swanson and Louise Glaum, but newsreel scenes, one in particular with William Jennings Bryan in one of his presidential campaigns.
It's odd that this a film where the message seems to be that we've reached a modern age and stuff like this is nice, but quaint. Personally that's my verdict in this short subject.
Donnelly in a dream sequence reminisces with the old camera and they share memories of what they've seen. Not just films with silent stars like Gloria Swanson and Louise Glaum, but newsreel scenes, one in particular with William Jennings Bryan in one of his presidential campaigns.
It's odd that this a film where the message seems to be that we've reached a modern age and stuff like this is nice, but quaint. Personally that's my verdict in this short subject.
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- bkoganbing
- Apr 6, 2011
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- Pepper Pot (1933-1934 Season) #26: The Camera Speaks
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- Runtime11 minutes
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