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Line 10: Some prints of ''Dream Street'' show Griffith speaking in a brief introduction to the film. However, the sound quality was poor, and ''Dream Street'' was only shown with sound at the premiere engagement in [[New York City]]. Two brief segments with sound were [[Ralph Graves]] singing, and background crowd noises during a scene showing a [[craps\|crap game]]. The silent version premiered on April 12, 1921 at the Central Theatre in New York City. On April 27, Griffith and Ralph Graves recorded their respective sound segments at Orlando Kellum's Photokinema office at 203 West 40th Street.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=V_C3AmDL314C&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=dream+street+griffith+town+hall&source=bl&ots=Hm3ZOFl3j5&sig=_JQzeK58YvzxE0nJL0ycYlL6sVI&hl=en&ei=jPxxStzACIPusQPXp9XtCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3 Richard Barrios, ''A Song in the Dark'' (1995), page 15]</ref><ref>"Griffith to Present Sound Film at Town Hall Tomorrow", ''The New York Times'' (May 1, 1921), Drama and Music section, page 78</ref> The premiere engagement of the sound version ''Dream Street'' took place on May 2, 1921 at [[Town Hall (New York, New York)\|Town Hall]] in [[New York City]] also featured two other short sound sequences — Ralph Graves singing, and background noise in a scene showing a [[craps\|craps game]]. Unfortunately, no other theaters could show the sound version of the film, since no other theaters had the Photokinema sound system installed.<ref>[[Scott Eyman]], ''The Speed of Sound'' (1997), page 43</ref> ==Phonokinema Overshadowed by Other Systems== Line 17 ⟶ 21: In 1982, Kellum's widow donated the surviving films made with the Phonokinema process to the UCLA Film and Television Archive. ==References== {{reflist}} ==See Also==