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Line 13: 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]] with Griffith's introduction. On May 15, the film 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> On Sunday, May 29, ''Dream Street'' moved to the Schubert-Crescent Theater in [[Brooklyn]] in a program with Phonokinema short films. However, business was poor and the program soon closed. ==Phonokinema Overshadowed by Other Systems==