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Movie poster: Nursery Favorites (1913)
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Nursery Favorites

1913 · 9 min
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

Nursery Favourites (1913) is an Edison Kinetophone short featuring performers miming to a pre-recorded nursery song, synchronized with a commercial phonograph record. It stands as an early example of Edison’s experiments with sound-film technology.

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Year 1913
Director Allen Ramsey
Runtime 9 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (2 votes)

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The film constructs itself as a practical demonstration of the Kinetophone system, where the primary achievement is not narrative but technical synchronization. It relies on a simple, recognizable nursery rhyme to make its technological experiment legible and engaging.

What lingers after viewing is a sense of witnessing a laboratory test, where every mimed gesture locked to the soundtrack feels like a small miracle. It’s a glimpse into cinema’s earliest sound workshop. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Allen Ramsey

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