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- A street corner fast-pitch salesman for something called "Hoak" stops a girl walking by to give his spiel. The miraculous attributes of "Hoak" would seem to cover just about anything you'd want, and the girl, though skeptical, samples some of the wondrous medicine. Unfortunately, he gives her the wrong pill, and she becomes a limp-jointed ventriloquist dummy, complete with a strikingly silly/scary wide-eyed expression. The man puts her on his knee and they do a ventriloquism act. (The "dummy" voice is obviously coming from off screen).
- American country fiddler, folklorist, and comedian Charles Ross Taggart, known as "The Old Country Fiddler" and "The Man From Vermont", plays the fiddle in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Vaudeville stars Weber and Fields perform their famous pool hall routine in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- In a rare filmed record, the famed songwriters and vaudevillians perform. One of De Forest's earliest experimental sound films.
- Famous actor DeWolf Hopper (Sr.) recites the poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer in an early sound film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Spanish dancer Conchita Piquer performs in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- The sextet from opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" by Donizetti, based on novel "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Sir Walter Scott, in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Brooke Johns sings and plays ukulele and Goodee Montgomery sings and dances in this rendition of the song "I'm in Love Again" in a short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators perform in a film made by Lee DeForest for the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Five minute experimental short sound film of politician Al Smith, filmed by Lee De Forest in his De Forest Phonofilm process.
- Lee De Forest appears in an early film made in his DeForest Phonofilm process, discussing how the sound-on-film process works.
- Short film of Adolph Zukor, head of Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount, introducing the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film system.
- Metropolitan Opera star Marie Rappold sings in one of the earliest short films made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Film comedian Al Herman performs some of his material.
- Poet and writer Edwin Markham recites his poem "Lincoln, the Man of the People" written in 1900 and presented at the opening ceremonies of the Lincoln Memorial on 30 May 1922.
- Russian ballet company Le Chauve-Souris, led by Nikita Balieff, performs "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers", part of their Broadway show.
- Film produced by the Cuban government, which was released in October 1926 in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, and which was the first sound film made in Cuba.
- Roy Smeck, billed as the Wizard of the Strings, performs on banjo in a short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- New York radio personalities Frank Bessinger and Frank Wright perform as "the Radio Franks" in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Broadway star Fannie Ward sings "Father Time" in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- The highlight of the picture will be the delivery of the Gettysburg Address and the singing of a number of camp-fire songs
- Married vaudeville stars Eva Puck and Sammy White perform excerpts of their act for a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Former U.S. senator Chauncey Depew, age 91, gives his recollections of President Abraham Lincoln in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Borrah Minevitch, billed as the World's Champion Harmonicist, performs in a short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- U.S. senator Robert LaFollette, running for President on the Progressive Party ticket in 1924, gives a campaign speech in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Vaudeville stars Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn perform their song-and-dance act in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Monroe Silver, famed monologue writer and performer, gives his version of "Cohen on the Telephone" in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Vaudeville stars Jack Pearl and Ben Bard perform one of their routines.
- Famous African-American singer Abbie Mitchell sings in an early experimental film made in the DeForest Phonofilm process.
- Phil Baker appears in short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, and premiered at the Rivoli Theater in New York City on 15 April 1923.
- African-American gospel group The Jubilee Four perform in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- Demonstration film of Henry Cass filmed by Lee DeForest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film system on 12 April 1923 and premiered at the Engineers Society Auditorium in New York City on 15 April 1923.
- Film shows Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech nominating New York governor Al Smith as candidate for President at the Democratic national convention in New York City on 26 June 1924.
- Film shows John W. Davis, candidate for president, during the Democratic national convention in New York City, which met from 24 June to 9 July 1924.
- Modern dance group Sonia Serova Dancers perform to Grieg's song "To Spring" in a short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- The cathedral scene from Shaw's famous play.