December 5th was a great day for fans of Vitaphone short films. Ron Hutchinson of the Vitaphone Project screened on the Turner Classic Movies TV channel 24 hours of continuous Vitaphone shorts. These wonderful old classics have been collected and restored by the Vitaphone Project over many years, and this marathon showing, interspersed by Ron Hutchinson chatting with Ben Mankiewitz, was a first. Sadly I was unable to watch being still in London, but I’ve been reading the enthusiastic comments on Facebook of those fortunate enough to have watched this historic event.
My enthusiastic friends, David Wyatt and Malcolm Billingsy, at the Cinema Museum invited me to be videoed talking about my father, Stanley Watkins, and his part in the development of Talking Pictures. That was fun, although I’m sure I left out lots of important stuff when I roared off on a tangent, as I am wont to do.
Talking Pictures, a Sound Decision 
Is there anywhere we can see your interview about your father?
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Judy, I have to contact those fellows to see whether they can send me a link. You might be interested in some BBC talks that he did in the 60s. I’ll do a blog about them with links. Thanks for your interest. I need some nudging to get on with the research.
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Sometimes a little nudge is all that’s needed. Same with me.
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and.. did you notice your list of archives looks like a female form????
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Never noticed that. What a hoot.
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