Left: A Jazz Singer poster Right: George with his friend Al Jolson who named him The Quiet Little Englishman.
The Jazz Singer which opened in 1927 was a landmark in cinematic history.
Elevated stage mixer booth & equipment box at Warners in 1927. Note the improved tubular microphone CTA.
George Groves with his dog at his home in Tarzana.
George (front 2nd left) and his colleagues in the Vitaphone research group based in Hollywood.
George standing near the camera with his arms folded on the set of Al Jolson's Singing Fool.
George Groves at the stage mixer console recording Fanny Brice in the picture My Man in 1928.
A Desert Song poster for the 1929 musical operetta which was photographed partly in Technicolor.
A gag photo for Say It With Songs. George is standing at the microphone behind the 'conducting' Al Jolson.
A close-up of George from the previous picture.
A picture which demonstrates the development of camera blimps which replaced the bulky camera booths.
Al Jolson and the Mammy crew although the little boy at the front seems to be in the wrong picture!
George (right) and Al Jolson take time out from the recording of Mammy c.1930.
A close-up of Jolie and George from the previous picture.
Al Jolson and George Groves with the playback turntables used in Mammy.
The Hollywood-based Vitaphone staff in May 1930.
George using the first stage mixer on the set of Viennese Nights with Bela Lugosi in 1930.
George Groves and Sigmund Romberg in a portable mixer booth during the recording of a musical number for Viennese Nights.
George (standing left) on the set of Viennese Nights in 1930.
The convoluted disc dubbing equipment used at Warners in Burbank in 1930.
A 1931 press report on George Groves' secondment to Warners' Teddington Studios in the UK.
Warner Bros. First National Productions location sound unit vehicle
George (second left, back row) with cast and crew of 1932 film On The Air.
Review room projector with disc attachment and sound film reproducer. For running separate sound and picture tracks (1931).
An advertisement for Al Jolson's Wonder Bar in Screen Play magazine in 1934.