Don Juan premiered at the Warners' Theatre in New York on August 6, 1926. Throughout the early history of film distribution, theater owners hired orchestras to attend film showings, where they provided soundtracks. Through Vitaphone, Warner Bros. produced eight shorts (which were played at the beginning of every showing of Don Juan across the country) in 1926. Many film production companies questioned the necessity. Don Juan did not recoup its production cost and Lubitsch left for MGM. By April 1927, the Big Five studios (First National, Paramount, MGM, Universal Pictures, and Producers Distributing) had ruined Warners, and Western Electric renewed Warner's Vitaphone contract with terms that allowed other film companies to test sound.
don juan premiered at the warners' theatre in new york on august 6 1926 throughout the early history of film distribution theater owners hired orchestras to attend film showings where they provided soundtracks through vitaphone warner bros produced eight shorts (which were played at the beginning of every showing of don juan across the country) in 1926 many film production companies questioned the necessity don juan did not recoup its production cost and lubitsch left for mgm by april 1927 the big five studios (first national paramount mgm universal pictures and producers distributing) had ruined warners and western electric renewed warner's vitaphone contract with terms that allowed other film companies to test sound