 On April 15, 1923, at the New York City's Rivoli Theater took place the first commercial screening of motion pictures with sound-on-film, which would become the future standard.It consisted of a set of short film varying in length and featuring some of the most popular stars of the 1920s (including Eddie Cantor, Harry Richman, Sophie Tucker, and George Jessel among others) doing stage performances such as vaudevilles, musical acts, and speeches which accompanied the screening of the silent feature film "Bella Donna".All of them were presented under the banner of De Forest Phonofilms.