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An early 20th-century performer preserved in a rare Edison-era recording, remembered today through a single surviving Project Gutenberg release. Little biographical detail seems to survive, which gives the work an unusual archival charm.
by Frank Lenord
Frank Lenord appears to be known primarily for Voice Trial - Kinetophone Actor Audition, a Project Gutenberg release drawn from a recording made around 1913 at Edison Motion Picture Film Studio in the Bronx, New York.
Available evidence suggests Lenord was an actor or performer rather than a widely documented literary author. The surviving piece includes an audition-style recording and is associated with early sound-and-film experimentation from the Edison period.
Beyond that recording, reliable biographical information is scarce in the sources I could confirm. No well-supported details about Lenord's life, dates, or broader career were readily available, so the safest picture is of a largely obscure figure whose name endures because of this fascinating early audio artifact.