6th October 1927: The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, the first major “talkie” movie, premieres in New York City
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The Jazz Singer demonstrated to a large audience that recorded dialogue could be incorporated successfully into a commercial feature film. It used the Vitaphone system that played large phonograph discs in synchronisation with the film ...
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