The Jazz Singer
First synchronized dialogue
*The Jazz Singer* is a 1927 American film, the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences.
The film starred Al Jolson and marked the end of the silent film era, revolutionizing the movie industry.
The phrase has become shorthand for technological disruption in entertainment: Streaming was the Jazz Singer moment for cable television.
- talking pictureFilm with synchronized sound
- sound filmMovie with synchronized audio
- talkieFilm with audio
- silentProducing no sound
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
vaudeville act · blackface · mammy · crooner · Broadway · 1927 · Warner · Warner Bros · movie history · movies · sound · Al Jolson · cinema · musical · Tin Pan Alley · performer · entertainer · cantor
- 1920s AmericaCharles Lindbergh, Spirit of St. Louis, flappers, transatlantic flight, Prohibition
- Jewish DramaFiddler on the Roof, The Chosen, The Golem
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