talkie
Film with dialogue
A talkie is a movie with synchronized spoken dialogue, as opposed to a silent film.
The term dates from the late 1920s when sound technology revolutionized cinema: The Jazz Singer was among the first talkies.
Now largely historical, since virtually all films have sound.
Spoken exchange between parties
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- voiceSound from throat
- microphoneAudio input device
amplifier · loudspeaker · acoustics · audio · recording · playback · dubbing · mono
Producing no sound
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- projectorLight-casting display device
- theaterVenue for live drama
- marqueeTheater entrance canopy
matinee · feature · intermission · auditorium · reels · nickelodeon · box-office · premiere
Creating something original
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- 1927Late jazz age
- synchronizedOccurring at the same time
- conversionAct of changing states
obsolescence · intertitles · technology · breakthrough · milestone · transformation · advent · era
Of lasting excellence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
historical · bygone · period · yesteryear · memorabilia · time-honored · timeless · antique
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- voiceSound from throat
microphone · amplifier · loudspeaker · acoustics · audio · recording · playback · dubbing · mono · stereo
silent
Producing no sound
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- projectorLight-casting display device
- theaterVenue for live drama
marquee · matinee · feature · intermission · auditorium · reels · nickelodeon · box-office · premiere · multiplex
innovation
Creating something original
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- 1927Late jazz age
- synchronizedOccurring at the same time
conversion · obsolescence · intertitles · technology · breakthrough · milestone · transformation · advent · era
classic
Of lasting excellence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
heritage · historical · bygone · period · yesteryear · memorabilia · time-honored · timeless · antique
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
- film genreshorror, comedy, drama, action, romance
- screen formatswidescreen, fullscreen, 16:9, letterbox, aspect ratio
- small talkPolite trivial conversation
- talk toCommunicate verbally with
- talked bigBragged or exaggerated grandly
- talk showBroadcast featuring host-guest conversations
- baby talkSimplified speech for infants
- talk backRespond with disrespect
talk, talking, talkative, talker, talked, talkers, talkativeness, talky, talkathon