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The Jazz Singer (1927 film) (view source)
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'''The Jazz Singer''' is a 1927 musical/drama starring Al Jolson. It is known as the first feature-length film with audible dialogue.
'''The Jazz Singer''' is a 1927 musical/drama starring Al Jolson. It is known as the first feature-length film with audible dialogue.
The dialogue only occurs duing a few minutes of the movie; in one instance between the verses of a musical number. However the rest of the film has a soundtrack of background music and sound effects. John Barrymore's DON JUAN had used a similar music and sound effect soundtrack the previous year, but it was the dialogue in the Jolson movie which caused a sensation and led to a rapid conversion of the film industry to sound. The first feature length film with dialogue throughout, THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK, was released soon after.