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All-Talkie Film-only The Last Performance: October 13, 1929 Universal Part-Talkie Silent version only Artificial Svensson [5] October 14, 1929 AB Swedish Film Industry Part-Talkie Extant Mister Antonio: October 15, 1929 Tiffany Pictures All-Talkie Extant In Old California: October 15, 1929 Argosy Film Co. All-Talkie Extant [Discs 1, 3, 5] Howdy ...
Part-Talkie Lost Film. Land of the Silver Fox: October 18, 1928: Part-Talkie ... Part-Talkie Sound Version Lost. Silent Version Extant. Noah's Ark: November 1, 1928:
The film The Artist (2011), winner of the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture, was promoted as a silent film and the first of its kind to win a major Oscar award since the 1920s, but it was really a part-talkie due to the use of on-screen dialog at the end, audible female laughter in a dream sequence, and the appearance of a song with sung ...
After starting production as a silent film, British International Pictures decided to adapt Blackmail into a separate sound film. It became the first successful European talkie; a silent version was released for cinemas not equipped for sound (at 6,740 feet), with the sound version (7,136 feet) released at the same time. [5]
Some films draw a direct contrast between the silent film era and the era of talkies. Sunset Boulevard shows the disconnect between the two eras in the character of Norma Desmond, played by silent film star Gloria Swanson, and Singin' in the Rain deals with Hollywood artists adjusting to the talkies.
Silent film extra Clark Gable, who had received extensive voice training during his earlier stage career, went on to dominate the new medium for decades; similarly, English actor Boris Karloff, having appeared in dozens of silent films since 1919, found his star ascend in the sound era (though, ironically, it was a non-speaking role in 1931's ...
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences).
The first film on the bill at the cinema is a silent comedy, with full orchestral accompaniment, and the audience are shown laughing uproariously. When the main talkie feature begins, however, the audience falls into a state of stunned, emotionless silence.