USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the first talkie?
A
The Jazz Singer
B
The Blues Singer
C
The Radio
D
What a Wonderful World
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jazz Singer, American musical film, released in 1927, that was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue. It marked the ascendancy of “talkies” and the end of the silent-film era.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Jazz Singer was the first feature-length movie with spoken dialogue and-though it was neither the first sound on film nor the first film with talking throughout, and its minstrel-show plot doesn’t exactly stand up to modern scrutiny-it was one of the most important movies ever made.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American 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 score as well as lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences).

Detailed explanation-4: -The first feature film originally presented as a talkie (although it had only limited sound sequences) was The Jazz Singer, which premiered on October 6, 1927. A major hit, it was made with Vitaphone, which was at the time the leading brand of sound-on-disc technology.

Detailed explanation-5: -The star of the First Talking film was Al Jolson, who is pictured in the Jazz Singer poster. He was called “The World’s Greatest Entertainer". When was the First Talking Movie? The Jazz Singer, the first talking movie, was released on October 6, 1927.

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