THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S
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Talking Pictures
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Color Movies
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Radio Transmissions
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Tabloid Magazines
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1927 Jolson starred in The Jazz Singer, the first feature film with synchronized speech as well as music and sound effects. The picture revolutionized the motion-picture industry and marked the end of the silent-film era.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The star of the show was a thirty-year-old singer, Al Jolson, a Lithuanian-born Jew who performed in blackface.
Detailed explanation-4: -It features six songs performed by the mega-star of the day, Al Jolson. The narrative was based on a 1925 play of the same name by Samson Raphaelson, which the writer had adopted from one of his short stories entitled The Day of Atonement.