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by Michya17 on July 8th, 2007

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What were the first words in the first talking picture?

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  • by - retroglide - on July 8th, 2007

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    These movies were initially referred to as "talkies".

    History was made in New York on October 6th, 1927 when the very first spoken voice in a feature film was heard. The voice belonged to Al Jolson and the ground breaking movie – The Jazz Singer. The reaction by the theatre audience was immediate – they rose to their feet, applauding ecstatically. The moment came in the middle of the film when, during a nightclub scene, Jolson suddenly spoke. The first words ever spoken in a movie were, “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” The words were truly prophetic in light of the massive advances taken in the realms of movie sound since that time.


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    • my US history teacher asked the class what the first words were and it was for extra credit. thank you for the help :)

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      by brewersrock1143 on February 22nd, 2011

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