He starred in the first
talking picture, The Jazz Singer.
1927: The first full-length
talking picture, The Jazz Singer, opened in New York.
1928: The first cartoon
talking picture, Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie, featuring Mickey Mouse, was shown in New York.
Many people were surprised that he chose such a touchy subject matter for his first true
talking picture. Chaplin later acknowledged that he couldn't have made the movie if the extent of the Nazi terror had already been evident: "Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator."
It's the dawn of the
talking picture era and the stars of yesterday might soon be old news, especially when their accent grates as much as Don's usual partner, the arrogant Lina Lamont (Faye Tozer of Steps fame).
This was also the season when Al Capone was at the height of his gang terrorism and the first '
talking picture' changed the film industry forever.
You capture that sound and the image, and the next day grandma gets that
talking picture. There is a lot that can be done with this technology.
However, third dam
Talking Picture, the champion US two-year-old filly in 1973, was a great success for Moyglare Stud Farm.
According to the company, LivingPicture allows users to take any digital image - human, animal or even an inanimate object - and transform it into an animated, three-dimensional
talking picture.
Contrary to popular myth, The Jazz Singer wasn't the first
talking picture. It did not mark Al Jolson's first appearance in a sound film.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, think how much a moving,
talking picture is worth as a way to get a point across - especially to younger, television-oriented "MTV generation" workers and to the first of the Nintendo generation who are now entering the work place.