"The Jazz Singer," released in 1927.
1927's The Jazz Singer is considered the first full length feature film with sound. The first words, spoken by Al Jolson, were: "Wait a minute, you ain't heard nothing yet."
The first commercially released feature film featuring synchronised sound (both music and dialogue) was "The Jazz Singer", starring Al Jolson, in 1927. There had been previous attempts to synchronise sound with moving pictures using a recording on a disc, in Paris in 1900, but this was not a very successful technology, as it was hard to match up the sound and image consistently. Some short films with synchronised sound were shown to audiences in New York from 1923, but most commentators agree that "The Jazz Singer" was the first successful full length talking movie.
One of the very first movies with sound was "The Jazz Singer" with Al Jolson, although it is clear that prior to the commercial production, that many efforts at sound and film had been attempted. The first Western movie with sound is a bit more problematical. First, figuring out what is a Western Movie is a problem, and then figuring out what sound is and when it counts is a problem. The American Dramatic Arts Alliance might have someone with a specific answer to the question.
AnswerThomas Edison and W.K.L Dickinson paired up in 1895 to make the first film that included the use of sound. In 1913 Edison compiled 19 talking films, however projectionists were not appropriately trained and often sound and image were out of synch, resulting in audience dissatisfaction.The first successful synchronous film was Warner Brothers 'Don Jaun' 1926, consisting of a music score and sound effects.Warner Brothers 'The Jazz Singer' 1927 was the first synchronous film with dialogue.
Although The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson is usually credited actually the honor belongs to the 1926 movie Don Juan
Al Jolson
" The Jazz Singer" with Al Jolson.
Jazz Singer. with Al Jolson.
1927's The Jazz Singer is considered the first full length feature film with sound. The first words, spoken by Al Jolson, were: "Wait a minute, you ain't heard nothing yet."
"The Jazz Singer", released in 1927, was the first feature-length movie to present audible dialog to audiences. It used a disk recording that was (more or less) synchronized with the film, but was not actually recorded on the film. The Jazz Singer was a transitional effort to provide pre-recorded sound with a movie. Dialog was still shown on title cards, but Jolson's musical numbers were presented in sound. The first movie to have a complete dialog sound track was "Lights of New York", released in 1928.
The first commercially released feature film featuring synchronised sound (both music and dialogue) was "The Jazz Singer", starring Al Jolson, in 1927. There had been previous attempts to synchronise sound with moving pictures using a recording on a disc, in Paris in 1900, but this was not a very successful technology, as it was hard to match up the sound and image consistently. Some short films with synchronised sound were shown to audiences in New York from 1923, but most commentators agree that "The Jazz Singer" was the first successful full length talking movie.
"The Jazz Singer" (1927). Stars Al Jolson, May McAvoy.
"The Jazz Singer" (1927). Stars Al Jolson.
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu. Starring Warner Oland was a 1929 movie.
One of the very first movies with sound was "The Jazz Singer" with Al Jolson, although it is clear that prior to the commercial production, that many efforts at sound and film had been attempted. The first Western movie with sound is a bit more problematical. First, figuring out what is a Western Movie is a problem, and then figuring out what sound is and when it counts is a problem. The American Dramatic Arts Alliance might have someone with a specific answer to the question.
In Oct 6, 1927 when Warners released The Jazz Singer, a basically silent movie with several song numbers sung on screen by its star, Al Jolson, that cinema goers, taken by the the snatches of ad-libbed dialogue spoken by Jolson, flocked to see the movie. Is it then producers reasiled theyt needed movies with sound.
The Jolson Story won the Oscar for Sound in 1946.