Because it is a lot more fun and easier to watch movies without having to read subtitles all the time, plus not everyone can read.
The first movies with fully synchronized sound were shown in New York City in April 1923. The Jazz Singer, released in October 1927, was the first feature-length sound movie.
The name given to movies with sound during the 1920s was "talkies".
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the most popular sound effect is the blowing up scream if you watch star wars or other old-ish movies you can hear the almost yow/ wow sound when they blow up Clint Eastwood movies have the sound effect as well. THIS SUKS
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Thomas edison made the first motion camera silent and added sound to it later
You might want to investigate the introduction of sound to what were at the time silent movies. Silent Films would be shown at the movie theater, and were often accompanied by an on-site piano or organ. I believe sound was added to movies during the 1920's and are refered to as "talkies".
Talkies is what the people of the early 1930s called the sound films, as opposed to silent films."Talkies" is a now-obsolete term for moving pictures that have a sound track. Originally, moving pictures (movies) were silent. When sound was added, they were called "talkies." Since sound is now an essentially universal characteristic of motion pictures, there is no longer a need to distinguish films with sound from other films, so the word has fallen out of use.
The first movies with fully synchronized sound were shown in New York City in April 1923. The Jazz Singer, released in October 1927, was the first feature-length sound movie.
The name given to movies with sound during the 1920s was "talkies".
Early movies, known as silent films, did not have sound, they consisted only of moving pictures. When movies began to be made with sound, the art of the motion picture entered the sound era.
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The technology did not yet exist for sound.
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movies now and days use alot more camers angles and alot of sounds but in 1930 they shot from 1 angle and they really couldn't go back and fix it and in 1927 they had barely added sound to the movies.
movies now and days use alot more camers angles and alot of sounds but in 1930 they shot from 1 angle and they really couldn't go back and fix it and in 1927 they had barely added sound to the movies.