The First Talking Movie Ever : "The Jazz Singer" (1927)

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  @richardallen3810 · 4 months ago

  My departed mother tells me the story of when she saw this as a little girl of 7 and she cried so badly my grandfather had to take her to the lobby and calm her down telling her it was just a made up story before returning to the auditorium. This film had a world shattering impact on the arts akin to the internet on our modern lives.

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• JO

  @JohnHenrySheridan · 1 hour ago

  Interesting piece of cinema history.

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  @jacobschweitzer1068 · 5 months ago

  this maybe dated but there is a timelessness to it

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• ME

  @MemyselfI2 · 2 weeks ago

  Just finished services for Rosh Hashanah and turned this on. What a time to be alive!  2026

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• LE

  @Legomoviefan2008 · 10 months ago

  This movie feels like a mix of a sound film and a silent film.

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• BR

  @Brent-sc6sc · 6 months ago (edited)

  Love Jolson! A real moment in history. Just the beginning of changes, not complete, but the start. Talkies would inprove in leaps and bounds in short time, and unfortunately, kill vaudeville. Such is evolution.  ❤

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• PI

  @pilotusa · 11 months ago

  I've heard about this historic film all my life.  Finally, I was able to see it here.  Very enjoyable, and I can see why it was such a groundbreaking hit.

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• UN

  @UnScripted2-j9x · 10 months ago (edited)

  I searched this up and apparently this is the first ever film with audio. It is also what the title means by the first talking movie ever.

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• RO

  @rondareynolds5204 · 1 year ago

  Thanking you for posting this movie I am such a fan of All Jolson I am 86 and finally get to see it

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• AA

  @aasthasinghal27 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Acting skills of actors are commendable!

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• CY

  @cynthiahagerman5718 · 1 year ago

  Thank you for this. Such milestone in American cinema. Ive never seen. I will wat h it now. <br>❤❤

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  @daviduribe5634 · 1 year ago

  This show tugs at a hard chord, coming from a son who was raised without a father figure, long deceased early in childhood. Leaves a lump in my throat! Not a smarmy or maudlin reflex, but one of authentic empathy! You feel a haunting longing and dejection, at the same time. &nbsp;Like he missed out, as I missed out!

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