Al Jolson Jazz Singer Talkie

In 1927, Al Jolson made Hollywood history in The Jazz Singer when he delivered the first words ever spoken in a feature film: “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” During this Warner Bros. production, his ad-libbed line introduced synchronized dialogue to audiences who had only known silent cinema. The film used the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system to combine recorded speech and song with moving images. Jolson's casual remark marked the beginning of the sound era in Hollywood and the era of talkies.

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