darkened theater. for three decades, the dreams were silent ones. the magic of movement alone. then suddenly, on a night in october 1927, a voice was heard from the screen. proclaiming a fabulous era in hollywood. the night the movies became the talkies with the premiere of a jazz singer and the voice of al jolson. it s interesting the first sound motion picture was a musical in which al jolson only sang and the reason for that is they said, well, who wants to hear actors talk. most of the running time it s a silent film using titles with an orchestra score. every once in a while the orchestra stops and jolson pops up and starts singing. wonderful tales are always hard to find some folks have one
darkened theater. for three decades, the dreams were silent ones. the magic of movement alone. then suddenly, on a night in october 1927, a voice was heard from the screen. proclaiming a fabulous era in hollywood. the night the movies became the talkies with the premiere of a jazz singer and the voice of al jolson. it s interesting the first sound motion picture was a musical in which al jolson only sang and the reason for that is they said, well, who wants to hear actors talk. most of the running time it s a silent film using titles with an orchestra score. every once in a while the orchestra stops and jolson pops up and starts singing. wonderful tales are always hard to find some folks have one