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![]() Al Jolson(Hollywood, 1927)Film history was made in 1927 with the premiere of the world's first talkie feature film, "The Jazz Singer." The Warner Brothers' film contained only brief and unaturalistic sequences of dialogue and singing, but the film created a sensation and was to transform the movie industry.The film's star, singer-entertainer Al Jolson, ad libbed some of the dialogue and spoke the immortal and prophetic phrase, "You ain't heard nothin' yet." The success of this first commercial movie with audio was the death knell for silent movies and also ended the careers of of many film stars whose talent did not extend to acting with their voices. In the same year, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded and the first annual "Oscars" presented ![]() [Contents] [1927] [Heritage] [Mystery Tour] [Brewery] [Geordie] [Connoisseur] [Screensaver] [Feedback] |