What was the first talking motion picture?

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The first successful talking motion picture was The Jazz Singer released by Warner Brothers. Jul 12 04, 6:10 AM

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#42806 has a mag. "Al Jolson's 1927 film The Jazz Singer is usually identified as thefirst American motion picture to include sound; the first talkingmovie actually appeared four years earlier. It was advertised asa "De Forest Phonofilm -- it actually talks and reproduces musicwithout use of a phonograph." Sissle and Blake were the only blackperformers in the stellar vaudeville cast, which also included Weberand Fields, Eddie Cantor, and Phil Baker. The film premiered at theRivoli Theater in New York City in April 1923, making Sissle andBlake the first black performers to appear in a "talkie." Blakemade several more film appearances over the years. His last was in"Scott Joplin", starring Billy Dee Williams, in 1976 -- fifty-threeyears after his screen debut." http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives/Digests/200012/2000.12.08.04.html [Edited to add info and link from Q#42806 - McG] Jul 12 04, 6:28 AM

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