talkie
Example Sentences
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In 1927 the studios were stunned by the success of “The Jazz Singer,” the first “talkie,” and the silent-film business quickly collapsed.
The arrival of “talkies” further eased its entry: Orchestras disappeared, dialogue filled the soundtrack and a little crunching no longer disrupted the show.
But O’Neill’s 1921 drama poses ornery challenges for an actress—and not just because Greta Garbo immortalized the role in her first “talkie.”
Putting too much control over what we watch in too few hands has been a perennial concern since talkies replaced silent films.
From MarketWatch
But then the talkies came, and photoplayers were rendered obsolete, slipping out of public awareness as quickly as they came on scene.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
